by Ralph Pina | Jan 1, 2019 | hiking, Table Mountain National Park, trails
I had been wanting to walk this trail again for a while but had found it a little difficult to determine how and where to book it. Eventually it was booked in time for Peter’s annual pilgrimage to Africa – and coincidentally it was timed for almost eleven... 
by Ralph Pina | Dec 30, 2018 | Boosmansbos Wilderness Area, Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve, hiking
At Peter’s suggestion, prior to his annual pilgrimage back to the Cape, we booked a couple of nights’ camping in Grootvadersbosch with the idea of perhaps hiking to the Boosmansbos forest. We had undertaken the 2-day wilderness hike way back in 1999 in... 
by Ralph Pina | Nov 14, 2018 | hiking, Jonkershoek Nature Reserve
Botmaskop is a 910 m peak near my home and is the first mountain I see when I leave for work each morning. Its form is unique in the Jonkershoek ranges, resembling the prow of a dreadnought. The hike up takes about 2 hours, following a spur through municipal tree... 
by Ralph Pina | Oct 12, 2018 | hiking, Jonkershoek Nature Reserve, trails
Up Swartboskloof and down Kurktrekker, Jonkershoek Nature Reserve The last time we ascended Swartboskloof I ended up under the knife to fix a ruptured disc. So this hike, once more with Santie – and Dorette – was something of a rite of passage, a reckoning... 
by Ralph Pina | Sep 11, 2018 | hiking, Jonkershoek Nature Reserve, trails
It was fantastic to get back into the mountains again on a serious hike for the first time since the back op in February. And the Boland served up the perfect day: warm, windless, impossibly blue, water coursing out of the rock and seeps everywhere, and the veld...
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