Capetown Fort

On September 28th the group did a guided excursion/bus/walking tour of Capetown: the fort, downtown, Green Market, the Company's Garden, Table Mountain, and the harbor area; a long but enjoyable and edifying day.

Capetown's dramatic background, Table Mountain

Downtown scene from the bus

Fort and moat; dates from the 17th, the current version 19th
century

Helpful model: yup, it's a star fort, just like we saw in Naarden
way back in 2015

In the military museum: Buffalo Bill Cody
worked here briefly before getting into show
business; wait, no...

Inside the fort, the governor's mansion, etc.

Statues of other warriors

Cannon to be fired at re-enactment ceremony; it's from the
the Royal Hobbit Fusiliers

Serious science I did not know about

Capetown skyline from roof of the castle wherefrom I was
supposed to photograph the firing of the cannon; I got lost or
possibly distracted

Re-enactment: Governor handing keys to officer who will
open the fort for business

Pomp

Circumstance

Drama

Kate and Bob found the roof-top perch I missed

The cannon enthusiast/volunteer explains to us all the steps
involved in firing a cannon

Which includes a jigger of gunpowder

And now, the moment we all have been waiting for: a student
from the audience has made a donation to the cannon society
and thereby gets to fire it

Bang!