It’s all about the journey Each year, #him and I take the long and slow road. We’ve headed to Namaqualand and the Western Cape –
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My pick of small-town South Africa, Take 2*
Big city buzz is fabulous – in small doses. Small towns stole my heart a long time ago. Road trips through South Africa over many
All roads lead to De Rust
… and other true stories The Karoo dorpie of De Rust was a blip on my radar – a stopover town en route to Cape
Eight things I love about Rhodes Village
The road has led me to Rhodes Village in the Eastern Cape Highlands and I’m slowly getting to savour the gems in this Southern Drakensberg
My top tips for chasing flowers
The flowers are fading, pulling on their seedy caps to sleep for another year. After a prolonged drought, it has been a magnificent year for
Getting wild about a name
Trans the Kei is where you find the real deal Whenever I hear anyone talk about the Wild Coast, I think of the 280km shoreline
The many roads that take you there
Escape from lockdown: Travelling in the time of the coronavirus With #him, I have spent the past three weeks meandering 3,500km back and forth across the
3 fabulous (and free) trails
Being close to nature – especially walking through it – is the number one way that I sustain myself. It clears my busy head, fills
A Durban thrift adventure
Durban was always going to be my big challenge a mere four-something months into my year of not buying new clothes. A visit to my
In search of the lemonwoods
Up. The thin path winds through the forest, up and up the mountain. And we keep going. V and I are searching for the grove