• South Africa

    The Wolfberg Arch – Total Isolation !

    Going away for a weekend with super fit friends in the Cedarberg Mountains can lead to some interesting times! One morning the guys decided to walk up to the Wolfberg Arch about a 3-4 hour walk for them. I decided to start the walk with them and turn around when I got tired or too sore (a fall earlier in the year had given me problems with my knee). The others powered ahead within the first 20 minutes they were out of sight. I carried on enjoying the quite. When I got to bottom of the pass, I had thought this is where I would turn back, but decided to…

  • South Africa

    Cederberg Mountains – Waterfall Farm, a place to leave the city behind!

    The drive to Citrusdal was stunning the little bit of rain the drought stricken Western Cape had received turned the fields an emerald green; the Winterhoek Mountains framed the rolling fields full of growing crops and grazing cattle. The Cederberg mountains are breathtaking, the higher you climb the beauty is stark with little vegetation, mountains made up of the distinct orange rocks common in the Cederberg. The bright blue skies contrasting against the orange, if you saw these colours in a painting, you would say “that can’t be real” Mountain after mountain greets you as you wind your way through the passes to our destination. The town of Citrusdal is…