Coffee at The Old Gaol on Church Square in Swellendam can too easily turn into lunch, accompanied by a glass or three of Blush from Bon Courage. Sitting on the deck in the shade of some wonderful old oaks and overlooking the stunning much photographed NG Kerk, one often finds oneself in conversation with interesting [...]
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Our guesthouse prides itself on being pet friendly, gay friendly, biker friendly, wheelchair friendly – and next week we are going for official accreditation as birder friendly. In fact we are just so darn friendly that the news has got around the local dog population, one or two of whom likes to pop in at [...]
The rare Cape Mountain Zebra can be found in Bontebok Park which is South Africa’s smallest National Park and is one of Swellendam’s many interesting places to visit. The Even Rarer Small Brown Nosed Zebra can be spotted frequently at Impangele when they come to work with Beauty!
Staying in the cottage this last week was AC/DC tribute band ‘SA/DC’ who have been performing at the 2012 Up The Creek Festival Dave has enjoyed having fellow musos with whom to talk all things Rock and Roll…..
Dave the Wine Connoisseur
Spectacular pictures of the raging fire are emerging – amazing to think that such devastation can be caused by one careless act – a dropped cigarette, rumour has it.
Our beautiful mountain is on fire – hardly suprising with the serious heat and lack of rain we have been experiencing. Good luck to our fire fighters who are working hard to extinguish it – and hopefully there will not be too much damage to our wildlife.
