The Gold just keeps on Roving

Back in Simonstown after nearly a year in London. We flew on the same night on three different aircraft.  Just logistical, not because we're the royal family! My son wanted to fly on an A380 so took a separate flight on Emirates. Coincidentally our two aircraft took off one behind the other from Heathrow and I saw him bank off into the clouds before disappearing. Our first three days were in bright sunshine with 20 degrees plus, a nice change from the torrents of rain in London. In the Mike-Lima outer basin at the naval harbour in Simonstown is the RFA Gold Rover, en route to the South Atlantic. This Royal Fleet Auxiliary replenishment ship is no spring chicken (built in 1973) with functions like patrolling, oiling and provisioning. Although  given a low profile the visit is probably part of the British response to the tension with Argentina surrounding the Falkland Islands. A few weeks ago HMS Talent, a nuclear-power sub armed with Tomahawk's also stopped by in our little harbour, en route to the Falklands area. The Gold Rover has spent plenty of its time sailing African coastlines, especially the Gold Coast of west Africa. Its last port of call was Ghana. The QSL is from the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, heard on 17megs in Cape Town way back in 1966.