My paper finally seems to be out of the editing phase. This morning I got an email from the journal saying that editing is now over, and they’re happy with it as it is. Next I should be seeing the page proofs, unless there are any major formatting problems. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that there will be none.

Also, it seems that South African National Parks are the people who put up the gate at the Higgovale Quarry, apparently as a way of keeping muggers and the like off the mountain. The key is going to be copied and made available to people, although I haven’t entirely discovered how yet. But I have the contact number of the person from SANParks who manages Higgovale, so will be phoning them soon.