Greyton

It is black Friday and we had to get out of the city so we booked into a campsite just pass Greyton, I loved the ride there through the Franschhoek pass the truck could only do about 50 km per hour up the mountain but it gave us a chance to enjoy the scenic route.

We drove through Greyton to the Eco Camp and found a nice spot to set up camp. The

Echo Camp has plenty of shade and green lawns, it is situated right on the river edge and the ablutions are very clean. This camp has no electricity but do have hot water through solar. However it seems to be a walk through for the locals and there was a few sketchy characters walking pass in the early hours of Saturday morning so I wont leave anything lying about. But the lovely wild horses grazing through the park is something to see.

Later that morning we hiked into town along the river bed through a burned Forrest. Although this was not physically very challenging it was more of a 25 min walk than a hike it was rather amusing to see my daughters reaction when she came face to face with a cow. (Cows and horses roams freely in Greyton) Us being city dwellers and not use to coming eye to eye with these strange "wild" animals that moo at us, walked a little faster and the walk became a bit of a run.

As we crossed the river and walked into Oak street in the Village we where greeted with such a pretty site of all the beautiful houses, decor and landscaping of the town, what a delight.

Oak street lead to Main road and right opposite the Reformed Dutch church we found the most interesting market.

This place have so much character and characters that you just have to take the drive out one Saturday morning. At the first stall we met Anita that makes jewelry from paper. Yes PAPER! I will post a short video on my Facebook page of her making the beads. But here is a pic of her products. If you do decide to go visit the market take her some old magazines they will be put well to use.

Next up was all the home made jams, jafels, chilli sauces and Ciabatta Breads, some biltong and a very interesting ice-cream stall selling Green Fig and Pekanut Ice Cream (witch is delish!!!) You can also rent one of these bicycles and go for a cycle through the town.

Our rug sack packed with all the nicest delicatessens we head back to camp, being a bit wary of the wild life in the woods we decided to take the gravel road back. The walk was hot and got us to consider a nice swim in the river.

with the water being very shallow it was a splash more than a swim but never the less we cooled down in between some small fish a frog and not to far from us some stunning looking blue cranes, (I was very upset that I did not have my camera with me) I never realized how big they are. We ended the day of with a lekka braai under the shady trees of the Eco Camp. Far to soon Sunday came along and we had to pack up and head home to reality, We could not resist turning into the historical town of Genadendal on our way back.

Genadendal has a rich spiritual history and was the first mission station in southern Africa

If you love old architecture and history as much as I do it is well worth the turn of.

We took the last gravel road home ...

we will return to the beauty of Greyton as there is still so much more to explore a weekend is just not enough.

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