Blooming, Walking (16 Oct)

Fynbos path to the Blockhouse

By Janet Purcell, Blocktober walker

Tuesday afternoon saw a group of eight Blocktoberites walking to the King’s Blockhouse, me dawdling at the back determined to photograph every flowering thing I saw. This is a record of the way up: an hour of distraction by every new beauty, and patient immersion in tiny details, trying to capture the splendor of late afternoon, and appreciative of the company of Yuo Cheng, a visitor from China, who hung out at the back with me. From Paterson’s Curse to pink Keurbooms to fading Watsonias, Carpobrotus, Erica's, Pelargoniums, Spanish Broom, Bearded Proteas and many more. Best watched on full screen, imagining you are there.

Note that three of these flowering plants, while attractive, are seriously invasive:

• Blue Periwinkle (Vinca Major).
• Paterson's Curse (Echium plantagineum) about which Brian du Preez recently posted.
• Spanish Broom (Spartium junceum).

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October Walk Details in Cape Town

• Next walking day: 17 October 6am.
• Difficulty: Moderate
• Duration: 2 / 2.5hrs, 7.5km
• Jeep Track Route: From Vredehoek (mountain end of Chelmsford Rd), to Blockhouse and back. Click this PIN for starting point.
• Click here to join future walks.  
• Record your walk, run, cycle or swim in support of Blocktober on Strava.

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