Dear Friends The shorter winter days have arrived but fear not! These are brilliant days for hiking and enjoying the mountainside, for snuggling up in the lounge next to a raging log-fire and for quiet sips of gorgeous red wine in our beautiful cellar. Yesterday we had a lovely older, mature, grey-haired couple (97!! Driver […]
Scolopia mundii is fruiting prolifically, and is a scene of conflict. The yellow fruits are too big for small frugivores, but the Glossy and Red-winged Starlings are arguing the toss. In fact most forest trees in colder areas produce “soft” fruit in winter. This is because omnivores would ignore them in summer when insect life
Marvellous May was always a peaceful, serene time of the year. That was until we started a school which needed massive fundraising so that we could provide a quality start to the little people… how things have changed. The worst part is that I keep wishing the weeks away. Once this is over, it will
Firstly I’d just like to start with a huge CHEERS to Megan, to the teachers, the porters, the guides, the waiters and all The Cavern staff and to Les, Hilton & Peter who all work incredibly hard to make today such an incredible event. So let’s just raise our glasses in a toast to them.
Winter has definitely arrived. The best possible proof is the appearance of the Fairy Flycatcher, our famous altitudinal migrant from the top of the Berg. Two were dashing about in newly regenerating forest just below the swimming pool. Although always called a flycatcher this is a bit misleading because its behaviour always suggests a warbler,
#Big5Hike How incredible to wake on Sunday morning to know that we had the most successful weekend and incredible support for our Big5Hike. It has been a fantastic weekend with an awesome team of people, all coming together to fundraise for Royal Drakensberg Primary School. Our thanks extends to every hiker, every supporter, every corporate
So I managed to convince my team that we’d rest on Thursday and hike again on Friday to give me one more day to fight the cold. Thankfully they agreed and much work was done in the office. This was rather a good thing since there was much to prepare before we welcomed 130 guests
What a disappointment to have the winter lurgies pounce and deplete my energy and just make me feel so dreadful! I have been trying to ignore a scratchy throat for about a week but after two good days of walking the bugs got the better! No amount of Echinacea drops would do the trick this
#Little5Hike We were very pleased to wake this morning knowing that a Little5Hike was on the cards! We developed this walk as an easier option for the very little people and the older folk that found the Big5Hike a bit too much of a pull. It keeps below the cliff line but it remains a
I have been totally over committed just recently… I know a simple ‘no’ is all it takes but I can’t seem to get this right. Thankfully I landed up in the Michaelhouse chapel on Sunday morning and in this beautiful space, while listening to singing by Audrey Mbuyazi and friends, I was able to calm
