Update on the rain

Well, it is still raining here at the Estate and it doesn't really look like it is going to let up any time soon. It has been a soft, continuous rainfall (What I have always called "South Coast Rain") and we received only 57mm between my last post regarding Dineo and yesterday afternoon.

The rivers receded a bit since Dineo and remained at high but acceptable levels throughout the week. The roads were quite heavily damaged by the flooding last week and our team of workers have spent this week, in the rain, repairing them.

BUT

Last night we had a further 34mm of rain and I noticed, on my way to work this morning, that the Kliprots' water level has risen about 40cm since yesterday afternoon.

What is left of the wooden foot bridge just North of the hatchery on the Spekboom

The Spekboom behind the hatchery this morning

Beautiful Climbing Rock Rose, Sphedamnocarpus pruriens, found climbing up the cliff faces just below Mount Prospect yesterday afternoon.

The secretive Orchid, Dispersis anthoceros, growing in a colony all around my little cabin this very morning!

I will be here and will still be conducting guided hikes up in the highlands on Saturday and Sunday where we can explore.....