Daily Archives: Wednesday, 12 October 2011

A relaxing Women’s Day Weekend in Riversdale

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In August this year, we spent a relaxing weekend in the beautiful Southern Cape town of Riversdale. Here are the links to all the other posts about our trip – I hope you enjoy clicking your way through them! 1. … Continue reading →

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Weekend in Riversdale – Part 10: Returning to Cape Town

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From Tradouw Pass, we headed westwards through the tiny rural village of Zuurbraak, reaching Swellendam and the N2, which took us home across the gently rolling hills of the Overberg with its dramatic yellow canola patches amidst vast fields and … Continue reading →

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Weekend in Riversdale – Part 9: Tradouw Pass – Traversing the path of the women

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“We have two options: We can either continue westwards along the R62 towards Montagu, across the Montagu Pass, and via Robertson and Worcester up to the N1…” “Or?” “We can head south across Tradouw Pass, and join the N2 near … Continue reading →

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Weekend in Riversdale – Part 8: Through the Little Karoo to Ladismith and Barrydale

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As we descended the curves of Garcia’s Pass that traverses the Langeberge, we emerged into the wide open spaces of the Little Karoo, with the mighty Swartberg mountain range appearing on the far northern horizon. According to the map, a … Continue reading →

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Weekend in Riversdale – Part 7: From Riversdale across Garcia’s Pass into the Little Karoo

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On Sunday morning, after breakfast, we stowed all our gear into the car, tidied up our little cottage, and shared the remaining carrots and apples between the two horses. It felt great to have made friends with both of them … Continue reading →

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Weekend in Riversdale – Part 6: A round trip to Stilbaai and Jongensfontein on the coast

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After our explorations of the Korentepoort Dam to the north of Riversdale, we returned to our accommodation at Oakdale Cottages to pick up some nibblies – and to prepare that obligatory thermos of tea – for our drive down to … Continue reading →

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Weekend in Riversdale – Part 5: A drive around Korentepoort Dam

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After the breakfast concert with Sonja, and still humming some of the tunes we had heard, we were pleased to see that the previous day’s rain had not returned and that the skies were blue! Perfect weather for a drive … Continue reading →

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Weekend in Riversdale – Part 4: Sonja Herholdt in Riversdale, performing “Heartbeat of a Woman”

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On Saturday morning, we attended a delightful breakfast concert in the Riversdale Town Hall. The event had been arranged by a local organisation known as DROOM. An Afrikaans word that means dream, DROOM is actually an acronym for Diens aan Riversdal … Continue reading →

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Weekend in Riversdale – Part 3: Riversdale and Surroundings

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Here is a slideshow of some pictures we took during our weekend in Riversdale.

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Weekend in Riversdale – Part 2: Oakdale Cottages in Riversdale

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The pelting rain that swept us into the lovely town of Riversdale almost entirely obscured our view through the windows. The directions to our accommodation hadn’t been entirely unambiguous, and because we hadn’t visited Riversdale before, we soon found ourselves … Continue reading →

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