Hangbrug, Oudtshoorn
As a child, a highlight of a trip to Oudtshoorn was to walk over the suspension bridge or “hangbrug” in Afrikaans. So naturally when we visited Oudsthoorn in August 2013, I wanted to walk over the bridge. A bit of history about the suspension bridge: Oudtshoorn developed on both sides of the Grobbelaars River. In 1913 the town council approved the building of a suspension bridge at Church Street. It was constructed by Rowlay and Sons in London and it was completed in 1914. The suspension bridge is 91 meters long with 9 meter high towers at each side. It was declared a National Monument in 1964. H decided to keep his feet on solid ground but I decided to take a walk over the bridge. The bridge is a lot longer than I remember but it was fun. The swing of the bridge while walking was fine except for when a few young men decided to run over the bridge past me making the bridge swing. I will think I need to keep with tradition and walk over the bridge w