Lion's Head
posted by Kerry-Anne
Another view from Signal Hill (see yesterday's post)... facing the other way this time. This is Lion's Head, which lies between Signal Hill and Table Mountain. The hike to the top is quite spectacular (and not too difficult - even for two very unfit people like us), as the path circles the narrow section at the top, giving you alternating views of the city and the ocean on the way up.A favourite Capetonian pastime is hiking Lion's Head at full moon - although we've been up it during the day, the night-hike is something we have yet to try... Isn't it amazing that you can live in a city all your life and yet find that there are still so many aspects of it that you haven't experienced?
4 Comments:
Wow, great scenery. And did you know there's another Signal Hill in St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada? It's the place where Marconi received the first transatlantic radio signal in 1901.
It's so easy to take the beauty of our local surrounds for granted, but well done to you for at least hiking the Lion's Head during the day. The view from your previous day's post looks spectacular and well worth the effort!
>ex-shammickite, no, I didn't know about the other Signal Hill, thanks for the info. I did however (whilst checking out the wikipedia article on our Lion's Head) discover that there is an intriguing Asian dish called lion's head too...
>belinda, we'll definitely make a plan to go up the mountain under the next full moon (weather permitting), armed with our cameras, naturally.
Wow, that's quite a hill to climb Kerry-Anne, I don't think my old legs could manage it.
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