Brief Feedback Sat 2 July: Silvermine South East

Many of our regular runners obviously decided to conserve their energies for:

1. The Stormer’s key game later that afternoon, or  
2. The start of the Tour de France, or
3. Wimbledon Ladies final, or  
4. Die Blonde Bokkie van Benoni se royal wedding.

Surely the earlier little spittering of rain was not the reason?   Anyway 8 of us gathered with Tim’s groups at the RV as scheduled and we were soon off running in the cool clear morning air with clearing skies and high cloud.  Although an uneventful run it was one of those typical Cape champagne-oops sorry sparkling, mornings that we are so fortunate to be able to enjoy running in the mountains. We made our way up the hill and down into the amphitheatre when the tranquillity was broken by the chirping and chattering of Tim’s long distance pack who had taken the long route round as they came over the rim and trotted up the exit towards Spes Bona Valley. 

Descent down the board walk in Spes Bona was treacherous as the foot boards were very slippery with the damp induced moss and several near mishaps were experienced. Fortunately Sue broke the tension with a most informative lecture on the mind-set up of chemists which kept us on our toes so to speak.

After a gentle jog and walk up the very long hill to Junction Pool we regrouped before leaving the gravel track for the sandy “shortcut” footpath and the home run.  10.5 Kms in just over 2hours with no rain and good visibility.

Peter