A sporting day.

Come and play, or watch a live game in this beautiful arena.

First up, I had some sports waiting for a fiscal shrike bird to fly over the exact "V" of a mountain valley.

The mountains called out to my camera, to come and visit them, the camera asked me to take it for a drive. I think that the mountains and my camera were in discussions behind my back, as when we approached the mountains, the camera wanted me to stop the car, and to climb a hill behind a cricket club. Well, what do you know, as I crested the hill, I saw that there was a game in progress, and my camera whispered to me to take some shots with the mountains in the background, in order to share the photos with all on hive.
We, my camera and me have a great relationship, and so I obeyed. :)

Yep! A game was on, and how would you like to play, or watch a game, in an ambience like this?

It is said that there are 72 cricket clubs in the Western Cape Province, and many western cape players also play for the Proteas national team, that sits currently in the 2nd place of the test world rankings. Now if you wonder about the status of your country in the rankings.
You can see the rankings HERE

Okay, enough about the cricket, and let me also show you some mountain shots that I took from the hill.

The distance to the mountains was about 3 kilometres.

Finally, some cloud shadows coursed over the landscapes.

I can tell you that we are very fortunate to have not only this mountain range close by, but also the Atlantic Ocean close by in the opposite direction. The many farms in between are a magnet for wildlife, and there are wild birds aplenty on offer for my camera. Some wine estates also breed and protect threatened wild game animals, such as Eland bucks, and a few other species. Unfortunately, hundreds of our Rhinos were killed and had their horns cut off by poachers, and its heart rending to read about a little rhino calf standing abandoned next to its mother the next morning after the mother was killed overnight. The calves are then taken to rhino nursery camps, and we so appreciate the efforts of the wildlife rangers to save the little ones.
Sorry to end this post on a sad note, but it is, what it is, as light and dark both walk around in this life.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.

Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.

Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.

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