Theewaterskloof Dam

 

On Saturday, 17 July 2021, Jacqui and I took a leisurely drive along the N2 towards Caledon, and then turned off on to the beautiful scenic R43 to Villiersdorp, where this year's canola fields were just starting to show themselves. We wanted to view the dam from the wall side. The above shot was the first view we had.

It brought back memories of that horrible time not that long ago when the words "Day zero" were on everyone's lips. It had been forecasted that Cape Town would run out of water during April 2018, though luckily it didn't happen. Just in case anyone doesn't remember, here are two images showing what the dam looked like in November 2017, albeit these were taken from a different viewing angle to the images taken this year.

Back to July 2021 - a short while further and we came across the area of the dam wall where the water overflows when the dam is full, and saw the wonderful sight below - the dam at 100% capacity and overflowing! Long may it last!