On the way back from sunny KZN we hit the cold front south of Beaufort West. It rained heavily all the way back to Cape Town. In Worcester at 2pm it was so dark and rainy that all the street lights were on!
It was great to see water all through the southern Karoo. Laingsburg was awash, the Groot river flowing very strongly under the bridge.
Matroosburg was covered in snow but the view was not great due to the low cloud
Hex River Mountains at the head of the Hex River Pass
A very wintery Hex River valley
Snow on the Hex
Winter view of the Hex valley
Radiation from cell phone masts is not proven to be harmful but don't let anyone tell you that poorer communities don't suffer the brunt of bad planning decisions
Picture postcard landscape with farm cottages - but bloody cold!
I just couldn't resist pictures of the winter vineyards in the Hex valley
In Du Toitskloof Pass
Cold!
We chose to drive over the pass to see more snow rather than drive through the tunnel
Witteberg - literaly
More cold!
The Du Toitskloof mountains were pouring water
View back down the N1
View from high up Du Toitskloof pass
Every little stream was gushing
Snow and cloud
Our car and small trailer full of lovely Kiaat and Red Ivory logs from up north
The streams were really flowing
Over the top of the pass
It was raining so heavily down the Cape Town side of the mountains that there was no point in stopping for pics
Then into the late afternoon Cape Town traffic, jukkk!
And home to a very warm welcome by the boys.
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