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Eight things I love about Rhodes Village
19 February 202220 February 2022 Janette Bennett

Eight things I love about Rhodes Village

Ambles, Eastern Cape, Slow travel, Trees

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 hamlet. It’s so lovely that I decided to share a list of my favourites with

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My top tips for chasing flowers
8 October 202110 October 2021 Janette Bennett

My top tips for chasing flowers

Ambles, Slow travel, Wild things

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 flowers in Namaqualand and the West Coast. We were lucky enough to see some of

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Getting wild about a name
19 March 202122 March 2021 Janette Bennett

Getting wild about a name

Ambles, Eastern Cape, Slow travel, Wild things

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 of the former Transkei in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, which stretches like a

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The many roads that take you there
6 October 20207 October 2020 Janette Bennett

The many roads that take you there

Ambles, Coronavirus, Reinvention, Slow travel

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 breadth of South Africa, with a mild jiggle to the north. We take time out

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3 fabulous (and free) trails
5 February 20205 February 2020 Janette Bennett

3 fabulous (and free) trails

Ambles, Environment, Sustainable living, Wilderness

Being close to nature – especially walking through it – is the number one way that I sustain myself. It clears my busy head, fills me with energy and lifts my mood. Whether it’s the physical exertion or closeness to

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In search of the lemonwoods
3 September 201224 November 2019 Under the milkwood

In search of the lemonwoods

Ambles, Eastern Cape, Trees, Wild things

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 of lemonwood trees that we’ve heard about. We’re not even sure that we are on

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Back where it began
5 July 201224 November 2019 Under the milkwood

Back where it began

Ambles, Eastern Cape

Almost 30 years ago, V and I spotted each other for the first time. We were students at Rhodes University in Grahamstown at the time, young and beautiful (as young people are). It was an instant attraction across that uncrowded

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When the wind blows
21 May 201224 November 2019 Under the milkwood

When the wind blows

Ambles, Eastern Cape, Food

When life deals you lemons, the saying goes, make lemonade. In the Eastern Cape, we have our own version: when it’s windy, fly a kite. And watch the march of the sand dunes. As for the lemons … well, eat

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When freedom is normal
30 April 201224 November 2019 Under the milkwood

When freedom is normal

Ambles, Eastern Cape, Life

It’s Saturday on Freedom Weekend. My body is tired after this back-breaking work of digging out weeds, grass and other invasive stuff from the aloe garden. So I am happy to pounce on V’s suggestion that we drive to Chintsa

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