Lovely photos taken by Jo, turned into digital paintings

Lunch with Sam

Sam treated me to a lovely lunch in Kalk Bay to thank me for helping me with her site.

Sam's beautiful letter

Sam's beautiful gift

Echo Valley hike above Kalk Bay

It's always wonderful to spend time with both Russell and Ivor, my two closest Cape Town friends.  We were very lucky with the weather with our hike sandwiched between two bouts of rain. After the hike, we had a tasty Mexican lunch of enchiladas and a sublime milkshake. Then Kirsten's Kick Ass Icecream. What indulgence!

Mexican food and icecream in Muizenberg

Escaping a fire in the Kalk Bay mountains with Russell and Stephen

We went caving in the mountains above St James and Kalk Bay.  After over an hour crawling through the caves (a real adventure), we emerged to discover a Whatsapp from Jo saying there was a fire in the Kalk Bay mountains.  We climbed to a high vantage point and indeed there was a rather scary looking fire coming our way. We put foot out of there and hiked to Silvermine to ensure our safety, a lot longer hike than we had been planning.  Jo very kindly came to pick us up and take us to retrieve Russell's car.  We then went for a celebratory ice cream in Kalk Bay and a swim at St James.

Exploring the cave

The fire and escaping it

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Recovering Russell's car, ice cream in Kalk Bay and a swim at St James