by Dominic Chadbon | Nov 18, 2020 | Table Mountain |
It’s pure coincidence that my hiking partner for Devil’s Peak is called Nick. And anyway, he’s not especially old though come to think of it he does have a bit of an impish grin. Be that as it may, Devil’s Peak, named after a fabled encounter between a Dutch settler –...
by Dominic Chadbon | May 3, 2019 | Table Mountain |
Here’s something Cape Town Tourism fails to mention in its marketing literature: the top of Table Mountain is covered in cloud for an average of 184 days a year. Multiply by two and you have a mountain that’s clouded over every other day. My source? The Mountain – An...
by Dominic Chadbon | Sep 20, 2018 | Table Mountain |
It is home to more plant species than there are in Sweden and its habitats include forests, wetlands and lush river valleys. But wildlife on Table Mountain is conspicuous by its absence rather than its abundance. Why is that? And what wildlife is there? Time to lace...
by Dominic Chadbon | May 16, 2018 | Table Mountain |
The year is 1553. You are in the foothills of Table Mountain. Forget the happy hum of a modern city; there’s not a building in sight and that’s lion spoor in the sand at your feet. And the sudden crashing of undergrowth nearby could signal the approach of any one of a...
by Dominic Chadbon | Apr 20, 2018 | Table Mountain |
Cape Town’s autumn months of April and May are generally accepted as having the fewest flowers in bloom. This may be true in sheer numbers but with a fifth of the fynbos in flower at any time of year, it’s not like you’ll see nothing. And anyway, autumn is a...
by Dominic Chadbon | Jul 12, 2017 | Table Mountain |
Late July and Table Mountain sits steaming in mid-winter cloud. Grey, grumpy Atlantic weather is dumping rain on Cape Town and snow on the higher mountains of the interior. Cold, wet and cloudy, this time in the southern hemisphere is labelled ‘winter’ but if anything...
