Taylored Trips – Spoilt with optionsBeing stuck down here in the Western Cape during the cold winter months is not for sissies. It’s cold, wet and miserable but hey, someone’s got to be here, besides, the real winter has been missing for a few years.

Fortunately for us we have soup, port, sherry and red wine to keep us going. We also have a whole lot of delicious options to choose from when it comes to “getting out there”, so we are totally spoilt with choices; be it food, scenery, drives, locations, mountains, sea, you name it, we’ve got it. If you’re

are here, get out and enjoy and if you’re not, get here to enjoy it - quick.

Bain in the Rain – One of the most spectacular mountain passes in South Africa – Bain’s

Kloof Pass - Wellington

Berg River Canoe Marathon on a very full river this year - July 2019

Bill & Co – Malmesbury. A breath of fresh air in Malmesbury. They also have a fresh produce market

Beerhouse – Long Street - Cape Town. 99 beers to choose from and we chose Carling Black Label Quarts, yummy!

Nothing like a chilly walk along the Atlantic Seaboard – Sea Point - Cape Town. Exhilarating!

Oranjezicht City Farm Market,

Granger Bay - Cape Town. Saturday 9am – 2pm and Sunday 9am – 3pm. You will not believe the options

Cabròn - Durbanville. Mexico's finest right here in the ‘Ville

The Hickory Shack – N2, a few kms outside Grabouw. Smoked deliciousness on a plate

Cape Café – Beach Rd - Gordon's Bay. Coffee was good but their desserts are even better

Bastille Festival – Franschhoek. Don your beret and let the

French in you loose. Café Bon Bon, Calcachios etc, etc, etc., the list goes on and on

Laaiplek – Weskus. Seafood like you’ve never tasted before

Strand beach - False Bay. Fresh beach winter walk – food for the body, mind and soul

Coffee at Ou Meul – Simondium. The aroma will get you going on its own as you sit and

watch the Wine Tour tram go by. Hop on the exclusive tram which takes you from wine farm to wine farm through the Franschhoek/Simondium valley for wine tasting with a difference

Drinks at the Parrots Den Bar, Gouda Hotel. A classic trip down nostalgia lane

Ribs and prawns at the new Gecko Craft – Wellington. Their speciality being craft burgers and craft beers. Down the road in Wellington and also in Paarl, the original Gecko Lounges continue to draw sell-out crowds.

Coffee in a chocolate cup at Bain's Caffé – Wellington. It can’t be beaten. Don’t forget their ‘pulled pork on chips’. On Bain’s Kloof Pass at Bo Vlei Winery

Good music in the rain at the Winterland Blues Festival – Tulbagh. Part of the Tulbagh ‘Xmas in July’ celebrations

Good food and Underberg bottled wallpaper like you’ve never seen before. Poplers – Main road - Tulbagh

Enjoying the eerie early morning mist at home under the old oak tree

Enjoying some of Ceres' finest fare at the new brewery on a beautiful winter’s day. Ceres Brewery, Main Rd. Ceres

We took a drive out to Blouberg, Big Bay and Melkbos on a rainy wintery day. Lunch platter at the Melkbos Kitchen, Beach Road, Melkbosstrand

Nothing like a good ol’ Cape winter, it’s good to have it

back again. WP jou lekka ding!

Until next time, “Keep on Tripping!”