{"id":8276,"date":"2017-01-01T11:49:17","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T09:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/?p=8276"},"modified":"2017-01-01T11:49:17","modified_gmt":"2017-01-01T09:49:17","slug":"majik-forest-hike-1-january-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/majik-forest-hike-1-january-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Majik Forest Hike &#8211; 1 January 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20170101_093452-EFFECTS.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[8276]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8277 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20170101_093452-EFFECTS-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Majik Forest Hike\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20170101_093452-EFFECTS-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20170101_093452-EFFECTS-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20170101_093452-EFFECTS-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20170101_093452-EFFECTS.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>What beter way to start a new year than taking a walk in your own neighbourhood. I am priviledged to stay close to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetrailshop.co.za\/majik-forest-trails-van-riebeeckshof-tygerberg\/\" target=\"_blank\">Majik Forest<\/a> and put on my hiking shoes and took a brisk walk from where I stay to Majik Forest and back &#8212; see <a href=\"#map\">map below<\/a>. Since this is my first post of 2017, I wish all my readers a great 2017 and may you hiking shoes\/boots take you on interesting paths and trails.<\/p>\n<p>On my way I past the ruin shown in the picture above. Google decided that it needed some enhancement and must say it did a fairly good job at it. \u00c2\u00a0Here is the original photo that was taken,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20170101_093452.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[8276]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8278\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20170101_093452-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20170101_093452-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20170101_093452-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20170101_093452-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20170101_093452.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a>If you are a bird lover then there is ample to keep you occupied and you can relax next to the dam having a bite to eat or follow the various trails that run through the forest, just be on the lookout for the mountain bike riders. Some more photos to give you some idea.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2016-12-31.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[8276]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8280\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2016-12-31-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2016-12-31-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2016-12-31-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2016-12-31-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2016-12-31.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20170101_091147.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[8276]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8281\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20170101_091147-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20170101_091147-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20170101_091147-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20170101_091147-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/20170101_091147.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 81px;\" width=\"289\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Distance:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>4.97km<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>YTD 2017 distance:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>4.97km<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Hiking shoes:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2ivfZas\">KEEN Men&#8217;s Targhee II Hiking Shoe<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/G\/01\/x-locale\/brands\/byline-logo\/2594687011._CB308835133_SR120,50_.jpg\" width=\"87\" height=\"41\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div id=\"map\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1sdo2oUVLzV06vxbh_Tw-ms-v_1A\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Did you do any hikes to start your 2017, I would love to hear what hikes you did in the comments below and also interested on whether you are planning any long hikes during 2017.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What beter way to start a new year than taking a walk in your own neighbourhood. I am priviledged to stay close to Majik Forest and put on my hiking shoes and took a brisk walk from where I stay <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/majik-forest-hike-1-january-2017\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Majik Forest Hike &#8211; 1 January 2017<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"amazonpipp_noncename":"","amazon-product-isactive":"","amazon-product-single-asin":"","amazon-product-content-location":"1","amazon-product-content-hook-override":"2","amazon-product-excerpt-hook-override":"3","amazon-product-singular-only":"","amazon-product-amazon-desc":"","amazon-product-show-gallery":"","amazon-product-show-features":"","amazon-product-newwindow":"3","amazon-product-show-list-price":"","amazon-product-show-used-price":"","amazon-product-show-saved-amt":"","amazon-product-timestamp":"","amazon-product-new-title":"","amazon-product-use-cartURL":"","amazon_featured_post_meta_key":"","_amazon_featured_alt":"","amazon-product-template":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[573,101,118,588],"tags":[589],"class_list":["post-8276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hike","category-nature","category-photos","category-walk","tag-majik-forest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8276"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8283,"href":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8276\/revisions\/8283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}