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HIKING • SIGNAL HILL Once back on the track, which becomes less distinct from here on, you will round a corner into a deep gully. A further 300m or so along, you will see some more lookout/pillboxes on your left. A little later, you will find another deep and overgrown gully where the path is very indistinct. Make your way though the gully, and when you’ve reached the spur on the other side, make your way down the unclear path into the belt of bluegums where you will intersect another well-defined and historic path known as the Maskew’s Path, which was named after Petrus Keytel Maskew (born 1858) who was the Government Land Surveyor and the patriarch of a well-known Sea Point family. He surveyed and supervised the construction of the path, which leads gently up the ‘flank’ of the lion back towards the old car park, referred to earlier, and your parked car just below you on the tarred road. VIDEO Above: The famous Robben Island. Prison for Mandela and many other political stalwarts. Middle left: Tourists enjoy a walk on Signal Hill. Right: Bird’s eye view of Signal Hill. See video. FULL CIRCLE DIGITAL MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2013 BUSINESS SUBSCRIPTION FOR A FREE DIRECTORY February 2014 9