slip-sliding away…..

As a child, I had the frequent privilege of going away to KwaZulu Natal’s Drakensberg mountains for school holidays. In case you don’t know where this is, it’s in South Africa, and is humanity’s final landing place in the movie “2012” 😉 .

These were some of the best breaks I had, because they were filled with family and friends, tennis and other activities at the resorts, and of course, hiking. One of the best parts of the latter was racing each other down the mountains – which we now know as ‘trail running’. (Though at the time, we didn’t care for labels. We were just kids running like maniacs through these awesome backdrops.)

Earlier this year, I got to go back for the first time in over 20 years – with this also being the first time my wife and kids had experienced this famous mountain range.

It was a short stay, but breathtakingly beautiful.

The trail starts with this little river

A sea of green

Tempered with natural light

Nature’s own twists

Flashes of colour (visual effect applied)

Rock hopping

More rock hopping

The first waterfall

Summer berries

Following the river

The main event

In perspective

The waterfall’s pond

Shelter

It flows

Jiminy cricket

The end is near

The end is near (visual effect applied)

View from the Drakensberg Sun

Same view (visual effect applied)

Cathedral Peak

Dirt road (visual effect applied)

Rock pool

Rock pool (visual effect applied)

So green (visual effect applied)

Sketchy (visual effect applied)

Sunset approaches

The night is near

Howick Falls (not in the Drakensburg, but on the way)