What a great place to hike! The campsite at Grootvadersbosch is clean, well grassed and clearly well looked after. Toilet facilities are more than adequate and hot showers, even with limited hot water are a pleasure at the end of a hike. We arrived mid afternoon, set up tents and went for a walk in …
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Apr 22 2016
Our Explorer Scouts and the Scouts in America
As part of their Explorer Badge, our scouts are supposed to product a display which must be shown to the public. Usually this takes the form of a pioneering model or a poster, shown at the local library or in a shopping centre. Late last year we were approached by an American Scouter who wanted …
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Maintenance
The scout hall was built in 1940 and was expanded by the addition of the stage and the basement in 1952 (at the cost of 900 pounds). It is thus more than 75 years old and while some parts have been replaced over time (such as the roof), most of the hall is essentially the …
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Elandspad 2016
A great days kloofing in Elandspad in perfect weather. We left early in the morning with temperatures forecast to reach 40 degrees so that we could avoid hiking in the heat. A wise decision as it turned out as we reached Fishermans Cave at about 10 in the morning, after about 1.5 to 2 hours …
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Kloofing Basics
Kloofing is the art and science of hiking down a river. In the Western Cape we are lucky to have several rivers that we can kloof in. Kloofing though is not like a conventional hike. Most kloofing is preceeded by the hike in – the length to get from the cars to the point where …
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