Interesting gallery. From the images alone (without the Zebra's) I would never have guessed SA. Would love to walk that track.
On Sun, 28 Mar 2021 at 14:12, Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote: > > Crystal Springs has 5 Hiking Trails all about 5Km in length graded from > easy to difficult. They used to have 3 more much longer trails & a dam > with a bird hide but these were lost when the property was subdivided > about 5 years ago. It ruined (halved) the game park too. Yesterday > afternoon I decided to tackle the Bushbuck Trail graded as "medium" on > my own. I checked in at reception & off I went without doing any > homework. I took my camera along to try & produce something a la Dave > Brooks. The Trail is essentially a descent of about 300m to the bottom > of the gorge, a long meander along the river with several wet river > crossings and then a climb back to the top. The first part of the > descent was steep but fairly easy. The Trail then became rocky, wet & > slippery from seepage water. Eventually I reached the bottom and found > the route followed the river criss-crossing several times with 4 > calf-deep wet crossings. I soon realised I had been a bit reckless to > attempt it on my own and became ultra-careful since I was out of 'phone > contact at the bottom of the gorge. There were some wooden bridges & > concrete steps with rails at particularly difficult spots. At about 3.Km > the ascent began - much like the descent in reverse but I was now a bit > knackered and had to take several rests. Eventually I reached the stone > cairn at the top of the gorge & could see our Chalet opposite some 500m > distant. I 'phoned Ann just to let her know I was safe. She took a photo > with her Fuji Superzoom & 750mm which I have included at the end of the > album. I didn't realise I looked in such bad shape! Anyway, it wasn't > too bad after that & I finished in just over 2 hours. I had hoped to see > more flowers but they were few at this time of the year. Slept well last > night! > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/albums/72157718800799423 > > Short descriptions under each photo. > > K5 & DA 18-55 WR except the last Fuji S4800 > > Alan C > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
