Library · 9 October 2026

Table Mountain, Cape Town

South Africa. High mountains, in the morning, in wind.

On arrival

Look up! The famous 'tablecloth' of white cloud is just starting to spill over the flat sandstone plateau. Table Mountain is putting on a show for us today.

First Ink

Maple Pinecone

walked Table Mountain, Cape Town best of everyone that day: 3797 points in 1:46. In the Library, every right answer re-inks a page; the day's best walk writes its walker's name on it, and there it stays.

What the day asked

Five doors, from these wings.

The questions and their answers stay in the game.

  • Wing of Living Things Life and the body Plants, animals, insects, and how a body keeps itself well.
  • Wing of Elements Science and numbers How the world works: rock, weather, water, light, the maths and the machines.
  • Wing of Ages History and ideas What happened, who did it, and the ideas and beliefs that moved them.
  • Wing of Voices Words and culture Language, music, books, film and what people make and love.
  • The Clock Tower On this day Something that happened on this exact date, in some year.

Open Lorewalk

Today's day can be played once; earlier days can be recovered in the app.

The painting of Table Mountain, Cape Town was made with AI in Lorewalk's own style and chosen by hand.