Category Archives: Silvermine

Bubbling streams and foaming waterfalls: The Silvermine river walk in wintertime

Posted on Thursday, 14 July 2011 by

A couple o’ weeks ago, at the end of a rather wet winter’s week, we were eager to get out into the world of nature once more. We thus met up with L and V and their little girl N … Continue reading →

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A circular walk along the Hillcrest Path above the Silvermine reservoir

Posted on Saturday, 25 June 2011 by

During winter in Cape Town, the famous blue skies of Africa are often hidden behind water-logged dark-grey clouds that trail curtains of rain across the peninsula, causing erosion on exposed hillsides and widespread flooding in low-lying areas. In the last … Continue reading →

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A cloudy day’s walk along the Silvermine Crags

Posted on Saturday, 25 June 2011 by

One day in March, we hiked along the Silvermine Crags. A thick blanket of dark grey rain-heavy clouds was hovering above the city, and swirling around the tops of the mountain peaks in the southern peninsula. Luckily, the rain stayed … Continue reading →

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The Silvermine River Ramble and Butternut Soup at the Barnyard Farm Stall

Posted on Friday, 24 June 2011 by

At the end of April, after a couple of days of rain, the weather cleared sufficiently to venture outdoors, and we decided to re-try the river ramble in Silvermine West. We had explored this path in March, after long months … Continue reading →

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A Picnic with a View: The Hillcrest Path all around the Silvermine Reservoir

Posted on Monday, 14 March 2011 by

In September last year, we’d set out to explore the Hillcrest Path at Silvermine West, but we’d been caught out by the rain and the fog, and reluctantly did a u-turn on the mountain. Yesterday, however, was the perfect weather … Continue reading →

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Silvermine River Ramble and Steenberg Plateau

Posted on Saturday, 12 March 2011 by

The day after I had had my head shaved for a good cause at the 2011 CANSA Shavathon, we decided that the weather was just too nice to stay indoors in front of the computer, catching up on emails and … Continue reading →

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Looking back on a Whirlwind Week in Cape Town

Posted on Monday, 28 February 2011 by

My goodness, what a whirlwind of a week this has been! We picked up mom-in-law Lissi (visiting us from Windhoek, Namibia) from Cape Town International Airport last Saturday, and spent a leisurely afternoon at home, giving her some time to … Continue reading →

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A mysterious cave and a froggy pond at Silvermine East

Posted on Sunday, 16 January 2011 by

At the start of December last year, we felt like exploring Silvermine East a little more. To our delight, the weather was far more inviting than on the previous occasion we had visited the Southern Peninsula (see the story of … Continue reading →

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A circular route up the Constantiaberg, the other way around

Posted on Friday, 14 January 2011 by

Ever since I had joined a group of friends on an extra-long hike from the Silvermine Reservoir, up to the Elephant’s Eye Cave and even further up to the top of the Constantiaberg with its VHF mast in July last … Continue reading →

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The Walk that almost wasn’t: A decidedly un-summery hike to the Amphitheatre

Posted on Sunday, 21 November 2010 by

“Do you feel like doing the Amphitheatre hike tomorrow morning?” inquired hubby on Friday night. “Yeah, definitely.” “Great, so how about we get up reallllly early…” “Erm… how early is early?” “How about 5h30?” “What?!” “We’ll have a quick breakfast, … Continue reading →

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