(Posted on Sept. 27th at Sedgefield) Angela visited us in South Africa in 1978 and Alison brought 
her to Cape Town from Port Elizabeth, but the weather was never good enough to go up Table Mountain. Fortunately, she had better luck this time. We dropped Vic & Carol at the Waterfront and made arrangements to meet them for lunch, then headed up the mountain. Because every day had been clear since we went up with Chris & Linda, the lines were normal and we were soon in a cable car on our way to the top. This time, Alison and I wanted to make a hike of it so after walking for a while with Angela, we set out to walk to Maclear’s Beacon at the 
back of the mountain, overlooking False Bay and back over Somerset West and Gordon’s Bay. It turned out to be much further than we thought so it took us longer than we intended to be away.
We then joined Vic & Carol at Quay Four, the name of a fish restaurant. Alison was particularly impressed with the fish that she had – Dorado. Back to Somerset West and Vic & I investigated how we might be able to walk up part of the mountain (subsequently determined to be named “Helderberg”) that we could see from our residence. After walking and asking, we found that the gates to the “Helderberg Nature Reserve” were 
within driving distance of our house and that they open at 7 AM. We were determined to rise 
early and make an attempt to take a good walk up Helderberg mountain.
her to Cape Town from Port Elizabeth, but the weather was never good enough to go up Table Mountain. Fortunately, she had better luck this time. We dropped Vic & Carol at the Waterfront and made arrangements to meet them for lunch, then headed up the mountain. Because every day had been clear since we went up with Chris & Linda, the lines were normal and we were soon in a cable car on our way to the top. This time, Alison and I wanted to make a hike of it so after walking for a while with Angela, we set out to walk to Maclear’s Beacon at the 
back of the mountain, overlooking False Bay and back over Somerset West and Gordon’s Bay. It turned out to be much further than we thought so it took us longer than we intended to be away.
We then joined Vic & Carol at Quay Four, the name of a fish restaurant. Alison was particularly impressed with the fish that she had – Dorado. Back to Somerset West and Vic & I investigated how we might be able to walk up part of the mountain (subsequently determined to be named “Helderberg”) that we could see from our residence. After walking and asking, we found that the gates to the “Helderberg Nature Reserve” were 
within driving distance of our house and that they open at 7 AM. We were determined to rise 
early and make an attempt to take a good walk up Helderberg mountain.
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