Skoorsteenberg attempt (11/14)

I could not find my Slingsby map of Houtbay area this morning, and just hoped that I could wing it to the intended destination of Skoorsteenberg. Not a good idea!  

We set off from Tokai Arboretum and I started making route mistakes already while on the plantation paths and roads.  Eventually got onto the tarred mast road and found the correct path leading off to the right just after the Hoerikwagga trail meets the tar road.  Followed it for about half a k, but wasn't quite sure exactly where the path was heading or which of the high points was Skoorsteenberg!  So we stopped on some rocks at a nek where the path started to descend and called tea break.

While the family rested here with views towards Hout Bay and the Sentinel, I climbed up the closest peaklet immediately behind/to the right in this photo. As usually happens I reached the top to discover that there was a higher peaklet further, but I wasn't going there!

Later when I was able to study the map, I realized that none of these points were Skoorsteenberg, and that it was the one directly above Christopher's head in the picture above, and that the path would have taken us there. But it was a hot day, and after enjoying the views we were happy to go no further and headed back home.

The trail that goes along the western side of Constantiaberg and eventually descends to the Old Manganese Mine.

We took the mast road again for a while, but turned off to descend the Boekenhoutkloof path, and then along the jeep tracks and pine forests of Tokai back to our car.