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The season has definitely changed and the mornings are dark… very dark!!! But even the greys days are glorious in Cape Town over the Winter months. Last year we spent the Winter break in the City of Cape Town and we had an absolute blast. There is a lot to do in the city over […]

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It is hiking season over here, we have literally hiked all day every day this week. It is the best time of year for glorious days… not too hot and not too cold. Last weekend we embraced our family tradition of hiking on Table Mountain over the first weekend in May. We have been doing […]

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It’s a long weekend in Cape Town… Freedom Day on one side of the weekend and Worker’s Day on the other… means a lovely long weekend. I know I like it is a full blown vacation… just a couple of days off is sometimes exactly what you need. We have big plan for the weekend. […]

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Weekend reading at it’s very best… as our kids dream and wish to hike further and further afield, this book makes for a very good read. Hiking with kids is a bit of an art and we dipped in and out of hiking for years before finally saying it is now or never a couple […]

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That Friday feeling and a little little hike… you know you really want to get out there into the wild and your kids are ready for a short adventure… but really you want a cup of coffee. Then this is the perfect hike. Firstly, it is just above picturesque Simonstown, and therefore dozens of coffee […]

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It is our tradition to climb up Table Mountain every year… it all began a number of years ago when one of the hoods declared a dream to climb to the very top. And so began our hiking career. Towards the end of last year our gang worked really hard on a nature observation project, […]

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As the season changes the weather is cool and the sun is out and it is absolutely perfect hiking weather. So we decided to walk to Kanonkop. A hike in Cape Point, one that we have been past a couple of times while doing other hikes… but we have never been there just for the […]

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