Having walked from Constantia Nek to Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens with our friends L and V, who was carrying little N in a soft carry-pouch (see route here), we were keen to try the approach from the opposite direction, Newlands Forest. The two of us had tackled that route about two years ago. At the time,…
At the start of May, longing to get away from computers, technology and deadlines by spending some time among shady trees and burbling streams instead, we went for a short ramble around Newlands Forest. As always, it was peaceful and serene in this old, well-established forest that is understandably popular among hikers, dog-walkers and trail-runners.…
There was dense cloud cover on the mountains on Sunday morning, and the wind was howling across the city bowl. Despite the ominous weather, we decided to tackle the mountain slopes between Rhodes Memorial and Newlands forest. We hadn’t yet walked the contour path between Rhodes Mem and Newlands ravine, and we were keen to…
The last time we’d been to Newlands Forest was at the start of November (see post), when we walked from there to Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens to have a cup of tea. The month of November passed by in a blur of work-work-work, with even the weekends not offering much of a respite. This morning, however,…
The Volunteer Wildfire Service at Newlands Forest was training its recruits this morning. Amidst much yelling of orders and running hither and thither, the brightly clad volunteers practised spraying water on non-existing flames, immersed some sort of water pump to the flowing Newlands stream, and unrolled metres of firehose. A few minutes earlier, we had…
A couple of weeks ago, during a hike around the Newlands Forest, we came across waymarkers in the form of short pillars cemented into the ground, bearing letters of the alphabet. We followed the markers down a narrow little path, descending from (I think) J to A, until we reached the main thoroughfare at the…
Grains of Sand 
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