The Breathtaking Sokale Hills

Forgive my haughty behavior but i had to start this post with this heart-stopping photo of mine lol 😇. For some reason this picture in particular has significance to my journey as a hiker; I started off scared, uncertain and yessss slow! I remember being the last person coming down on hikes, i was so scared, i would watch my every step and stop at every steep point. There was this time i refused to come down because i thought I'd just die if i tried it (i was already saying who sent me message in my head lol), it took the intervention of good people to bring me down that hill, i kid you not but  now i can boldly tell you that i am unstoppable 💪💪. The moral of this narrative is that you can do whatsoever you set your mind to; all the things you are scared of are not real. Fear is so limiting! you don't want to grow old looking back and wishing you did certain things; of course you wouldn't start off as perfect and that is totally normal but I'm encouraging you to take that step in whatever it is that makes your heart skip, you'll be glad you did!

So back to the matter before i start exhibiting King Solomon characteristics lol I wasn't early for the hike cos baby girl woke up late; we were to meet up by 6:45 a.m but i got there at around 7:30 a.m, the rendezvous was at GGSS Dutse just opposite Sokale Hills. Majority of the club members had started out already so i joined the last batch to go up. Going up was a bit pugnacious to be honest because i did no form of exercise before and on the day (not like i exercise normally hehe), the path up the hill wasn't clear exactly (bushes, shrubs and the likes) we got lost a couple of times but a group of people waited for us to get to their point and then we moved on and joined the others at the summit.

Sokale is soooo beautiful, God blessed us with some kind of fog so the terrain in general was ravishing. I cannot explicitly tell you or describe how it made me feel but it was really refreshing considering i had a bottom out week, it just felt like an escape from everything going on but anyway if you love the abundance of nature and you're going through something then you should definitely consider mountain therapy.

Have you seen a real life cave? not in pictures or movies ooo 😜 hehe, your girl saw a real cave! there was a roughed up mattress just inside, we were actually looking out for the cave man to jump out and scare us lol but unfortunately there was no cave man or maybe he was hiding, who knows 😑

Just like other hikes with strides, we welcomed the new members, they introduced their selves and told us what they do, we played a couple of games as well. Hiking can also be a networking platform as you get to meet people from other walks of life; i have met potential travel/adventure buddies, IT specialist, lawyers, writers etc The list goes on and on

In summary it was a great hike, i got to meet and network with  new people, i got some therapy of my own and i conquered another hill lol. I'll definitely go back to Sokale on another call, i hope you enjoyed reading my experience and it bequeathed some sort of inspiration to you my wonderful readers. Kindly leave your comments just below, i look forward to the next post.

Remain Blessed,
Wanderlust Anne.