President Cyril Ramaphosa announced last night that the borders are all open and the dreaded red list of no-go countries have been scraped. Swallows – it’s time to head home. 🇿🇦 Wine sales return to the usual hours of operation as allowed by the liqour license, giving cellar doors the chance to rekindle relationships with… Read More ✈️ Time to dig out the passports ✈️
Started the day with a Secret Sunrise experience at the dam. Everyone had their own headphones and tuned into facililiator Jill Lambert’s playlist. We moved to the beat while Stanford Valley woke up. Then breakfast! No oats this time but a lovely spanspek coloured smoothy. After this my stomach teamed up with my mind and… Read More Bounce Back – Stanford Valley Retreat Day 3
From Stanford Valley – 12kms from Stanford – there is a choice of hiking routes – all with exquisite views. I hiked the main track of 13.5kms from where there are so many other walks to do – a little elevation, some jeep track and varied fynbos. After a hike you could pop in at… Read More Stanford Valley Hiking
The day started with the realization that this is a retreat and not a foodie breakaway. A thought confirmed with a breakfast of cold oats dusted with a few slivers of almonds and topped with half a strawberry. It was spooned very slowly to provide the sustenance for the 13,5km hike that followed. The walk… Read More Bounce Back – Stanford Valley Retreat Day 2
This weekend there was a double rainbow over Onrus. Beautiful and not that rate. How does this happen? Light is reflected twice in the raindrop sparking two different reflections, coming from different angles.
Just the mere mention of the word retreat is enough to make me breathe out deeply! How we all need a calibration to our own True North in these weird times? When the option of a local retreat came in the form of a Facebook event, I was sold. Everything gelled and I got booked… Read More Bounce Back – Stanford Valley Retreat Day 1
Getting up at 5:30 to walk along the coastal path between Vermont and Onrus was rewarded with greetings from a curious African Clawless Otter – also called a Cape Clawless Otter. These nocturnal creatures have half webbed feet – hence the name clawless. Their biological name refers to this. Aonyx Capensis – aonyx means clawless… Read More African Clawless Otter
Tullishe le Roux is well known and loved for the many successful Hermanus eateries she has owned and managed over the years. In October she took over the kitchen at Newton Johnson and gave her followers a new reason to make a trip up Hemel-en-Aarde. She has a short, uncomplicated menu of winning treats and… Read More Restaurant at Newton Johnson
Saturdays used to be a about sleeping in or going to the market but recently it became about climbing a mountain. It’s now about wanting to explore and make the most of the new-found freedom and the excitement of Spring. This past Saturday a group of girls headed for Kleinmond to hike the Three Sister… Read More Blooming Beautiful
A weekend hike in the Kleinmond Mountains winded through fields of Mimetes Cucullatus. These colourful fynbos shrubs can be found all year on the mountain slopes of the Overberg Mountains and are fairly easy to grow I am told. Mimetes flower from early Spring to late Summer leaving vibrant orange stains on the south facing… Read More Kleinmond Fynbos Fanfare
