As was the case yesterday, there were so many beautiful and interesting plants, and I took many pictures to identify or remember. This was one of a few Chasmanthe flowering.
Nearly at the top of the valley, we stopped for a break in the shade of the cliffs.
That is such an impressive rock formation against that wonderful sky.
Just next to the Maltese Cross there is this impressive example of sedimentary rock folding, standing all on its own.
The blue lizards kept me entertained for a few minutes on the way down.
At the beginning of the day's hike, after crossing the stream and ascending the trail for about 1 km up the Bokveldkloof, the breeze from the north-east had carried the sound of tumbling water up to us. It seemed to be coming from further up the stream that we had crossed and where I noticed some rock bands intersecting the river course. It seemed worth exploring so near the end of the hike I ran ahead of the group and went exploring....
The pool that I discovered far exceeded what I thought might be there! I took some pictures and had a swim, then went off to tell the others and get them there.
It was only about 500m directly from the car back across the undulating grassy flats.
The guys were suitably impressed and some considered it the highlight of the day!
Later, back at Driehoek, David and I went for another walk of about an hour on one of the farm routes to a view point and some bushman paintings.
We reached the overhang and found an arrow sign pointing upwards but still took some time to find these two figures of a buck and a human.
The site has had a lot of weathering and possibly also fire damage, and much of the rock has flaked off. There were small smudges of other figures that suggested there was a bigger scene visible long ago. Not very impressive, but the excursion did satisfy some more of that need to explore and see what is at the end of the map/trail.
That evening I took Colin, William, David and Tony to the Cederberg Observatory for the slide presentation and telescope viewing. The talk/slides were good and up to date, but a bit disappointing through the telescopes, as the sky was bright with a large moon and no Jupiter or Saturn up.
The next morning we went up the Waterfall path for about 30 minutes, had a communion service among the rocks next to the second waterfall and pool, and then a group photo and lekker skinny dip! Packed up and left for home by midday.
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