Clarence Drive and Klippies Baai (2021-06-20)
The Kogelberg coastal mountain range, part of the Cape Fold Belt, stretches from the Elgin valley all the way up until Kleinmond and is said...
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Fresh Air and Fynbos at Rooi-Els (2020-07-18)
November 5, 2021
by Craig Lotter
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Rooi-Els, Afrikaans for red alder (which coincidently is apparently not actually found in Rooi-Els), is the first settlement to greet you along the R44 coastal...
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Walking from Meulwater Botanical Garden up to Paarl Rock (2021-03-13)
May 31, 2021
by Craig Lotter
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If you take a peek at my Instagram you will notice that the girls and I are doing a fair bit of walking about in...
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Watching Table Mountain from up on Signal Hill in Cape Town (2021-01-24)
March 10, 2021
by Craig Lotter
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Want a view over Cape Town but don’t actually want to walk to get it? Then Signal Hill has everything you need! For non locals,...
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Driving over the Bain’s Kloof Pass to Wellington (2016-12-11)
February 7, 2017
by Craig Lotter
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Chantelle and I enjoyed a weekend away in Tulbagh towards the end of last year. We decided to head home via Wellington for a change,...
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Steenbras Dam and Sir Lowry’s Pass over the Hottentots Holland Mountains (2016-09-10)
October 5, 2016
by Craig Lotter
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We find ourselves taking the short hop over the mountain to visit the apple rich Grabouw/Elgin area quite often, which of course then means we travel via...
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Watching Gordon’s Bay from the Steenbras Lookout Point (2016-08-27)
September 15, 2016
by Craig Lotter
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I’ve mentioned Steenbras Dam on these pages before, formerly the main reservoir for Cape Town and also current source for the Steenbras Power Station (a...
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Table Mountain Cableway Birthday Trip (2016-05-11)
May 14, 2016
by Craig Lotter
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The popular Table Mountain Aerial Cableway company gives South Africans a free cable car ride on their birthday, and although I’ve unsuccessfully tried to take...
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Travelling through Tradouw Pass to Barrydale (2016-04-15)
April 28, 2016
by Craig Lotter
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Continuing the trend of this being the year of weekends away as a result of my lack of mobility throughout December and January (February was...
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Japan 2014 – 44 Taking the Komagatake Ropeway to ascend Mount Komagatake in Komagane (2014-10-11)
December 26, 2015
by Craig Lotter
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Our two week long Japanese sightseeing trip was rapidly coming to an end now. With one day to go to the big day of Yuko...
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