S A Grand - Paarl

Diesch Andrews from Die Anker

So we did not see too much of Philippolis last night when we arrived except for the few out on their night walks.

We had a lovely bed and bath with steaming water last night, thats all we ask for on our travels.

The Griqua Canons

I think the town takes a while to wake in the morning because when we left at 8:30 there was not much happening except for some locals enjoying a coffee on the veranda of a coffee shop.

The petrol station had no petrol so we had to go to the co-op to fill up. Looks like they charge as they like - petrol here is 30c a litre more than at Trompberg which is only a 58 km distance.

Dutch Ref Church Consecrated 1826

The main road is tar and all side roads gravel. Quaint

Still in Use - No Joke

houses and a beautiful church take you back to a time long ago.

We had a look around at the Old Qriquas Cannons and the Van der Post Gardens (no gardens, only the brick walkways).  I akso never knew Emily Hobhouse was buried here.

I am please we took the route through Philippolis, we had to see it. We may never pass through here again but we can at it to our "Done It" list.

Now it is on the road back home to sort out gun licenses, the transfer of No 8 (which has been a nightmare) and a few other nitty gritty thing.