Just an overnight stop here, about half way on our journey south to the Drakensburg area from Graskop.
Except for the inconvenience of extensive road works just after Mary took over the driving our road journey to Volksrust was uneventful. In contrast to the previous few days, much of the scenery today could be best described as bleak. We emerged from the mountains onto a huge veldt, almost treeless and blasted by a cold westerly wind similar to those we experience in southern Queensland in winter.
In the town of Ermelo where five main roads converge I pulled up to take a pic of a statue
and while there we spotted a familiar name:
As we pushed south we gradually emerged into terrain which had some vertical elements and then our target town appeared, nestling in a shallow valley. The ambient air temp indicator in the car read 15 degrees C so suddenly we were glad we'd brought warm clothes.
Our chosen B&B was a little way out of town to the NW and we found it without difficulty despite the fact that some streets now bore the names of more recent political figures instead of those of the politics of the past, a common problem we find as we travel around (ie the maps are out of date in that respect).
Our young hostess, Madeleine, and her daughter Mia met us and announced that tomorrow morning's forecast temperature is minus 6 degrees C, but that our room has underfloor heating. We opted to take our evening meal in the guesthouse rather than go into the town. The cost for dinner, bed and breakfast for the two of us is 800 rand, about $120 Aust. And we can bring our own wine, of which we have a dwindling supply in the wine rack in the back seat. Must top it up tomorrow!
Wonder what's for dinner?
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