Sunday 02/01/22
We left our house-sit yesterday with a twinge of sadness, as usual, as we had fallen in love with the four dogs, but we are always looking forward to another adventure.
The day started off with a bit of excitement. We were busy with our final clean up when I went to the shed to investigate the dogs barking madly. We were still on edge with all the snake problems but this time they had cornered a monitor lizard. I am not sure who would have won the fight but jumped in to get the monitor out of harm’s way. I got a good whipping from its tail for my trouble but managed to carry it the main gate and let it loose - hopefully it will have learned to go and hunt elsewhere, away from the dogs.
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| Our pool with the most amazing view |
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| A lovely way to chill after the long drive. |
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| The view from the stoep outside our room |
We’re spending two days on an avocado farm in Tzaneen in a lovely guest house called Die Stoep and are the only guests here, which is wonderful. It has been as hot as anything but now the weather has broken with an almighty thunderstorm and torrential rain.
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| We watched as the heat of the morning built up to a storm. |
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| And then the wind, thunder, lightning and rain came. |
Tomorrow we meet my parents in Hoedspruit and join them in Kruger for a few days before we try to fly out. At the moment we still can’t travel to France so we are watching with some trepidation to see if that changes before our flight or if we will need to re-route.
Bonus pic:
This is the first guest house where, not only do we have rusks and biscuits in our room but complimentary Sherry as well. It feels very colonial!
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| Old world charm |
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