What can I say, I love a good road trip. So, fuelled by a mug of coffee, it was time to go - there's no time for breakfast, we'll get it along the way. Maybe somewhere in Wilderness... maybe Tottie's Farm Kitchen in Rheenendal, who knows, just grab your sunglasses and let's go!
So, down the N2 we head. Turns out Tottie's is only open noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays, so we decide to try Beejuice at the old train station stop in Wilderness (on the right-hand side of the N2 about 300-400 meters before you reach the main entry to Wilderness). The food was very good - and the coffee was great.
So, down the N2 we head. Turns out Tottie's is only open noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays, so we decide to try Beejuice at the old train station stop in Wilderness (on the right-hand side of the N2 about 300-400 meters before you reach the main entry to Wilderness). The food was very good - and the coffee was great.
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Fed and coffee'd up, time to carry on down the N2. Next stop Old Nick Village just past Plettenberg Bay for a look at the raw wood furniture, ceramics, soaps and textiles, with a few old bits of machinery thrown in, presumably to keep us guys amused. Me, I cover the whole hectare (?) in about 5 minutes and then I'm happy to have a bench - you go do your soap snooping and your picture perusing, take as long as you like, I'll be happy to wait here....
Old Nick done and dusted, we head further up the road to the Crags, heading up Monkeyland Road to pop in at The Mohair Mill and associated little shops (and tiny nursery). Then back we come, heading down to Keurboomstrand (with Enrico's at the very end) for a little beach walk on a blustery day.
Old Nick done and dusted, we head further up the road to the Crags, heading up Monkeyland Road to pop in at The Mohair Mill and associated little shops (and tiny nursery). Then back we come, heading down to Keurboomstrand (with Enrico's at the very end) for a little beach walk on a blustery day.
Enrico's at the very end of the drive in to Keurboomstrand
A zip into Plett to see what's changed in the last several years since we've been (a lot!), and out on the N2 again, homeward bound, but not without a stop at The Heath to check out the nifty furniture and design "stuff" at Ilovani - one of our favourite stops along this annual pilgrimage. No Radical Raptors for us today, but definitely a bite of lunch - a Moroccan infused chicken wrap (me) and veggie burger (her). Pretty darn tasty.
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Then back in the vehicle for the push home - turns out the N2 is being repaved for a good few kilometers somewhere between the Garden Route Mall and Pacaltsdorp. We peel off, taking the Glentana exit, ever hopeful we'll see dolphins. I saw several the other day at precisely high tide just before Hersham. Today, though it was rather choppy was no different - another few dolphins just off Peinaarstrand.
Inspired, we after getting home we decide we should take a beach walk. We wade through the maze of the meandering river heading to the mouth and out along the beach to the end of Southern Cross.
Inspired, we after getting home we decide we should take a beach walk. We wade through the maze of the meandering river heading to the mouth and out along the beach to the end of Southern Cross.
No dolphins, but a nice stroll along the deserted beach and back around The Island just in time to get the braai going for dinner. Ahhhh.... all in all a pretty successful day!
