From my chair: Dear all 2025 is officially over, and I do hope that you’re developing plans for a plethora of enjoyable excursions in the hills this year. And if you are, that you’ll offer some of these as meets to your fellow club-members! ‘Let a hundred flowers bloom’, as a well-known and now deceased [...]
A (Mad?) Hatters last minute summer hiking party to the Groot-Winterhoek Nature Reserve Disclaimer: the story recorded hereunder could be loosely based on real events but could also be fictional. Any resemblance to persons or events could be entirely coincidental and the author cannot be held responsible for the reader’s presumptions. It’s oft been said [...]
From my chair: 34° 00’ 53” S 22° 47’ 10”E (elevation 41m) Dear all It was great to see such a good turnout for the Section’s Christmas Party this week. Lots of good food enjoyed with entertaining conversation on a spectacularly beautiful evening at the Bowling Club. Some pictures of the festivities follow this page. [...]
Boosmansbos wilderness area is well known for its flora and hiking and is only 3 hours from Sedgefield. I did this trail a few months earlier this year in the rain and decided at short notice to put it on for another go. We filled the 11 spots quickly. Ed and Mimi Shuttleworth, Lauren [...]
From my chair: 58’ 31.17”S 22° 35’ 44.89”E (elevation 151m) Dear all You’ll know by now the good news that, as a consequence of the Section’s finances being in rude health, there’ll be no increase in subscription fees for 2026. The meet reports for the recent multiday hikes that have come in show that much [...]
From my chair: 33° 58’ 31.17”S 22° 35’ 44.89”E (elevation 151m) Dear all A great turnout at Thursday’s social, when we were regaled by Clive with images and tales of derring-do in the Andes (and why pasta isn’t useful at high altitudes), before enjoying a range of soups and accompaniments from the Ladybergers. October, as [...]
From my chair: (No view – it’s dark outside, and the moon has yet to rise) 33° 58’ 31.55”S 22° 35’ 45.36”E (elevation 157m) Trust that this note finds you well, and making progress on your list of 20 peaks to commemorate the 20th anniversary of our Section (it sounds as though a couple of [...]
From my chair: 59.4133° N 22° 24.8328° E (elevation 40m) Not a mountain in sight today, sadly, which means I’m falling behind in my peak count for the year. From what I hear, at least one member is already closing in on the target of twenty in this twentieth anniversary year. A prize for [...]
From my chair: 47.26177 N 22° 11.39986E (elevation 580m) A delightful day in the Tyrol today, enjoyed with MCSA members we met at last year’s July Camp/National Meet in the Southern Drakensberg – a real privilege to be part of a club of so many like-minded members (and, on that note, don’t forget about this [...]
From my chair: 33° 58’ 31.17”S 22° 35’ 44.89”E (elevation 151m) Dear all I do trust that you’re enjoying the paradise of delights that the glorious Garden Route offers those of us sufficiently privileged to live here. You may know that certain of our Section’s members were rather active in the hills this past weekend. [...]