Led by Jenny Meek, Esme Beamish, Di Meek, Tara Baum, thirteen members met bright and early to avoid the heat. The age range spanned 6 decades and it was lovely to see some new faces as well as familiar ones and some back after many years.
The route was straightforward with the objective of finding red disas rather than intrepid tracks. We may have avoided the heat but a lively South Easter kept us company the whole way up Kasteelspoort. We were rewarded with the first disas towards the top then continued on towards the dams and turned up the Disa stream.
The display started fairly soon after and the lower part of the stream ( not usually very obvious) was a gentle ribbon of red flowers meandering through the fynbos. As we crossed the stream and passed the first pools the display intensified and there was much ooing and ahhing and agreement that it was a bumper year after our heavy winter rains .
A few beautiful pools later, tea stop was at the junction where the main stream veers left. The Disas surrounded us as we took in the scene.
Onto the aqueduct which, though fairly dry, offered an incredible concentration of flowers.
Our route went over Window Gorge stream (several hundred more disas!), back towards Skeleton Gorge and then the track north of Helly Hutchinson dam to reconnect with the lower reaches of the Disa stream . More (you guessed it) Disas. By then it was hot so we returned via Woody Ravine to finish by lunchtime.
A lovely morning. A deluge of disas and a refreshing swim in Camps Bay tidal pool for the brave.
Photos by Penny Brown
