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Are you ready for Pringle Bay?

Our first club weekend is just a month away ... have you booked yet?

asks Richard Goldschmidt.
When: Friday 4th to Sunday 6th April

RSVP: Richard Goldschmidt at richard@goldschmidt.co.za

Seventeen CTPS members have already indicated that at the foot of Hangklip Mountain, between Betty's Bay
they would be joining the first CTPS weekend outing to and Gordon's Bay. Members could therefore come out
Pringle Bay and have booked accommodation. We are for the day on Saturday, Richard suggests. "They should
hoping that many more members will be joining us, es- plan to stay for sunset, leaving for home fairly late."
pecially those that joined us recently. Members who'll be staying over should find suitable ac-
These weekend outings are among the social highlights commodation in one of the many holiday homes that
of our year, because they offer members plenty of time should be vacant during our weekend.
to socialise in surroundings that offer superb photo op-
portunities.
"Seascapes will form a large part of our photography,"
says Richard Goldschmidt, who is working on a pro-
gramme of activities. As many members will know from
previous weekends away, this will be accomplished with
his usual superb organizational skills.
Kogelberg Nature Reserve, which is considered to be
one of the most beautiful of Cape Nature’s protected ar-
eas, will feature on the programme. Pringle Bay will pro-
vide many other photo opportunities, among them, its
rocky beaches and the Drostersgat cave, where runaway
prisoners and slaves hid in the 18th century.
It will be a very casual weekend away and numbers are
not limited, so more members are encouraged to do
their own accommodation bookings and join us, says
Richard. "Social time will come from two evenings spent
in the local restaurants after shooting sunsets."
Pringle Bay is about 80km from Cape Town and is located

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