25 mustered in the parking area who together with Tim's Longer faster group, listened to his words of common-sense and advice on the need for warm clothing on winter runs in the mountains.
After Tim's lot had hared off up the mountain we set off and were soon in a steady climb up the western flanks of Constantiaberg with a magnificent view of Hout Bay below. Soon we reached Blackburn Ravine for a quick regroup and then more climbing to reach the undulating contour path that led us through Flat Rock ravine and on to the saddle or Chapman's Nek.
At this point we regrouped for the customary group photograph which a passing professional photographer kindly took for us. By now the clouds had shrouded Chapman's peak so with scant chance of a view we decided to cut out that section of the planned route and head down the footpath to Chapman's Peak drive below. However two hardy souls Judith and Vanessa, in the true spirit of trail running would not be deterred by a wisp of cloud so elected to run the full route. Later that morning I received an e-mail from Judith to tell me they managed to see the view down into Noordhoek.
I am reliably informed that on the descent Dave was seen to do a slow motion sideways arabesque off the path into the bush and down the bank. Clearly this is his party trick as this was a similar performance to that he gave on our last Two Oceans trail practice run.
A good 4km downhill sprint to the parking area gave us a distance of 11.6 km. A new route which we did not quite complete as planned, so we will try it again later in the year.
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| Regrouping |
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| Group photo taken from the saddle |
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| Dave examining his legs after executing a splendid downhill arabesque! |
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| Route followed |
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| Profile |
I am reliably informed that on the descent Dave was seen to do a slow motion sideways arabesque off the path into the bush and down the bank. Clearly this is his party trick as this was a similar performance to that he gave on our last Two Oceans trail practice run. 
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