Monday, January 28, 2013

The hills are on fire

The mountains to the east of the golf estate have been on fire all day sending huge plumes of smoke into the air, blotting out the sun.

A couple of hours ago the wind changed direction to blow the fire down the mountain.  It now looks like the whole side of the mountain is aflame from Franschhoek to past the golf estate.










A little worried that we're staying in a thatched house tonight - I think I might sleep with a fire extinguisher by the side of the bed...






Just got another picture of the fire on the mountain with the full moon rising in the background;






3 comments:

  1. Did your fire extinguisher work - are the fires all out now? And what caused them?

    It is raining here - nothing would catch fire.

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  2. I think I can comment now as set up a blog. The other entries were disappearing. Sorry ! Looks spooky though - I don't like forest fires, they're a bit unpredictable. Got cut off in the Blue Mountains in Australia for a day or so - I can remember not sleeping much ! the pics are amazing though. Looks like you are having a fab time.

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