"Deep wooded kloofs, crashing waterfalls and crystal clear rock-pools are but some of the boasts the Baviaanskrans Trail has to offer" was all it took ensure I fully booked the trail and once again maxed out my credit card.We left on Friday to the tune of Lustra thrashing out power chords of "Scotty doesn't know" around lunchtime stopping at the highly recommended Maropeng World Heritage site where we had a quick lunch. We then made our way to Rustenberg where we settled down around the fire at Explorer Camp while the chicken potjie bubbled away under Andrew's watchful eye.
Saturday morning presented a steep incline along the game fence and lots of contouring with some treachorous winds which kept us amused while Grant kept on losing his hat. Richard never stopped playing with his throwing ball and Zaahid chattered away happily. All the while Kyle was snapping away on his trusty camera. The tough day's hiking was made all worth it when we arrived at Avon More camp which was a trio of rock shelters joined by a network of wooden
walkways umbrellered under the stretching limbs of a tolkienesk wild olive tree. The seniors went kloofing and cliff hanging whilst the youngsters did their axemanship and learnt how to build a smokeless fire. That evening while we feasted on Rocchi pasta bolognaise some scouts fried their brains on the riddles passed around the campfire.
walkways umbrellered under the stretching limbs of a tolkienesk wild olive tree. The seniors went kloofing and cliff hanging whilst the youngsters did their axemanship and learnt how to build a smokeless fire. That evening while we feasted on Rocchi pasta bolognaise some scouts fried their brains on the riddles passed around the campfire.Sunday morning was brought aound by rays of sunshine breaking through the canopy and a troop of vervet monkeys that also had a taste for bolognaise. We set off on the path up to the garden of rememberance and up to a series of waterfalls for lunch where Scotty found much to his dismay that his bag had been "rocked"! At this point 
Keagan's boots had almost disentigrated and were being held together by Elastoplast!
Keagan's boots had almost disentigrated and were being held together by Elastoplast!From here we ascended to the highest point of the hike where we took photo's and then followed a gentle descent back to Explorer Camp. We gave a forlorn hitchiker a ride back on the trailer and then headed off homewards but not before we stopped at Wimpy and had our legendary wimpy burgers and sodas. All in all a great event! Scotty still doesn't know...
2 comments:
Thanks for organising a great hike, Warren,
I know Richard throughly enjoyed the weekend.
wish i could be there.
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