Platteklip

Been there, done that can be said about climbing Table Mountain. Matthew and I were on Tafelberg Road at 6am this morning ready to go. There was cloud on the mountain and we were hoping that by mid morning the sun would have evaporated the cloud but alas that was not to be. We took two hours to scramble up Platteklip Gorge. The quickest route up but it was straight up. After 500m I was gasping for breath as I am quite unfit but by 1km I had my second breath and it was a breeze up the rest. By 8am we were at the top but visibility in the clouds was only about 3m so it was not much of a view. We hoped that it would clear but by 10am we heard reports that it was overcast down in the city bowl so we trudged down again. We ended up on the Waterfront drinking hot chocolate. By afternoon it was raining in Cape Town so we headed back to Fish Hoek for some feet up relaxation which we deserved. We went to Joy and Malcolm’s place at Noordhoek for pizza and beer this evening. The cousins from Edenvale who are also holidaying at Fish Hoek joined us. I could not get a decent photo from top of Table Mountain for today due to the poor weather so you will have to do with one of the family. From left to right are Kimberly, Natasha, Craig, Jenny, Malcolm and Henry.