On Tuesday morning - after another breakfast session with our Lancastrian landlady and her long-suffering husband about whom I will definitely write more - we sorted the bags for the next stage and headed south towards Stanford & Gansbaai.
The three hour drive - which seemed longer - was incident-free and we arrived in Stanford with enough time for a quick, but excellent, sandwich at the Ou Meul Bakkery before heading for the Grootbos Reserve and the start of our three day Fynbos Trek.
Our guide Cristophe was great company, both personable and very knowledgeable and as a result we had an interesting afternoon hiking through the reserve. It was great to have an expert who could identify the plants and the birds that we were seeing while at the same time maintaining a normal conversation.
Although we only walked about 6km, there was a fair bit of climbing and descending and we were more than ready to finish up by the time we reached Fountain Bush Cottage where Michael was waiting to greet us and cook us pizza for dinner - and provide us with a bottle of a local Shiraz.
Slightly cool by the time the sun went down so we were glad of the Wood-burning in the stove in the living room - although a pity that there isn't one in the bedroom where it may be a little cool in the morning!
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| Drumsticks |
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| Yellow-eyed Sorrel |
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| Pinhead Protea |
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| Orange-breasted Sunbird |
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