{"id":4367,"date":"2022-02-20T11:12:22","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T09:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lostshepard.co.za\/?p=4367"},"modified":"2022-02-20T11:12:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T09:12:22","slug":"jan-2022-stanford-wilderness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lostshepard.co.za\/?p=4367","title":{"rendered":"Jan 2022 Stanford & Wilderness"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Quick break coupled with some business in George. Left Cape Town very early to avoid the traffic and had a slow drive, avoided Gordons Bay itself then took the coast road stopping in at Hangklip, Pringle Bay, Harold Porter Gardens at Betty’s Bay, through Hermanus and a stop\/go but much better than last time on the new road through to Stanford.<\/p>\n

Early morning sun just past Gordons Bay
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Early morning ablutions.
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Pringle Bay
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Just Past Hermanus
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Just Past Hermanus
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And into Stanford – Time was when the Church Spire was the centre of Town !
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Well there you go !
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We stayed out of Town up the road about 12kms at Stanford Country Lodge for two nights, very pleasant stayed here before and they have an excellent restaurant.
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Up at the Dam above the lodge into a kloof
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Looking back across the farmlands – this place is lush with water.
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Came across some woodcutters
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Making arty figures for around the lodge
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Deep into the kloof
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Back down at the Lodge<\/p>\n

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So a nice two-night stay with lots of walks and we set off for Wilderness, going through the farm roads before reluctantly re-joining the N2 at Swellendam. On the way we pass a sad abandoned farm – beautiful old “Cape Georgian House” now occupied by hundreds of birds. So sad to see.
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Lunch break; no trains coming this way anymore.
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Turbines disfiguring the landscape
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And so back again at Ebb & Flo, South Camp, Wilderness, where we took a chalet. There were a lot of campers
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Weaver
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Knysna Loerie; they are so difficult to capture, usually hiding away deep in the trees
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Out and about a bit. Wilderness station sadly no more either.
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Wilderness beach
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Weavers
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Buffels Bay Bridge
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Ebb & Flo
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Up above Ebb and Flo in the Forest with the large Stinkwood Tree.
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I wonder what lives in there at night.
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Forest Walk through all the cobwebs.
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Back at Ebb & Flo I got lucky again.
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Pretty “Pond Life” She didn’t mind, as you can see…
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So a week away mostly good weather, left for home at 8.00am – 450 odd Kms back – home by 1.00pm not much traffic – mid-week, nice time had by all.<\/p>\n

Album at: My Photo Album<\/a><\/p>\n

INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT<\/a> <\/p>\n

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