One of the popular walks in Fernkloof is called the Red Route. On a cold morning such as we had today, it is always pleasant to start on the Klipspringer Trail and get the benefit of the warm sunny slopes. Today we decided it was time to once again try to get to know the Spring flowers along this route, as we have not walked on the mountain for ages and one tends to forget. Armed with my camera, I decided to photograph all the flower species that I could find, and they are presented below. I tried to name them, but made quite a few errors! Liz was a star and helped me out with the difficult ones!

We only managed to see around 70 species, a low number, we felt, considering the Spring Flower show would normally have been held next week and the number of species at that show is always very high.