After last night’s gale, we were relieved to wake up to a calm and clear day today. We were going to walk to Vogel Pool with Gilly, so were pleased with the change in the weather. It was her first visit to Vogelgat and she obviously enjoyed the outing. By the time we had ascended the zigzag path the wind returned, however, and that wasn’t a bad thing as it kept us cool in what turned out to be a pretty hot day! The temperature was no less than 34 degrees Celsius when we got back to Base Camp! I was certainly quite exhausted!
We managed to get a ‘lifer’ when we spotted the rare Paranomus sceptrum-gustavianus on the way down. It was some distance off the path and down a steep slope, so I did not get a good shot of it. We had no idea what it was…
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