Day 49 - Kleinmond/Jeans Hill

On Tuesday we joined Dawie for his traditional walk up to the summit of 'Jeans Hill' overlooking Kleinmond and Walker Bay. Although all Apps spoke differently, it was warm and not a cloud in the sky, nor a breath of wind, neither from the South East nor the North West. By this time of the year that latter would be pumping mercilessly… but not a puff!

On the Overberg side of the golf course and for a far as the eye can see the landscape has recently been burnt to nothing. Dawies favourite mountain walk and my favourite 'Pink Floyd' album (Dark Side of the Moon) had much in common.

The previous December and on Dawies 80th Birthday, we had joined him for a celebratory climb up 'Jeans' and it was lush with several varieties of Proteas and three times the amount of indigenous 'Cape Fynbos'.... all gone! Nothing left except burned white sand dusted with a coat of charcoal soot. The only life, a few lonely tortoises and a sprinkling of pink and yellow flowers tiny and few, just giving a smattering of hope to the as few green blades of grass, trying so hard to bring some hope😖

We chilled back at home and in the evening Dawie and Sheila dated us for another family tradition, a monster plate of Calamari and Chips/Salad, down at Sandown Restaurant, right down on the beachfront. Enough to fill a hungry Great White Seal.

On the beach, strategically placed and overlooked by the open deck of the restaurant, a ‘Sand Artist’ had moulded two perfect depictions of Christ on the Cross and Him sitting on a mound! Two messages, “ Stop Gender Based Violence, Stop Farm Attacks, Stop Women and Child Abuse, Say no to Xenophobia …. In Jesus Name, Amen” the other ‘By believing in Him we will overcome this Pandemic”!

As we left the restaurant with the sun already set, we wondered how safe the generous tip we left in his Sand Castle Tipbox would be, even though strategically placed above the high water mark and at Jesus feet? 💸

Love, Peace and Light,
M&K
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