British Lions Incentive - Day 1
The winner of the British Lions incentive to win a trip to Durban, SA was Net Media Planet and Luke was the lucky representative to jump on the flight. Luke joins myself, our Facebook fanpage competition winner Colin and leading Telegraph sports blogger Eric Janssen with some of the Maximuscle team for the trip to see the Lions in action.
On arriving at Heathrow it was clear that everyone was really excited, and even an 11 hour flight to Jo’burg and a short change to Durban wouldn’t dent spirits! When we finally made it there, we were greeted by warm sunshine and a warm South African welcome from our hotel near the beach.
Little time was spent before catching a few rays by the pool then a trip to the enormous North Beach for lunch. Managed to navigate 4 large dollops of anchovy paste that were ordered, the local cat liked them though!
The weather is fantastic here for supposedly a winter’s day, warm sunshine but sun goes down around 5 ish, just in time for a nice meal and a few drinks! We decided to explore down the beachfront and our jaws dropped when we bumped into half the Lions squad surfing and enjoying some time off on the tour.
Just the other side was a beach bar full of Lions supporters and the full Lions coaching team including Ian McGeechan and Warren Gatland! What an amazing start to the trip.
We ate at the Butcher Boys, a shrine to meat eating Lions supporters. It was absolutely packed and great food and company, and the odd Lions song or two. Warming up nicely for Saturday!
