{"id":8075,"date":"2016-05-15T08:19:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-15T06:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/?p=8075"},"modified":"2016-05-15T10:16:05","modified_gmt":"2016-05-15T08:16:05","slug":"hike-silvermine-nature-reserve-14-may-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/hike-silvermine-nature-reserve-14-may-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Hike @ Silvermine Nature Reserve &#8211; 14 May 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, 14 May 2016, myself and another 17 members of the Gantouw Hiking Club did a 9.2km hike in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Silvermine_Nature_Reserve\" target=\"_blank\">Silvermine Nature Reserve.<\/a> \u00c2\u00a0The reserve was closed for a long time after a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/western-cape\/silvermine-closed-after-fire-damage-1830308\" target=\"_blank\">devastating fire in 2015<\/a> but opened again earlier this year. \u00c2\u00a0The hike is a fairly easy hike (about a 2a or 2b maybe) and below is the map of the route we did. The only part us the piece on the left which include a bit of scrambling up rocks and little bit on the edge of the cliff but nothing dangerous.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=13TLj0ijEcN1D_usddpfffEzAT-o\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The morning started out very misty but since rhe reserve is high up on the mountaing range, we were way above the misty clouds below. \u00c2\u00a0However this made for some great photographs.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8075 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/hike-silvermine-nature-reserve-14-may-2016\/20160514_083558\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_083558-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_083558-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_083558-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_083558-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_083558.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/hike-silvermine-nature-reserve-14-may-2016\/20160514_083636\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_083636-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_083636-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_083636-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_083636-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_083636.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/hike-silvermine-nature-reserve-14-may-2016\/20160514_083618-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_083618-1-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_083618-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_083618-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_083618-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_083618-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>With the sun above us and to out backs and the clouds and mist in front below us, I had the rare experience of seeing a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brocken_spectre\" target=\"_blank\">Brocken Specktre<\/a> &#8230; yes I had no idea what it was either but had a person in the group who explained it. \u00c2\u00a0It is basically your body that throw a shadow against the cloud below and form a rainbow around your shadow. \u00c2\u00a0Tried to photograph it but did not come out very clear but you should get the idea.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8089\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_112152.jpg\" alt=\"20160514_112152\" width=\"720\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We had lunch at \u00c2\u00a0Noordhoek Peak bench, on the map above, the point top left. \u00c2\u00a0Here we had a view of the sea below.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8101\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_120834.jpg\" alt=\"20160514_120834\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_120834.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_120834-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_120834-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_120834-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gallery of photos taken during the hike, enjoy and comments welcome.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8113\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_091444.jpg\" alt=\"20160514_091444\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_091444.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_091444-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_091444-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_091444-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8114\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_092115.jpg\" alt=\"20160514_092115\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_092115.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_092115-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_092115-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_092115-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8115\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_092126.jpg\" alt=\"20160514_092126\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_092126.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_092126-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_092126-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_092126-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8116\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_093351.jpg\" alt=\"20160514_093351\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_093351.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_093351-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_093351-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_093351-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8117\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_093707.jpg\" alt=\"20160514_093707\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_093707.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_093707-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_093707-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_093707-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8118\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_093727.jpg\" alt=\"20160514_093727\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8119\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_100731.jpg\" alt=\"20160514_100731\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_100731.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_100731-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_100731-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_100731-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8120\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_103717.jpg\" alt=\"20160514_103717\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_103717.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_103717-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_103717-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_103717-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8121\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_110413.jpg\" alt=\"20160514_110413\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_110413.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_110413-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_110413-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_110413-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8122\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_111333.jpg\" alt=\"20160514_111333\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_111333.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_111333-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_111333-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_111333-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8123\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_114002_001.jpg\" alt=\"20160514_114002_001\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8124\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_114654.jpg\" alt=\"20160514_114654\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_114654.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_114654-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_114654-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160514_114654-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, 14 May 2016, myself and another 17 members of the Gantouw Hiking Club did a 9.2km hike in the Silvermine Nature Reserve. \u00c2\u00a0The reserve was closed for a long time after a devastating fire in 2015 but opened <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.henriska.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/hike-silvermine-nature-reserve-14-may-2016\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Hike @ Silvermine Nature Reserve &#8211; 14 May 2016<\/span><span 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