Day off...

So yesterday's hike went very well. We had a bigger turnout than I expected (5 in all), and it was the perfect day weather-wise too!!

We started out about 45 minutes late, due to waiting for a couple of no-shows, who in typical Cape Town style had confirmed the day before then decided the morning-of not to pitch, but didn't bother phoning to let us know...

Anyway, we started of a little after 10:00 from Tokai Arboretum, and up we went. And up, and up, and up some more. I thought this would be a 'walk in the park'. Boy was I wrong. But it was fun nonetheless. Except for this one part where you literally have to scramble up a small incline, it was all walkable (there were even some of the hardier trail runners out and about, running where I was careful where I stepped at a walk in case I twist my ankle on the rocks!

But it was all in good fun. And the views from the top were absolutely breath-taking!!

It took us little over an hour and a half to get to the top. Including a refreshing stop to fill our water bottles from a mini-'waterfall' about 3/4 of the way up.

We had a small picnic brunch in the cave itself - and a well-deserved rest. Then it was back down again, to complete a thoroughly amazing morning!


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Today I've spent working. House work that is... I've taken the day off work, but that doesn't mean I've been doing nothing! I've doing about 3 loads of washing already, 2/3 of which is still drying on the line (and I'm keeping a close eye on the skies, just in case the rain decides to fall after all, but so far so good!) I've also been re-installing my work-computer, a task that I've been putting off for a while already...


And other general spring-cleaning activities...


Guess that means I should log off now and get back to work....!