Saturday
Dear Elsie
It was good to speak to you today and to find out you are feeling a little better.
Today was the day I had a couple of walks. The first was this morning when I braved the possibility of rain and walked to Valyland to buy a few groceries and more wool. There was a light shower but nothing my umbrella couldn’t handle. Having said that, the umbrella broke on the way home. It’s served its purpose. I used to walk to Valyland quite a bit when we lived in Sun Valley so it was interesting for me to compare the distances. From Sun Valley there are not really any hills involved but it’s half a kilometer longer. From our current home it’s 2.6km but there are hills both way. I walked there via Hillside Road and back along Highway. Views from Highway – on the Main Rd side.
The second walk was later this afternoon when we headed for Simon’s Town to take a look at the waterfall. Earlier on in the day someone had posted this photo to one of the whatsapp groups. There was a lot of rain last night again and it’s coming off the mountain in floods.
That peaked our appetite to see the waterfall for ourselves. The path starts at the end of Barnard Rd in Simon’s Town.
The path is very wet and in one place it’s narrow as there has been a rock fall. All along the path you can hear the sound of rushing water. A short scramble up a rough rocky rise leads around a bend to the falls . They start quite high up and come cascading down
The water then rushes over the rocks…
…and plunges down another steep cliff creating a spectacular sight from below. This photo by the talented Nigel Riley captures it’s splendor.
I also got a photo of it from one of the roads below.
I took a little video of the upper falls.
Back along the path, Simon’s Town looked very pretty in the fading sunlight.
It’s not a long walk and really worth the effort. Home and tonight is pizza night.
The other notable thing about today is it’s three years ago I had my jaw surgery! Amazing that 3 years have passed. I still have a little numbness in the left corner of my mouth but not enough to impact my life. I only notice it when I think about it. It’s probably there for good.
Psalm 119:89
Your word, Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.
It’s not about now – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Gran xx 🙂