First heatwave of summer
Where is the best place to be when the mercury is soaring, the palm trees are motionless and even the
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Kirstenbosch contour
Yesterday’s walk from Constantia Nek to Kirstenbosch is generally regarded as a ‘flat’ walk, but memories are short and the
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Trudging through Tokai
Again the strong winds battering the southern Peninsula meant a change in plan for our walk at Olifantsbos, and the
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Blown away
The Cape Doctor has arrived! A little later than usual, but making up for his absence with a vengeance as
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A great recovery
It’s always interesting to see changes along the trails we repeat – mostly caused by fires and floods, seldom by
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A great recovery
It’s always interesting to see changes along the trails we repeat – mostly caused by fires and floods, seldom by
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A wander along our Natural Wonder
How easily we forget the difficult ascent and descent when we return to the slopes of Table Mountain to wander
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Cutting a swathe through Grootboschkloof
The last time we walked this delightful trail from Peddlars along the edge of the M3 and across a number
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A shower on the Shipwreck Trail
Earlier sunrises mean earlier starting times for our hikes, and it was no hardship to find ourselves standing in the
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A solo stroll in Kirstenbosch
Winter doesn’t want to go just yet, and so our walk today in Newlands forest was cancelled due to overnight
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