This was meant to be another day of hiking but today we awoke to thick cloud right down to our level - not a mountain to be seen anywhere at all. However, by the time I had finished yet another excellent breakfast, the clouds had miraculously disappeared completely and until late afternoon there was not a single one to be seen anywhere in the sky.
The objective today (apart of course from viewing the glorious scenery) was three lots of rock paintings by the San people (bushmen) from xxxx years ago. (Same but different to those we saw in the Matapos national park in Zimbabwe). No one seems to know how old they are here - anything from hundreds to thousands of years.
In the morning we saw again the herd of eland that we had seen yesterday, and then another five trotted by just in front of us. Coming back down in the late afternoon, we found that the herd would be almost across our path, but the breeze was blowing from us to them, so they would surely scent us and move on. We came down as quietly as we possibly could (not easy on a slippy stone path) without breathing a word and, although they kept looking at us, they stayed where they were until we were less than 100yds away - great to be so close to a herd of 50+. Even then they just slowly moved out of our way, no charging off into the distance.
Thought I would end my final walk here by showering in the outside shower again, looking at the view!
Just at dinner time, a new couple arrived - Graham and Margaret from West Derby, Liverpool, my home for my first eighteen years. Aged 78 and 76 respectively, they have just finished an eleven day camping trip in Botswana and are now touring SA using "my" backpackers bus. And I thought I was doing well at my age! (There are also about twenty youngsters doing their Duke of Edinburgh award and, of course, yet more Germans - they really do seem to be in SA in large numbers).
Tomorrow I start the long journey back to Cape Town so no more wifi until Monday at the earliest.
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