Falls from Horses and Meaningful Meandering

Yesterday WordPress had a fit of the sulks and refused to respond. Now, hopefully, a more co-operative mood is in evidence.

We have some visitors from UK … well, Spain, actually … who will be with us for a few weeks, and we are trying to make them memorable (the weeks, that is; the visitors already are).  Several activities have already been crammed in since their arrival on Friday, and tomorrow we leave for a few days at a small game reserve in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands with the unlikely name of Tillietudlem. 

Included in yesterday’s activities were:

our local fleamarket in the valley, and

… a light supper in a restaurant …

… overlooking our local beach.

Today we started with a trip up to Giba Gorge.  There, the male half of our visiting couple, also in his seventies but you’d never guess it,  joined me on an outride …

… of some variety, and with horses having no bits in their mouths, of which a lot more in posts to come …

… and with pleasant scenery …

… until we reached a lovely little waterfall (yes, the ‘falls’ of my Title).

Lunch at Marianhill Monastery …

With the sweet course overlooking Valley of 1000 Hills …

… where piglets, goats, rabbits, poultry and three of these venerable specimens were there to entertain us …

… until finally we looped to the Kloof Gorge Viewsite as a finale.

It may be that even if the most fascinating scenes are seen in the next few days, I won’t be able to share them until we get back.

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