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Tag Archives: Hiking the Fish Hoek Mountains
My Beautiful Cape Town
Saturday Today was the day… We went back to the tile stores in Paarden Eiland. A batch of our tiles had arrived and we took our sample out to check they were the right ones. They weren’t. It ended up … Continue reading
Posted in Being a Tourist in Cape Town, Building a house on a mountainside, Day to Day Blogs, Echo Photos
Tagged Building a house on a mountainside, cape town, Hiking the Fish Hoek Mountains
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Mooching on the Mountain
In this instance to ‘mooch’ is to wander aimlessly. We weren’t quite aimless, but we did wander over the mountain above Highway and Echo Roads in Fish Hoek, looking to see if there was any chance a rough track could … Continue reading
Posted in A Thousand Thanks, Building a house on a mountainside, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Elsie's Peak Hike, Hiking the Fish Hoek Mountains
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Silvermine to Trig Beacon Overlooking Muizenberg
Today at midday, Mike and I set off to walk from Silvermine Gate 2 to the Trig Beacon above Muizenberg, alongside Steenberg Peak. Altogether it was an easy 10km ramble which took us just under 3 hours – we didn’t … Continue reading
Tripping Down to Ou Kraal
When I say tripping – I mean, I tripped! I came a cropper on the mountainside yesterday. On the way down to Ou Kraal, I slipped on rocks and tumbled forward and once I fell, I kept on going, until … Continue reading
Hiking Through Echo & Spes Bona Valleys
I had heard of Echo Valley before, but not Spes Bona. Today, 2nd July 2016, became the day that I experienced both – in all their wintry glorious undergrowth to the sound of running water and occasional birdsong. I walked … Continue reading
Free Entertainment.
I never tire of seeing the beauty of Cape Town. Coming from landlocked Zimbabwe at the end of 1982, I had only ever seen the sea twice. I landed in Cape Town and with eyes wide open, I took in … Continue reading
The day a 45 minute walk became a 10km hike
This morning the plan was that we meet Julian for breakfast and then I was going to walk home – a simple 45 minute walk with the wind at my back. But Julian said, ‘no that’s a featureless walk – … Continue reading
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Tagged Brakkekloof Hike, Fish Hoek hikes, Hiking the Fish Hoek Mountains
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