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| Dawn with Hout Bay in the distance |
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| Looking over towards the North |
Perhaps the memory of our previous sortie along unknown trails behind Hout Bay has faded or else our group has members who clearly are not deterred by the unknown because 22 turned out for our inaugural sortie along a new and unknown route in the hills behind Glencairn.
We RVd at the appointed time and place in a reasonably mild morning and took to the hills. Three navigators ensured that we followed the planned route which took us along mainly sandy paths through fynbos with wonderful views over towards Chapman’s Peak and Hout Bay and later over False Bay. The unseasonal warm and sunny days we have recently experienced fooled the wild flowers which were beginning to show their colours.
We stopped for a “blaaskans” besides the Kleinplaas Dam which was at a very low level. Bringing home just how little rain we have had during our “wet” season. From there it was a pleasant jog over to the Lewis Gay Dam along a short stretch of t*r road and then a looping run along the trail behind the naval village of Da Gama Park and up over the saddle to the parking area.
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| What does it say? |
All in all a successful fynbos run with a few hills to keep the pulse rate up. Most of the route is runnable with only a few sections where we needed to walk although the sandy sections which will be dry in summer will be heavy going. No incidents, although I am honour-bound to admit that I had an “encounter of the earth kind” when I tripped shortly after we started. No serious damage done except to my self-esteem.
Distance was just a few meters short of 14 kms and it took us close to 2hrs30.
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| The route taken |
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