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Clare Travis
May 23, 20243 min read
Seventy in Swellendam
This May my Mom turned 70! Even though she still looks like she's 55. I decided to take her out of town for a long weekend and she chose...
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Clare Travis
Mar 28, 20243 min read
Zandrivier Exploring
School and public holidays are here! I decided to take a day's leave after Human Right's Day, to make a long weekend, since hubby was...
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Clare Travis
Jan 8, 20244 min read
Peace at Proteaceae
Part 1: Summer Holiday '23/'24 2023 was not a great year for us and we didn't travel much, hence no new posts for a while. I was...
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Clare Travis
Jan 27, 20233 min read
Ranging in Rangers Reserve
Part 6: Summer Holiday '22/'23 Last stop for this trip, Rangers Reserve, outside of Touws Rivier and back in the Western Cape. What a...
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Clare Travis
Aug 13, 20225 min read
Meijer's Rust(ic) Farmstay
Last long weekend until December holidays! We decided to travel a bit further and found a very secluded cottage at Meijer's Rust farm....
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Clare Travis
Jul 31, 20224 min read
Porcupine Hills Weekend Getaway
During one of my previous accommodation searches I came across Porcupine Hills, outside of Botrivier, unfortunetly it was a little over...
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Clare Travis
Jul 10, 20222 min read
Stunning Stellenbosch
It's not often that we will stay somewhere closer than 2 hours from Cape Town, but on a race weekend it is a bit easier to stay in the...
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Clare Travis
Feb 28, 20224 min read
Cozy Country Cabin
These days it's quite difficult to find a quiet, decently priced, dog friendly place within 2 hours of Cape Town. So the Country Cabin in...
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Clare Travis
Feb 17, 20225 min read
Matjiesvlei New Year
Part 3: Summer holiday 21/22 Last stop of this trip, our New Years place. We have stayed a few times in Calitzdorp and always driven past...
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Clare Travis
Feb 8, 20224 min read
Bonniedale the 3rd
Part 2: Summer holiday 21/22 Our second stop after Xmas '21 was one of our favourite spots, Bonniedale Holiday Farm. Since the drive was...
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Clare Travis
Jan 20, 20226 min read
Eagle Falls Xmas
Part 1: Summer holiday 21/22 Finally the holidays arrived! My workplace was very slow to let us know when we would be off over the...
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Clare Travis
Dec 12, 20213 min read
Why Pampoenfontein?
I'm not sure where the name comes from, as it's a protea farm (not pumpkins), but Pampoenfontein is a lovely place for a weekend...
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Clare Travis
Oct 22, 20212 min read
Fancy Franschoek?
Edit September 2022 - Sadly this place has put it's prices up by more than 25%, so I can no longer recommend it as a budget stay. It...
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Clare Travis
Aug 30, 20215 min read
A Wild (Flower) Weekend
This year we finally got ourselves together to go see the wild flowers and we grabbed an opening at Enjo Nature Farm a weekend. The farm...
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Clare Travis
Jul 6, 20213 min read
A Wintery Weekend in Ceres
In hopes of seeing snow on the mountains we decided to escape the city for a weekend. Sadly no snow, but we had a wonderful time anyway....
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Clare Travis
Apr 30, 20213 min read
The Most Beautiful Farm - Bokrivier
What a gorgeous find! I was looking for somewhere not too long a drive from Cape Town and saw this place advertised on Instagram....
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Clare Travis
Apr 13, 20214 min read
Easter Weekend Bliss
What a long wait until the Easter long weekend! Desperately needed to escape the city and found the perfect place, Buffelshoek farm in...
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Clare Travis
Jan 17, 202113 min read
Western Cape Wanderings
At the end of such a strange year I decided to plan a shorter holiday than last summer and since we couldn't know what was going to...
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Clare Travis
Dec 16, 20205 min read
A Berry Nice Weekend
Berry season is here! It's a short season in the Western Cape, being only November and December, so we grab the opportunity to go picking...
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Clare Travis
Nov 10, 20205 min read
Weekend break at the foot of Soetmuisberg
We took a little weekend break to check out this spot my mom had read about. The dairy farm, Grashoek, is near Breadasdorp in the...
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