Sunday 21st January 2018

Off to the beautiful botanical gardens of Kirstenbosch which we love. Acres of plants set on a hillside just in the suburbs of Cape Town. Another beautiful day and very little wind today.

We were amazed how may of the proteas were still in magnificent bloom –

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Quite unusual for this time of year-

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We decided to explore off the main track and climbed The Stairway to Heaven –

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It just went on and on and led to the aptly named –

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On a more gentle note we ambled along onto the bridge passing over a very clear freshwater pond –

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To admire these little chaps –

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And their friend –

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Spotted a very beautiful Spurfowl enjoying the day –

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Now this looks like a sculpture in steel but it is in fact a dried flower head –

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Then down the shaded Camphor tree lined walk –

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To the restaurant for lunch where we were entertained by a local band –

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Beautiful butterflies –

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Then saw this rainbow on the way home –

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Ok. See you tomorrow.

xx🐾