On our way home from the Black
Sheep restaurant we went via Kloof Nek, which is a quick route home for
us. It was such a beautiful hot and clear day so we stopped in the Glen and
John took some photographs of the views. We often drive this way but, every now
and then, it is good to stop and pay attention to the beautiful view of the mountains and the sea from here
As we left the Black Sheep, we saw this Pied
Crow's nest in a building next door in Kloof Street
From the top of the pass at
Kloof Nek, you get a very good aspect of the corner of Table Mountain and the
Cable car, which is working well. The views from the top of the mountain are
absolutely stunning. If you visit Cape Town, you must go up to see the different
views of Cape Town and some of the Peninsula. The summit is 3563 feet, 1086 metres, above
sea level, so you can see some of the curvature of the earth from there. You
can get to the top by Cable car or do a slightly challenging walk up. But you
need a clear day, a map, a cellphone, a partner, water, good shoes and warm jackets; the
weather can change rapidly, especially as you go higher
A view of the blue, blue sea and
Camps Bay beachfront, a very popular venue, on an early November day
Camps Bay and the coast road to
Llandudno and Hout Bay, looking over The Glen
which has walks and picnic sites
and is where you can find the Youth Hostel
The winding road round Lion’s
Head leading down to Camps Bay, Clifton and back to town past Sea Point
The
flat-topped stone pines are not indigenous, but are part of the view
From here
you can take the walk up the Lion’s Head mountain
It is one of the few places where
our indigenous silver trees (members of the protea family) grow
You can see
some branches on the left of the picture
And how our mountain recovers
from fire. This was the site of a small bush fire at the end of last summer, in
February, on the slopes of Lion’s Head, just above Camps Bay and Clifton. And
the fynbos is quick to recover, the bulbs of the Watsonia plants are not
affected and this year there is a superb show where the fire was. Our good wet
winter helped too, so you can see other plants reviving. And our Cape Proteas
need fire to break open their seeds so more can grow
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