The last Last Sunday of the Month Hike of the Year:
Bailey’s Kloof – from the Shark Spotters’ Hut above Muizenberg and then up – and up.
(and then back down again.)
Not far, but a LOT of ascent, so thank goodness for the lovely cloud cover for most of the way up – which also gave us some wonderful crepuscular rays over False Bay.
The cloud was very welcome on the way up, but it brightened and brightened as the morning wore on – pretty much perfect conditions for a nice gentle(ish) walk.
Plenty of flowers around including (I think) Watsonia spp., Aristea glauca, Erica cerinthoides and a single Mountain Dahlia (Liparia splendens) doing its thing on the back of St James Peak:
But aside from the plants, not a lot on the wildlife front, including the birds.
Then back for a cold beer or two and a quick dip in the pool, and I’m now heading rapidly towards the TV for United’s last game of a – rather mixed – 2024.