The pick-up cars were parked at Coney Glen, Knysna Heads, and we drove to the start at Sparrebosch. The landowners had decided to repair part of the fire-damaged fishermen’s path down to the coast, so they had just recently closed the trail! The official there would not allow us access. It was quite a bind after all the planning, and in addition we had a visitor from Cape Town, who had come just for this meet. I knew that you can start a bit further down the coast from Noetzie. So that quickly became plan B. It just meant that we would have to do it a bit faster than planned, because we still had to get through key points on the coast while it was spring low tide.
Greg Devine, Gillian Forbes, Ed Shuttleworth, Dennis Lange, Cheryl Devine, Charles Smith, Wolf Schneider, and photo taken at Noetzie beach by Clive Louw (leader).
This route follows the very rugged and beautiful coast line to Knysna Heads. Because this route is best done at spring low tide, it is rare to see anybody else. There is the occasional beach, but it is 99% walking and scrambling the rocky coast, while avoiding the splashes from the waves.
Then a pleasant lunch spot in the shade. It was a somewhat hurried bite, and I hope I will be forgiven. The important point is that the rising tide did not catch us.
This was followed by a very large double arch rock which we climbed through. There was still a tough step to climb and finally we joined the Sunday afternoon crowds at Knysna Heads. The route took us 6,5 hours, the same time as previously from Sparrebosch, but it was hurried.
Clive Louw – Meet leader