Guardians of False Bay
The coastal town of Pringle Bay is the ideal place for a weekend away in nature
On our way to Pringle Bay, my wife (Annette) and I marvel at the massif of Voorberg behind Betty’s Bay. Caressed by wispy clouds swirling around its peaks, and with the light striking it just right, it instils a sense of awe in us, perhaps similar to what Gauguin experienced when he first witnessed the exotic Tahitian mountains rising tall and defiantly out of the Pacific.
Yes, there are now many houses below these magnificent mountains, but thankfully the venerable slabs of stone themselves have evolved little over the millennia. As happens quite often these days, I’m ruminating over the accelerating passage of time and how quickly, certainly on ground level, the Cape’s landscapes have changed in recent times...
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