30 August
Our lounge-camping went fairly well. We were both fast asleep by 19:45.
After getting head-butted mulitple times, and being pushed to the edge of the mattress, and having the duvet pulled off of me, I decided to migrate to the couch around midnight.
My niece woke up not long after and went to head-butt her parents instead 🤣
I slept until about 7am, having declared today a proper rest day. No admin, no clock-making, just try chill. But, something said I should go to Radloff. So I went, and had a walk. I could see some snow but the light wasn’t great.
I Googled Mont Rochelle Nature Reserve and saw they had had good snow. Sorted. I called up a friend and off we went.
My first time hiking Mont Rochelle. It is beautiful. Quite a steep 3.5km hike took us to the Uitkyk point in about 1.5hrs. Most of the snow had melted, but there was enough to crunch in and make snow balls, and quite a few people had made snowmen.
We could see people in the thicker snow high up on the ridge line. I guessed it would have been another hour’s hike, and I wasn’t prepared with snacks (or mentally). So we enjoyed the view and called it a day.
The hike back was a lot quicker. The traffic had lightened and it was mostly downhill.
The clouds were rolling in and the temperature was dropping, so I was glad to be getting off the mountain. And yet people were still going up, some in slippers nogals! 🤦🏼♀️
A well-deserved roosterkoek and vetkoek were had at Paulina’s at Rickety Bridge. Highly recommend!
A lekker chilled day. Tomorrow, let the week begin!