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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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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A little muddy in places
When I first started hiking 4 years ago, Cape Town was in the grip of a disastrous drought and the
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Protected: Our beautiful land
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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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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Beautiful Brakkloof
Winter walks are the best! We can always keep warm with multiple layers of wind- and waterproof jackets, masks are
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A break in the clouds
Our hiking group takes to the trail on a Tuesday and a Friday, and nobody watches the weather more closely
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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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