The blackened rocks tell their own story:regular fires in this cave in on the saddle side of Trappies Kop,not far from the mountain path between Clovelly and Kalk Bay.
These men were found –again –on Saturday night 21 January,with their fire which,in a blustery Cape Town,could mean a raging wild fire and burnt-down houses in minutes.
This time,one ran away in the dark from a watch member who came to investigate;the other,who didn’t make a dash for it,was given a lift to Kalk Bay by the police who were called to detain him. Another day,another fire.
One of them has been charged once by SANParks for overnighting on the mountain.
The cave has been cleared by the watch before. Again,it was full of detritus. The rocks themselves have been damaged and a structure built at the base of the cave.
