Saturday, August 07, 2021

Hout Bay beach

A day trip to Hout Bay to take a meal to a friend whose family is quarantined away from him;
first, we had a lovely walk on the beach in a clear midwinter day
The Sentinel mountain was facing incoming rainy weather for the next day

Sad to see the Chapman’s Peak Hotel and restaurant closed, but they are both open now, after the latest lockdown
Lovely sea views from both and great seafood at the restaurant

Great to see people out and enjoying themselves again. This looks like a lesson taking place

Lots of dogs and families enjoying the beach

And this chocolate Labrador was a wonderful retriever of her owner’s shots with the ball

An composite action photograph shows just how good she is

The sea temperature must have been sooo cold, but these children didn’t mind

Time to leave the water
We must admit that it is not somewhere we would contemplate swimming,
as the river does bring raw sewage down to the sea

"See what I have to show you Pa"

Sea reflections

Cosy blue mussels, Mytilus edulis

And white mussels, surf clam (Donax serra) are found here as well

So peaceful at noon

A close up view of the harbour and the homes of many of the local fisher folk above

A fishing boat going out to sea

A tourist boat that takes people to Seal Island
More than 20 years ago, John knew Nauticat very well, when it was sponsored by AGFA Film

and the fishing boat coming back to harbour with a crayfish catch. Winter is generally the snoek season

In synch

We have had a very wet winter (for which we are very thankful)
and we have not seen the river with so much water in it for a long time

Homes high on the hill with great bay views



One of our favourite restaurants, Dunes, to come to, meet friends and to bring overseas visitors
Simple but very good food and draught beer
We favour the upper terrace in good weather, but the lower when its windy and chilly
But not this day, we had our mind set on an Indian takeaway from the Indian Oven in the village

Sadly, the crabs on our coast never seem to get big enough to eat

What we don’t want to see on any beach, small pieces of plastic

and although the beach is regularly cleaned by the Council workers and concerned locals,
the small pieces slip through the net

Glass-bottomed Calypso, another tourist boat

Drumbeat II takes tours and is also available for charters

Heading for home

A winter picnic with fish and chips from Mariner's Wharf

And a bus load of enthusiastic young lads had just arrived
Don't know what the young miscreant on the beach had done to be chased!

The landmark bronze leopard of Hout Bay was sculpted by Ivan Mitford-Barberton who,
after creating it, donated it to the Hout Bay community
 The statue was placed on its rocky pedestal by the Divisional Council on 14th March 1963

Empty chairs and empty tables; luxury suites at the Chapman's Peak Hotel. Now open again
And we were off to buy our take away curry for our supper that night and then deliver supper to our friend

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