Citrusdal and The Baths

Hi its Stef again…
We were unable to update the blog this weekend as we were staying at the Baths, which are situated in a valley on the side of the Pikeneerskloof Pass, which is beautiful, but does not get reception. It was a great weekend there, even though our camping table was nicked. Soaking in the hot pool while the biggest storm in the last seven years was brewing, quite something to behold! It was great to spend time with Sue and Al, and to be treated to dinners, breakfast, and a night indoors and they are great to be around and very entertaining.
Greg was pretty excited to camp on Saturday night while the storm hit- me on the other hand had to talk myself out of being scared- while lying in a tent that’s being pelted with rain and next to a raging stream, yes a raging stream. It was easy to get carried away (not literally, although it crossed my mind…) I realized I was talking myself into being scared). Thankfully there was just heavy rain (and our tents are waterproof, yay!) and lots of snow on the surrounding mountains!
Greg, Al and Sue managed to cover good ground on Saturday. Sunday Greg took off, as the weather was pretty rough and he was feeling quite tired after 6 days walking, so we spent the day relaxing in the pool and taking it easy. Monday back on the road accompanied by sue and al for the morning.
Today we have moved on to Malmesbury. Thought that Mooreesburg was going to be our next stop, but their campsite is closed till October.
Its quite something to be driving so close to Cape Town, and realizing that today Greg will have less than 100kms left and that it’ll be over on Friday! While I am really happy to be so close to home I am also sad that this amazing experience is coming to an end. It has been fantastic to see the Western part of our country, to know that I can camp for weeks on end, and survive winds and rain. And most importantly to have helped Greg with his journey!
Greg managed to walk just over 40km yesterday!
Tonight we are joined by Brian (Greg’s dad) and Dannali, for our second last night and will be walking with Greg tomorrow.