Friday, 21 October 2016

FEEDBACK: Saturday 22nd October, Groote Schuur Estate and Newlands Forest.

Twenty-eight turned out on a gray spring morning with rain threatening the mountain area behind Newlands.


As usual we divided into the customary three groups and headed up the hill towards Rhodes Memorial. Then onto the gravel track that skirts around Plumpudding hill to be met by a strong Westerly wind as we trudged up "Heartbreak Hill".  Then the scramble up the short cut as the rain began to fall and onto the contour path that leads all the way through to Constantia Nek.  



 

Unfortunately the promised stunning views where  were masked by the low cloud but there is something magical about rain falling through the trees as we splashed along the trail.


 





The board walks seemed particularly slippery but fortunately no tumbles reported. The fast group turned  down at the "big boulder" and made their way back to the start.  The Medium group followed them a few minutes later while the slow group following their shorter route discovered new versions of the Newlands Trail with the help of two strangers who were no strangers to this area.

Distances: Fast and Medium groups 13.5km and the Slow group 10.3km

Special mention: Tamsyn completed her 75th sortie.

Blog report: Pete Rogers


 





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