Diemersfontein Explore Trail Run

Our trail grading: ORANGE 1A

Distance: 5km

Extremeness: Technical gravel road and a pram

Location: Diemersfontein, Wellington, South Africa

Joggers: Anna Geldenhuys, Riana Roux, Adriaan Roux & me

This weekend we had the privilege to stay in the garden cottages of Diemersfontein Wine Farm and I woke on Saturday morning with an eagerness to jog! We started right behind the cottages with an easy climb on a not-so-well-kept gravel road. Although my idea was to jog all the way to the foot of Limietberg, we soon realized that we were fenced in and restricted to the premises of Diemersfontein. We did not really plan a specific route, so we explored and had to turn around every now and then since the pram and Adriaan's "holding on"-skills were restricted to a semi-technical to non-technical jeep track. Nevertheless, the weather was perfect and the setting awesome!

Our route started with ample semi-technical uphill

Jogging next to the fence as the sun rose over Limietberg

Two jogging, one napping

Downhill between the vineyards of Diemersfontein

Extreme jogging... dodging tractors

The final stretch to the Manor house