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Our last photo day

22/5/2019

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We managed to sort out a guide for a trip to Cathedral Cave this morning.  As it's the low season and very quiet 5 people turned up; 2 senior guides, 1 in training and 2 young women who were sort of tag alongs.  It was a great walk, took about 2 hours all up and was much more fun with the addition of the 3 young women.  The cave itself was simply beautiful & I was so glad we made the effort to see it. There is a pool at the bottom and you can swim across it and climb a chain ladder to get to a second cave. But the water is absolutely freezing so we didn't.  At one bit we had to climb a ladder of approx 10-15 feet which I found difficult as it was vertical.  After being on the upper level we had the option of going back the same way or walking around the top for a bit and descending a longer ladder that was at more of an angle. I voted for the latter but it turned out to be 30 metres (William's estimate) and was in 3 sections, the last 2 vertical. And the gap between the sections was much larger than the rungs, so tough if you have short legs. I have to say the whole thing scared the life out of me. I did not dare look down but looking at the posts bolted into the rock was equally scary.
In the afternoon we drove 20km into Clarens for a look around. It's a gorgeous little town, touristy but quaint and quirky at the same time.  Full of bars, cafes and art shops and has a lovely vibe. The rest of the afternoon was spent having a further look around the National Park.
We are both finding it a struggle to be creative now - this is our last photo day; tomorrow will be spent travelling back to Pretoria and we fly home the day after.
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The Cave from the bottom
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The top of the 1st ladder & bridge
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The top of the cavern which was still in shade - this section was circle of about 270 degrees
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William on the last section of the big ladder - you can't see the rest of it because of the angle
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