We had a good turnout of 35, including 7 newbies of which
two, Haniche and Lena, were visitors from Germany who wanted a different South
African Experience.
Fortunately the forecast light rain did not arrive and we
set off from the Mountain bike parking area into a mild early summer
morning. Initial climb up to Steenberg
Ridge gott the blood flowing, and then the picturesque route along the ridge
from where you can see both False Bay and the Atlantic coast.
Despite having planned the route, I managed to miss the turn
off for the amphitheatre path so the recovery group had to retrace our
steps and so met up with the main
group. Then followed a good fynbos run along
the fairly level trail just under the crest of the amphitheatre overlooking
Silvermine dam. Again we all missed the
turn off as it must have become overgrown, so we ended up running up the gravel
road to the view point as opposed to taking the more direct route as planned.
Time to admire the view and a group photo before returning
to the amphitheatre fynbos trail and the descent down to the dam followed by an
easy jog along the boardwalk back to the parking area.
Special word of thanks to Michael Manning, a relative
newcomer who has become a regular, for leading the group.
About 11kms, taking just under two hours.
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