British Lions

[Bob's Orange]

Tour South Africa next year, my old man has sorted us some tickets for the warm up game against Western Province in Cape Town. Would like to go to a Test but think its going to be too difficult.

Having never been before, what is South Africa and Cape Town like? I know it is ages away but looking forward to this already. 

[Don Rogers Shop]

Out of interest how come we can have a british lions team but theres a massive hooha about a british football team.

A mate of mine is goingf or the test Bob pm me if you want details etc we have a mate out there who has sorted the tickets

[janaage]

Because the British Lions have been around for years, and it only happens once every four years, also they do not compete in competitions, only tours.  Rugby is from a completely different background to football too.  If there were moves to stop Scotland, england, Wales and Ireland from competing as individual teams in tournaments then there would be a almighty fuss.

[dell boy]

Because the British Lions have been around for years, and it only happens once every four years, also they do not compete in competitions, only tours.  Rugby is from a completely different background to football too.  If there were moves to stop Scotland, england, Wales and Ireland from competing as individual teams in tournaments then there would be a almighty fuss.

So do the Olympics.

[janaage]

It's still a competition and the British lions existence has no baring on the individual member status of the IRU.  So far this year, Mr Blatter has said that the British team in the olympics would and would not affect the FIFA/UEFA membership, if he's that uncertain about it and you have people like Warner wanting to act against the British members it'd be a crazy risk to go ahead with a british footie team.

[walrus]

Lock your doors if you have a car...

Nice place, but scary in the wrong parts.  The weather and the beaches are pretty lush though...

[Ardiles]

In terms of its natural setting, Cape Town is hard to beat for its beauty.  Sydney and Rio are the only other places I can think of that come close.)  A 3,000 foot mountain in the middle of a city, surrounded by beaches and suburbs.  Simply stunning.

South Africa's problems are well documented, and there are sights that will come as a shock at first to European visitors - houses in affluent suburbs draped in barbed wire certainly caught my eye.  But so long as you're sensible and don't take any risks, you should be fine.

[donkey]

Went a couple of years and loved it.  Did a drive down the garden route from Cape Town.  Myself and the wife felt very safe in Cape Town, never once threatened.  I can recommend Table Mountain (well, duh) but go up early morning as the queue is massive, Bolder's Bay has loads of penguins who let you get really close and pengiuns are cool (the Bolder's Bay sign is my avatar on facebook, should you care), the District Six museum tells the story of a 'black' area in Cape Town and what happened to the residents...sad, but well worth the visit.  You have Knysna Park which is very relaxing and beautiful, and if you head out of CT you can get to Stellenbosch (about 1 hour away I think) which is wine growing region where you can ride a horse around the vineyards drinking wine.