Thanks Dylan.
Carrying on then with what I have.
Looking back ....
Further along. We'd just come over and along the ridge on the left ....
To the east was the Gubu dam in the lower valley, where we would ultimately have a braai.
Even up here there were sheep grazing. With the chilly wind that was pumping, one might have expected them to seek a more sheltered valley.
Moving along the ridge with the peak of Mount Thomas in the background (apparently one of the highest peaks in the area)
The last hill climb before the peak itself. The wind was pumping up here ....
A bit of a dip before the peak. Gubu dam in the valley again. There's a peninsula sticking out into the dam, this is where the camp site is where we would braai.
The last push
and looking back (we had come over the top of that hill from the adjacent camp)
The view from the top was as spectacular as promised
Ben enjoying the view. The Hogsback mountains can be seen against the horizon above him
Looking down into the valley towards the South .... the camera angle didn't allow to even include the horizon
The camp site is under those trees on the peninsula
One of the two farm workers ("my sons" as Tony was always calling them) that had accompanied us as guides and to open / close gates between the different camps. (Is there something we should know, Tony?

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Ben, Edge, Tony, Dylan, young Tegan, Tim and Gerhard.
Ben and Edge coming down
Going back over that koppie. (Not standard safe practice having okes on the back, we know, but those were the two farm worker "sons" that were perhaps better off on the back in this instance due to lack of bathing frequency

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After having gone back and returned the keys at the farmhouse, we carried on along the valley floor towards the dam. looking up to were we had travelled along earlier ...
The koppie we had gone over and the peak behind it
We passed through a grove of trees, mostly wattle, were we collected some 'starters' for the fires. Leaving the farm lands we entered a forestry area through which we descended a bit further to the dam.
We eventually made it to the dam after Tony got us a bit lost in the forest but we had come out on the wrong side of the dam. We crossed over the dam wall, which had no spillway but a 'glory hole' instead (about 10m across)
We got to the camp site a bit later than anticipated, but didn't waste time to pull the vehicles around into a lager and got the fires going.
By this time (the sun had already set) everyone was hungry and the braai went down fantastically with a few refreshments and a lot of banter and chatting.
It was already dark when we broke camp, travelled back to Stutterheim as a group where we split our separate ways. We got home safely at about 19h15.
It was a really enjoyable day, doing what we love together with good friends. Thanks again to you all!
