There can be no more peaceful place on a fine autumn day than the shores of the Cape Point Nature Reserve. The season means minimal visitors (those that are there are heading straight for the steep climb up to the lighthouse) and the animals graze peacefully at the picnic spots usually packed out in summer. We walked from Buffels Bay to Venus Pools yesterday, along a grassy path with the sea on our right and caves where ancient people dwelt on the left, and ostriches in the middle. I don't know the population of ostriches in the reserve, but these could be the youngsters that were very small on a previous walk. They fitted the bill and were not at all disturbed as we strolled by.
A warm breeze from inland ensured that short sleeves were perfect, and in fact one of our group shed his clothing and took a dip in one of the clean, cold tidal pools to freshen up after the walk - the rest of us muttered excuses about not having a costume, etc. We were actually quite envious of his chutzpah!
A whale wallowed nearby and boats plied up and down the coastline in ideal fishing conditions. But an unusual visitor was a helicopter ferrying someone apparently important or just super rich from the Waterfront to a Rolls Royce which was in the car park. The chauffeur laughed when we asked if he was our Uber, and said he was waiting for a helicopter to take guests around the reserve and then out to the winelands. We think they were just trying to avoid paying the gate fee. It was an interesting sight, I have to say, especially as the tinted windowed, gun metal grey executive security patrolled the area before it landed and then preceded the Rolls Royce on its way. Lifestyles of the rich and famous, but if they knew what it was like to sit on the rocks at Venus Pools and sip on coffee and a rusk, perhaps they would also have been envious.
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