On Sundays I always have to urge to head for the mountains. Almost always that is. There are days that I just wish to stay in with a coffee and move over to the beach armed with a book. On the fourth Sunday in January I got up early to do a virtual walk as… Read More Overberg Hikes: Spooknek, Kleinmond
Saturdays used to be a about sleeping in or going to the market but recently it became about climbing a mountain. It’s now about wanting to explore and make the most of the new-found freedom and the excitement of Spring. This past Saturday a group of girls headed for Kleinmond to hike the Three Sister… Read More Blooming Beautiful
Once a year a group of women take a 100km walk from the southern most point of Africa’s Cape Agulhas Lighthouse, past the Quoin Point Lighthouse at Buffelljagsbaai to finish just outside Gansbaai at Danger Point Lighthouse. 3 Overberg lighthouses in 4 gruelling days. I was fortunate to complete this hike for the 2nd time… Read More Lighthouse to Lighthouse to Lighthouse
Phillipskop Mountain Reserve is part of the Cradle of Human Culture, a new route that celebrates heritage. The spotlight is on the ancient rock art on the farm which is situated about 9 kilometers outside Stanford. Stay in the self catering cottages on the farm and rise and shine in the morning to hike the… Read More Phillipskop Mountain Reserve in Pictures
Here I go again. Practicing for my 2nd Lighthouse2Lighthouse walk. In March 2020 I will be tackling the 90 odd number of kilometers from the Southern-most point of Africa to Gansbaai. From the Cape Agulhas Lighthouse to the one at Danger Point. I won’t be alone. I will be joined by more than 100 ladies… Read More Lighthouse2Lighthouse 1st Practice Walk
Porterville is a small farming village dotted on a Western Cape’s agricultural canvass. 90 minutes from Cape Town on good roads with plenty of pitstop opportunities this small town offers not a few options of sights but what it does offer is of outstanding quality. We arrived in time for the unofficial Porterville ParkRun. The… Read More Weekend Walk to 22 Waterfalls
On a cool Saturday morning in April I joined my sisters and hiking buddies in Hout Bay. We hiked up Chapman’s Peak for the best views one could possibly have of this stretch of South African coastline. Not too easy, not too difficult; not too far, not too close; it was absolutely just right. A… Read More Climbing Chapman’s Peak
I walked a part of the Portuguese Camino. Enough kilometres to get the certificate. What an experience. It was like having a life coach whispering words of encouragement into your ear 24/7. Only, it was ME doing the talking. And I appreciated my own talk. Here are some of my notes to self. Sometimes you… Read More Camino Talk the Walk
Planning a 5 day hike in Namibia’s Fish River Canyon stretched my comfort zone to uncomfortable proportions. It became a real dilemma of “should I stay or should I go”. I was fairly fit, had a back pack and sleeping bag. I should go? I went. I came back a better person albeit a battered… Read More Fish River Canyon Hike – my ultimate adventure
Last year it was the Portuguese Camino. This year it was the De Hoop Whale Trail managed by CapeNature. 54 kilometers of hiking through Overberg nature. The Whale Trail has a goal for every day. A specific start and end. A final destination with only one route to go. The Whale Trail is challenging in… Read More De Hoop Whale Trail – A Total Surrender
