After Lee’s birthday celebrations, they spent a few days with family and we got to work at Gavin’s workshop. There are still these millions of little (and big) things that we need to sort out for the truck. But on one of those beautiful mornings, we decided to rather take a ride to Kirstenbosch National …
Fifty shades of green (and other colours) September 2020 Read More »
When in Cape Town do what the Capetonians do: wine tasting and sight seeing. And that’s exactly what we did, plus more. One day we went for a drive into wine country and made a stop at Elgin Railway Market. Although not open for trade it was open to walk around and having been there …
Morning dawned bright and colourful where we had parked and spent an early night after our amazing Wolfberg hike with my sister and the family. After a leisurely cup of coffee, overlooking the flowery valley where we woke up, we had to get going. We needed to fill our water tanks, so at the next …
As we had been advised that Wolfberg Cracks would be a serious hike, we got up early and- because Trokkie is slightly slower than a landcruiser- we sent my sister ahead for permits and caught up with them at the entrance of the Wolfberg Cracks Reserve. Once you enter the gate it’s a short drive …
After our R&R day of catching up with washing, cleaning, and sorting out various odds and ends, we woke up to a cloudy and thunderous looking sunrise. After our morning coffee, we left Leentjiesklip in Langebaan and set out towards Piketberg. We vouched it would be short day. We made a stop in Hopefield for …
Piketberg to Citrusdal to Cederberg Wilderness Area September 2020 Read More »
After our Cederberg adventure, our first morning on the West Coast came bright and sunny, be it still very cold. We took a walk on the beach, grabbed a couple of mussels and had a mid morning mussel-brunch. Nice!! We stopped at Elandsbaai (where we had been about 5 years ago) and took a walk …
So here we are! Finally on the road, with Trokkie sporting her new look with some iconic images of Africa: elephant and giraffe, aloe and thorn tree. It’s been an interesting few months with Covid 19 Lockdown giving us time to finish Trokkie. Turn back the clock – design time We started playing around with …
After our visit to the Gannabos quiver tree forest and a night around the fire at a nearby bush camp we headed back south in the direction of Wupperthal and the Cederberg Mountains. We made a short stop in town (Niewoudtville) where we just missed a 15 minute performance of the Rooibos Riel Dansers but …