Walking in beauty: Agulhas to Angola

Writer Tweet Gainsborough-Waring

And they did it! A young Hermanus couple who followed a dream to prove that nothing is impossible, recently returned home after walking the west coast of South Africa and Namibia, from Cape Agulhas to the border of Angola – a journey of more than 3 600 km.

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Setting off at the end of 2017, the intrepid walkers, Erlo and Lauren Brown, proceeded up the coast with nothing more than the bare essentials in their backpacks, covering distances of between 20 and 30 km per day and sleeping in a small tent at night. Because water is needed for cooking and they couldn’t afford to waste any, the couple lived on dry, vacuum-packed foods such as biltong, nuts, dried fruit, nut butters and cheese, and highly nutritious protein shakes. Without refrigeration the cheese became oily and developed a very deep flavour associated with maturation, which Erlo assures me was delicious.