Today in Durban

ManUtd.com's Nick Coppack (NC) and Gemma Thompson (GT) are travelling with the squad on Manchester United's DHL pre-season tour. Return here for regular updates and feel free to post your comments on our message board... 

Friday 20 July (all times are local, 1 hour ahead of UK)

08:46 Early start for our morning flight to Cape Town. It's a lovely sunny day in Durban – I'm hoping the sun follows us on our travels. There is lots going on when we arrive – away kit launch, open training and the welcome press conference with the boss and player. Look out for our Today in Cape Town blog, which starts later. See you there. (GT)

Thursday 19 July

20:18 Have a look at the two videos I filmed during our safari in the left-hand menu. On the first you can see the players joining in with African dancers and on the second Chicharito and Anderson give us a song! Look out for more great video footage from the safari in the next few days on MUTV as the club channel build up to the next live match in Cape Town. (GT)

20:06 Check out at the photo gallery which has gone live of the players golfing and holding snakes! I know Nick enjoyed the golf trip and all of us on the safari visit round PheZulu Safari Park had a great time. I was even brave enough to hold Fluffy the snake - you can see who I'm talking about in the gallery - he's pictured with Anderson! (GT)

18:20 The sun has set in South Africa so the golfers are back at the 19th hole, enjoying a