Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Heritage Day trip to Hibberdene

We made history this morning when we left at 5.50am, ten minutes before the time we planned to leave. We've been offered an opportunity to stay at a holiday house through the kind generosity of our daughter's in-laws.

We arrived at a One Stop near Villiers in time for breakfast at Wimpy. I had forgotten it was Heritage Day until I saw all the female staff sporting traditional dress.



The roads were very quiet and driving was a pleasure.


After the business of Jo'burg , the solitude was refreshing.


After a while traffic started getting heavier going in the opposite direction and we noticed almost all of them had their headlights on.
It was only about a hundred and something kilometers later, when we were near Howick, that we understood why.


It was after four when we arrived at The Beach House. 
What a beautiful holiday home! It is long and narrow from the back door to the garden onto the beach. There is enough room in the entrance hall  for a bookshelf (stocked with reading material for guests) and a sleeper couch as well as a guest bathroom. There are three bedrooms and two other bathrooms. Everything is beautifully decorated in the Beach House theme - even the bookshelves are decorated with large sea shells.



Of course the grandchildren couldn't wait to show us the beach.



This is a place of peace and love and know we are going to have a wonderful holiday.