So my mom and I decided to do a little day trip together to go and snap up some of Mother Nature's awesomeness. we decided that heading to our local and relatively close by National Botanical Gardens - Kirstenbosch would be an excellent choice - and even more so, because we would be able to go and enjoy lunch together afterward!
Kirstenbosch has got to be one of the most beautiful places to visit here in Cape Town and as I mentioned to @flamingirl earlier today, is also fantastic for family outings and picnics. To be honest, although my mom and I were together... we both very much had somewhat of an "individual" experience - which was awesome! We both just walked and walked - each wandering off in different directions, snapping up the beauty around us and then coming together again to share. There was no real need for any conversation... we were both just absorbing the surrounds.
So that is what I have to share with you now - Not a whole lot of blurb - just a visual experience :)
ENJOY!
This is "Lady Anne Barnards Bath" which has a little bit of a "legend" attached to it... truth or not is irrelevant... its still beautiful!
Colonel Bird’s Bath is the focal point of the Dell. It was built in approximately 1811 by Colonel Christopher Bird, Deputy Colonial Secretary. He built this bird-shaped pool (a play on his name) to collect the spring water, and let it stand and clarify before being piped to the house. It is made of Batavian-type bricks and is fed by four crystal-clear, ice-cold springs. The paths and bath surroundings have been paved and cobbled in local stone by Kirstenbosch stone masons.
This bath is also known as ‘Lady Anne Barnard’s Bath’, but that legend is not true. Lady Anne was the wife of the Colonial Secretary and lived at the Cape from 1797 until 1802. She could not have bathed in this bath as it was built after she left the Cape.
The water that feeds the Bath flows from an underground spring at an average of 72 litres per minute, all year round. It is clean and pure, neutral (pH 7), and good to drink. The overflow, known as the bath stream, runs through the Dell and feeds a number of pools in the Dell as well as the Otter Pond, the Main Pond and the pond beside the restaurant. The spring is fed by the Table Mountain aquifer and its flow is probably controlled by the large fault that runs up Skeleton Gorge. Hand-axes and other stone tools have been found in the Dell, which tells us that the spring has been used for thousands of years.
Gorgeous...isn't it!
Well, after enjoying all those amazing sights and the walk itself -
we decided to head off and enjoy some lunch... yes, with wine! haha!
mmmmmm PRAWNS!!!!!
Double mmmmm - Chicken Schnitzel with mash!!
Well, you know what they say about full tummies...
it was time to head home ;)
I hope you enjoyed our little "day trip" as much as we did!
Oh, and ALL the photos were taken by me, with my Samsung S8+
Until next time...
Much Love from Cape Town, South Africa xxx
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