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WALKS PLANNED FOR 2016

• Botsoc Walk 15 October 2016 “What lies beneath”. The rocks and soil beneath fynbos makes a difference; the vegetation we see is the product of the substrate we don’t see. Renowned botanist and botanical historian Dr John Rourke shows us fynbos vegetation growing only on Western Coastal Shale Band and points out how it is different from Sand and Sandstone fynbos. We hitch a ride in high clearance vehicles up to stunning views from Kasteelkop Nek high above Kleinmond. We amble down (not up!) a gravel road while Dr Rourke points out special features…
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WALKS PLANNED FOR 2016

Botsoc Walk 17 September 2016 Spring has sprung! It’s time to head for a mountain trail that shows off the best of Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos without too much effort, since winter inactivity has taken its toll on our mountain legs. There’s no better trail for that purpose than Rod’s Trail. Named after Rod Smitheman, conservationist, architect and one-time mayor of Betty’s Bay, Rod’s Trail starts at the top of Kloof Road, adjacent to the Harold Porter National Botanical Gardens and traverses west along the southern slopes of Voorberg before it gently descends to Pipe Road…
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WALKS PLANNED FOR 2016

Next walk: Saturday 20 August 2016 Famed cartographer and writer Peter Slingsby says Betty’s Bay’s Denys Heesom Trail ‘knocks [the Hermanus Cliff Path] sideways for wilderness and wildlife’. (See Peter Slingsby’s book, Walks with a Fat Dog, page 130.) It may be in our back yard, but have you done it all in one go? The trail starts at Jock’s Bay and end four kilometres later at Stony Point. On the way we’ll see the Milkwoods at Dawid’s Kraal, traverse the length of main Beach, get among the Cape seashore vegetation early spring flower display…
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