Chapmans Peak

On Friday after work we decided to take a walk along the still closed Chapman's Peak (when will it open?). We parked on the Noorhoek side and headed towards Hout Bay. 

Originally we were just going to walk along the road; go as far as we could before it got too dark and then make our way back.

There were quite a number of other people walking, taking their dogs for walks, running and cycling along the road. Seems like the locals are making the most of the road being clear of traffic.

A few km's on we spotted a path leading up the mountain. We headed up (carefully, because of the gale force winds!)

The path winds up pretty steeply and then follows above Chapman's Peak towards Hout Bay.

As you can imagine the evening views were stunning. The walk itself was varied going from paths with only slight inclines to having to clamber over boulders to make our way up and down.

We followed the path for about an hour before the Friday evening need for beer kicked in. 

Usually descending is much quicker, but in this instance it took us as long to get back to the car as it did to get up to the top. It might have been the strong winds and the battering my knees were taking on the decent that slowed us down. Next time, given more daylight we'd like to follow it all the way to Hout Bay.