Guess who chose this evenings camp site? Back to this morning. Up at first light, 8.30am and while I went for a shower Jen got chatting to our camping neighbours. A retired couple from Cape Town but originally from Middlesborough in the UK. Bob Mortimer’s home town. Who’s Bob Mortimer,…
Draaihoek Plaas Farm Camp As we were cooking breakfast this morning the farm owner, Dion, came to see what time we were leaving. He and his family were off to church and he needed to know whether to switch the electronic gates off, so we could manually open them to…
It was cold last night and the morning dawned overcast, though the sun did penetrate for a time. Another campsite pic taken yesterday. Our camp was about 500m from the railway track and several times, a monster ore train went past. On googling it we learn that it is one…
It’s a special day today. Dennis’s birthday. His last year in his 70’s. He says, next year goes back to zero 🙂 We have been very lucky with the weather. It is two weeks since we left Durban and we have had 12 lovely days and 2 rainy ones. We…
The plan this morning was to visit the Table Mountain First a trip a Dis-Chem store to replenish our my stock of medicinal nuts, that are, I believe, helping me stay healthy. Maybe that could be misinterpreted…:) By the time we arrived at the entrance to the Table Mountain gondola…
Our Apartment Our apartment is in a block of 6, but we are the only people staying here. We have a fully fitted kitchen and a large lounge/diner all to our selves. Apart from the house keeper. If it was summer we would also have the use of the swimming…
What an interesting day. From our bed in the back of Poki and before dawn, one could see the dark sky full of stars through the roof vents. A glorious night. By 7am, the stars were gone. An indication that the predicted rain was not too far away. I had…
We had intended to stay for 2 nights in Franschoek. However, Dennis mentioned yesterday, how much rain had fallen. The site was very muddy and so we decided to pack up and move to another site, on the other side of Franschhoek, later in the day. Fraschhoek Franschhoek is an…
First up. Happy Birthday to Tim. Tim is Jens eldest son and is celebrating his last year in his 40’s. Our campsite host said the wind will die away at 6pm. Well, it did but not until 6am next morning. However, it dawned a flawless morning. Warm and sunny. The…
We left Bushman’s Valley on another beautiful morning to head back to Oudtshoorn. Not via the Swartberg Pass this time, but via another pass, Meiringspoort Pass. This is via a tarmac road and took us through a deep, rocky gorge. Not as dramatic as the Swartberg Pass, but still impressive.…