Our hostess in Senekal last night, Janny, reckoned the only place to eat in town was Wimpy, an unlicensed chain restaurant so we followed her advice and downed a glass or two of red afterward in our room. Janny couldn't do brekky for us this morning as she had a prior commitment with her trailer rental business so we left early, hitting the road by 0730am after first washing the ice off the car windows using lukewarm water. Yes, another frost!
Colesberg was our target, some 400km away to the SW along the N5/N1 and we made good time as there were few delays due to road works and very light traffic.
In fact we got to Colesberg so quickly we considered driving the extra 200km on to Graaff- Reinet, our next planned destination, but we resolved to take a look at Colesberg first. I'm glad we did because we stumbled onto one of those gems which occasionally come our way.
Coniston House (www.colesbergconiston.co.za) was built in 1835 and among other notable events in its history was its use as a meeting place between Paul Kruger and the British in a fruitless attempt to avoid the subsequent war, and its use as a hospital during that war. Tonight we're staying at Coniston, and have arranged to have a glass of red with Liz, the lady who has inherited the house, in her drawing room this evening.
In need of a little exercise we took a stroll down the lively main street and visited the museum as part of the stroll.
When we returned to Coniston House we were enthusiastically welcomed back by Ash, one of widow Liz's two gun dogs.
Should be an interesting evening, especially as the dogs are also invited.
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