“Picture
the scene……7.20am Saturday morning, light rain falling, 8 degrees
outside, a dozen or so cars under the trees at Constantia Nek parking
area, Julian doing his pre-run warm up on the gravel, are any others
going to turn up? Fast forward to 7.30am, the rain has stopped and 16
bodies are “ready to rumble” after listening to Gaeleen’s lecture.
Someone says “I can’t feel my legs”, to which our resident comedian
replies “I’m not surprised, they amputated your arms yesterday”. Hahaha,
and Julian was off like a scalded cat, along the t*r for a few hundred
metres, up the steps to the intersection with the first road, then up
the steps to the intersection with the second road. A quick regroup,
then along the contour path, stopping to admire the views and the
waterfalls at Cecelia Ravine, Nursery Ravine and Skeleton Gorge, then
down to just above Kirstenbosch and back along the roller coaster to
Constantia Nek.
A beautiful morning with a great bunch. Relatively
incident free, save for Tissa losing her footing and sliding down some
wooden steps on her coccyx, tearing her running tights and exposing her
bum, or rather half of it, to anyone who dared to look, then Elizabeth
losing her footing and landing in the Skeleton Gorge stream. Two hours
and ten minutes of pure joy ended just as the heavens opened and the
rain came belting down. Thanks to Julian for leading and only taking two
wrong turns and to Gaeleen for sweeping……and pointing Julian in the
right direction. And congratulations to Michelle and Peter for completing the "Old Fisherman’s Trail Challenge”.
All the best
David Bywater
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