Fire!

We were wondering what all the helicopters were doing buzzing over our apartment complex. I went outside and saw the smoke on Signal Hill which is just to the West of us. Lordy, the whole Hill was on fire.

About two blocks from us is a small reservoir on Upper Orange Street. There were four helicopters flying back and forth from the hill to the reservoir to fill the water-bombs. Made an interesting sight.

The next day, Ruth and I climbed Signal Hill to get to the Noon-Gun, a canon which fires every day at 12 Noon. The fires had started again and out came the helicopters again... Fortunately this this time, the fires had been successfully put out.......

Cape Point Nature Reserve

Christmas Day has been and gone. Ruth and I spent it with an old schoolmate of mine, Graham, his family and his in-laws in Constantia in Cape Town. We had a really great day, with plenty to eat, drink and talk about....

Today, Ruth and I headed off to the Cape Point Nature Reserve, right at the tip of the Cape Peninsular.

Fortunately we got there early-ish. As the day went on, there were more and more people arriving at this fantastic spot.

Hundreds of ships have floundered on this coastline over the centuries. So much for the Cape of Good Hope!

Seeing as Ruth and I love our hiking, this is a great place to do just that.....

Jonkershoek Nature Reserve - Stellenbosch

Man, there are soooo many incredible hikes around Cape Town. Today