The ups and downs of Cape

When I was a kid, it was the turtle doves cooing in the pine trees of Pinelands, along with the subtle hints of salt air and “The Mountain”, which said to me: Cape Town - Best Holiday Ever.

- BRENDAN SEERY

Later, as teenagers, we would be left to go alone into the city itself, either by bus and train (via Mowbray station) or direct via Mutual station (so called because it was right next to the headquarters of the Old Mutual group. We would sometimes hop onto a train out to Muizenberg to spend the morning swimming.