A substitute walk

Today's walk was to the Elephant's Eye cave on Constantiaberg, but the southeaster brought in a blanket of cloud and a forecast of light rain, so I decided to stay at sea level and do my own walk. Although much shorter and far less enjoyable than hiking in the mountains, a three-kilometre brisk stride along the sea front did me as much good physically and mentally, and hopefully contributed to burning off a little of the small steak pie I succumbed to at lunch time.
While the strong wind sent white clouds scudding over the mountain tops, down at the sea it was barely a breeze, although the sea to the south of the lighthouse showed serious white horses heading offshore. The southeaster is a wind that climbs and curls as it sees fit around the peaks and valleys of the Peninsula, and can be a gentle zephyr in one place and a howling gale just around the corner, and nowhere is it more apparent than in Kommetjie. The pictures of the bay from Long Beach show that the swell has been blown flat by the strong wind, so no surfers today.

The Kom and bay

Pretty dark red pincushion on the verge

Statice

Across the bay

The dark cloud is where the hike was supposed to be

Top of the hill