Our new Gecko Caravan needs to be collected from Haenertzburg by 10 November and then we will take it into The Kruger National Park for four weeks.

So with the Ford Everest packed to the hilt with everything we need to furnish the caravan with all that it needs to function efficiently we set off on 1 November 2017.   We overnighted in Middelburg, Eastern Cape and then headed to our kids in Kokstad where we will stay until Tuesday.   From there we will go to Haenertzburg, stay for three days at a trout fishing lodge then head with new caravan into the Kruger National Park.

It was quite by chance that our visit to our daughter and son-in-law coincided with our granddaughter’s half term holiday.   We arrived at 3:30 pm and she was home from St John’s school by 4:30.    She has to go back on Tuesday and that’s the day we leave too.

The Earl brought fish from Struisbaai which was cooked in the Weber and shared with Sean and Nicoline and their daughter Robyn who is the same age as our grandson Simon.  Their son is the same age as Shannon and is also away at school but his half-term was last weekend.

It was great to see Sean and Nicoline as today they headed off for a second Honeymoon in Zanzibar.   I am sure they are going to have a stunning time!

Open Gardens

It’s open gardens week in the area so I joined Barbara, Andrew and Heather on an amazing tour of three stunning gardens in Cedarville.  This is dairy farming country and summer rainfall and soil ensure that plants grow with ease around here.   In winter they have to worry about frost and sometimes snow so they choose plants that can resist those conditions.   Our family have lovely gardens themselves but the ones we visited were on a different scale sizewise!    If I didn’t know they were on private property I would have thought I was in a public park or botanical garden.

Kokstad Junior is Amazing

Today Lauren’s school had a craft and food market.  Our grandson Simon was part of the steel drumming group who played to entertain the visitors.  It was awesome!   Their teacher is Bryan Clark and he has done wonders with the kids.

Here is a link to hear them play.  https://youtu.be/Bmeku9837dE

 

After enjoying looking at all the interesting stalls and enjoying a refreshing smoothie we headed home as it was very hot!   More news tomorrow.