Cape Town Day Hikes: A Newlands Forest Route
Hiking Cape Town’s last indigenous forest.
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Trail Running: The Om Die Dam Trail Run
When A Trail Run Comes With A User Warning!
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Trail Running: Trail Running Terms
Trail Terms for noobs beginners new trail runners with a south african twist
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Cape Town Hiking: 10 Easy Child-Friendly Hikes
10 Kid Friendly HIkes in Cape Town South Africa To Do This Summer
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Best Weekend Hikes: The Bloupunt Hike & Cogmanskloof Hiking Trail
Hikes, Hills & Hot Tea Montagu, Western Cape Happy Hikers Going To the Mountains Is Like Going Home John Muir When Things Go Awry The Bloupunt and Cogmanskloof hiking trails in Montagu are why mountains exist. We go to the mountains for many reasons; to escape the rat race, to spend time in nature, to
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Best Weekend Hikes: The Fynbos Trail
Hikes, Holidays & Hot Tubs Stanford – Gansbaai (Western Cape, South Africa) Life is stressful. Duh… The hamster wheel of work, family, crime, corruption, traffic, etc can be overwhelming. Not surprising then, we are often anxious, resentful, sometimes even angry. All of this can lead to burn out, which negatively affects our mental and physical
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Road Running: The Landmarks Half Marathon Road Race
The Landmarks Half Marathon 6 November 2022 My first post to my hiking blog will not be about hiking but about my side chick, road running. This past weekend I swapped the trails for concrete and asphalt, although in my defence, the route passed Newlands Forest and had a nearly constant view of my
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Aboot Me
I’m Gabiba and this is the first day of the rest of my hikes. I started hiking in 2009, but it only became part of my life in 2012. I mention this because I was/am sometimes, still, terrified of heights. Probably, I was acrophobic in utero but I don’t really remember that far back. Suffice