Blown away
Although not a very long trail, the path from the upper road in Glencairn up onto Elsie’s Peak can be
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Scaling Spitskop
When viewed from a distance, Spitskop peak in Silvermine Nature Reserve seems awfully high and awfully far away, and indeed
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Phillipskop Mountain Reserve – a special place
A recent visit to Hermanus allowed me to fulfil a long-held wish to walk in the Phillipskop Mountain Reserve just
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Elephant’s Eye, anyone?
As some members of our hiking group return to the hills after lockdown or knee replacements, levels of fitness or
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Cape Point Lighthouse and Diaz Beach
Two years ago, the climb up the hill from the carpark to the original Cape Point lighthouse was my nemesis.
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