We are back on the road (much to Kirsty’s dismay and pleadings of ‘don't goooo, I will missss you’ – this from a 24 years old) for the second leg of our long leave travels. We are heading into Lesotho, then down to the Transkei and maybe Eastern Cape … we haven't booked anywhere, so plans could change. How awesome to have have this freedom.
We left home at 7:30. Our road was pretty much blocked off for a 10 km road race, fought our way through cones and marshals to William Nicol, only to discover I had left my sunglasses behind. So, much to Gray’s delight, we had to fight our way around the block and back out again. A couple of kilometers later we got caught up in a Harley Davidson (Hardly Dangerous) outing. Don't people sleep in on a Sunday??
Thankfully we encountered very little traffic on the N3. Stopped off for breakfast at our ‘local’ in Harrismith and for fuel at Nottingham Road. Here we had a spectacular view of the snow capped peaks of the Drakensberg Mountains. We have clear blue skies and sunny warm weather, last week this time it was snowing heavily on the berg.
We turned off the N3 just after Howick and drove through some beautiful country side to Underberg and onto Himeville. The mountains in the distance, the final maroon red shades of the autumn trees and the farm lands reminded me of a mini Switzerland.
We arrived at the Sani Gables B & B at 2. It is really pleasant, nice light rooms, a really comfortable bed and a spacious living area. We are the only ones staying here, so we have the place to ourselves.
As the sun set, so the warm temperatures of the day plummeted into a very chilly evening. There is not a lot to do in Himeville on a Sunday evening, or any evening I would think. We drove 350m down the road from Himeville Gables to Himeville Arms. The old but quaint local hotel, where we spent a really pleasant evening, drinking Old Brown Sherry and red wine in front of a log fire.
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