August 2013

2013.08.28 Rest day no uncensored activities to report

2013.08.27 Kirstenbosch The cold front promised yesterday hit us during the night and it bucketed down. After a leisurly breakfast we decided that a bit of drizzle shouldn’t deter us from visiting Kirstenbosch so we donned our raingear and off we went. An advantage of this was that all the fair-weather tourists had stayed away

2013.08.26 Red hill hike Brian and Frieda had a hike planned for us today. Frieda still  has some problems doing strenuous walks so we did a fairly easy walk across the vlakte above Simonstown in the area known as Redhill. View of the naval base Simonstown from the road winding up behind the town. The

2013.08.25 Silvermine Today we meet Su’s parents for the first time and, as they are also very much outdoor people, they have organized a picnic at the Silvermine dam off the Ou Kaapse Weg. It is a beautiful site with many picnic sites dotted along the dam. Nick and Brian brave the cold water for

2013.08.24 Karoo Desert Botanical Garden We are on our way to Cape Town and of course on the way there we have to make a visit to the Botanical Gardens in Worcester. It is not at all how we remembered it, not as big but beautifully landscaped and the succulent Pelargoniums make us green with

2013.08.23 Packing up time already and leave our snug, comfortable home in Barrydale. There was some frost on the car but by the time we had finished our bacon and eggs it had gone. We returned the keys and drove the short and very scenic road to Montagu. First we checked out where the camping

2013.08.22 Looking for things to do in Barrydale I had found the Waterfall trail, I had even managed to find a waypoint for the start. As it was only two km from the Brock house we decided to rather walk there. It wasn’t quite straightforward and we had to ask a few of the locals

2013.08.21 We are off on our adventure, a mixed bag of camping, botanizing and visiting our son Nick. It will take us through mostly the south-western part of the Western Cape if that makes sense. We have decided that, apart from the first and last day, to only do relatively short distances between campsites so