Red Hot Poker by the sea

When its hot, you go to the beach. So when you're a Red Hot Poker, perhaps a spot next to the sea would be an ideal spot for you. The latin name for the Red Hot Poker is Kniphofia and its also sometimes known as a Torch lily or Poker plant. According the the clever people contributing to Wikipedia, … Continue reading Red Hot Poker by the sea →

Sacramento Cannon again

After the picture in yesterday's post looking westwards from the Sacramento Cannon in Schoenmakerskop, I decided to post a picture of the same cannon but looking the other way. The cannon is situated at the end of the road in the village (its actually a suburb of Port Elizabeth, but because its slightly away from town and quite … Continue reading Sacramento Cannon again →

Sacramento Cannon

At the end of the road at Schoenmakerskop where the Sacramento Trail starts is one of the original bronze cannons that has been salvaged from the wreck site of the Sacramento. The Sacramento was a Portuguese galleon which foundered on 30 June 1647. The 72 survivors who reached the beach set out to walk the 1300 km … Continue reading Sacramento Cannon →

Testing the water

There are many fresh water springs along the Schoenmakerskop coastline with water collecting in little pools and running down to the sea. Here Chaos Boy is "testing" to feel how cold the water is on our walk along the Sacramento Trail.

Cobble Beach

Along the Sacramento Trail you do find many rocks and stones and this one little stretch was very interesting as it is made up of stones washed smooth and round by years of wave action. I wanted to call the post "Pebble Beach", but according to Wikipedia a pebble is a clast of rock with a particle size … Continue reading Cobble Beach →

Sacramento Trail flowers

A patch of yellow flowers on the Sacramento Trail at Schoenmakerskop

Setting off on the trail

Yesterday's photo showed the wooden steps down to the coast at Schoenmakerskop which is one of the paths that start you off on the Sacramento Trail. After turning around from that view you make your way along the path through the rocks and over the little fresh water streams before passing over this spot. Once you … Continue reading Setting off on the trail →

Down to the Schoenies coastline

I have spent so much time away from home lately either on business or holiday, that I haven't done much around Port Elizabeth over the last month or two and thus has started to run out of PE photographs. Yesterday I just had to get out cause the house was closing in on me and the need … Continue reading Down to the Schoenies coastline →

Sacramento wreck monument

A couple of hundred meters down the Sacramento Trail from the Schoenmakerskop side you will find a monument marking the site where the Portuguese gallion Sacramento ran aground on 30 June 1647. 72 survivors set out to walk the 1350 km to the closest port which was in Mozambique. Of the original 72, only nine … Continue reading Sacramento wreck monument →

The Sacramento Trail

On Sunday afternoon I went on a photo walk with a couple of other photographers on the first section of the Sacramento Trail. The Sacramento Trail stretches along the coast between Schoenmakerskop and Sardinia Bay over a distance of 4 kilometers which means you would have covered 8 km walking it there and back. The … Continue reading The Sacramento Trail →