• Market Review: Sunday Fun at Pre-Spring Groote Post Country Market

    4 September 2015 - By 

    Having kindly been invited – along with my parents – to attend the ‘Groote Post Country Market’ some two weeks ago, I had been looking forward to a fun, family-orientated market. I was really excited for the  Groote Post’s pre-spring market* – held on what looked like a truly beautiful, yet homely Cape farm, nestled in the midst of the Darling Hills – and to be heading to the charming West Coast countryside. *(Except in the winter, the market is held on the last Sunday of each month). So it was that we arose bright and early on Sunday morning,…

  • Beach Review: Camps Bay Beach, Cape Town

    20 April 2015 - By 

    The locally and internationally famous Camps Bay Beach is the pride and joy of the Mother City. With its beautiful ocean views, mixture of almost turquoise and deep blue waters, pristine white stretch of beach, giant granite boulders and spectacular views of the famous Twelve Apostles mountain range and Lion’s Head, it deserves all the praise it receives and more. A few minutes’ drive from the Cape Town CBD, Camps Bay Beach – and indeed Camps Bay itself –  is well worth a visit on a beautiful summer or even early autumn day for a good, safe and family-friendly day…