Buffels Bay circular walk
The hike from Buffels Bay in Cape Point Nature Reserve that takes us up onto the plateau and then almost
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fresh air
Silvermine River trail on a sunny day
Today dawned a typical spring day – fresh southeaster, clouds racing along the mountain tops over Silvermine Nature Reserve and
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A walk in the sunshine
What a joy to wake up to a cloudless sky after what seems like eternal winter in Cape Town! As
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The raincoat
As the legendary Billy Connolly says, “There is no such thing as bad weather, there are only the wrong clothes.
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Benefits of birding
The side-effects of pursuing the hobby of birdwatching are many and varied – observation skills are honed as you gaze
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A scramble into the past
The walk from Ou Kaapse Weg to Peers’ Cave and Tunnel Cave through the thickets of alien vegetation is not
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Trailing through the green belts
A walk along the Spaanschemat River trail from Peddlars this morning saw us appreciating the small mercies of nature: no
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A walk along the Spaanschemat River trail from Peddlars this morning saw us appreciating the small mercies of nature: no
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Sirkelsvlei slog
The word ‘slog’ is used for this particular hike as it can take up to 4.5 hours to complete the
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Round Lion’s Head
Tuesday was again a perfect outdoor day in Cape Town and I ventured back onto the mountain slopes in a
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