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| Early morning view from the patio |
I recently celebrated my 75th Birthday. My lovely wife, Jacqui, treated us to 3 nights away at what has turned out to be our favourite place away from home - Cottage No 2 at Bon Accord Farm Cottages in Montagu.
It was as, if not more, beautiful as our first visit earlier this year - which you can read about here! This time, however, the effect of the recent rains can be seen from comparing the two main photographs.
This visit we spent most of our time in and around Montagu, except for a short trip out to Barrydale - 62 kilometres away along the R62! I will shortly do a separate blog post on our visit there - we had a specific destination, and spent most of our time there - a fascinating place!
An added bonus for us was that this time we got to meet Elsje, the owner and manager of all the cottages, and she treated us to a delightful extra large bowl of her Mom's home-made soup and a fresh loaf of bread. Totally appreciated and a great help in combatting the cold weather!
Most of the birds that visited were the same as last time, but we did have a visit from a bokmakierie (photo below), whose distinctive call could be heard from a long way away, plus a green sunbird (also below).
Otherwise, here are just a few views of the farm and surrounds to end off with. The photo showing the moon was taken on the Saturday morning after the recent blood moon. The third photo shows a small section of the tango (a late-harvested seedless mandarin) fruit trees, while the colourful vygies just show a very small section of the plants that greet one upon entering the farm.
