We are at a little privately owned “Bushveld” caravan
park in Warmbaths (Bela Bela) called San Cha Len. We are enjoying ourselves
very much. It is a cleverly designed park where your caravan stands on a tarred
extension of the road network & the tent is pitched on a brick paved area.
It is designed in such a way that you pull in, stop the caravan next to the
paved area and set up camp. When you leave, you just hook up and drive on out.
This removes the sometimes heavy job of having to manually position the caravan
on a stand. Very clever indeed!
Each stand has its own little private garden area with a
braai facility, electrical connection, dustbin and tap.
The security is good, the ablutions are A1. There are hot and cold swimming pools, put-put, trampoline & play-park for children.
The hot indoor pool
A part of the men's ablutions
During the week the park is almost empty but on weekends it fills up nicely. It
has so far been quiet, even on the weekends. They have given us a very favorable tariff because we are pensioners and staying for quite a while. As
always, the Lord has gone ahead of us and planned our way. We are so grateful.
While we were still at Drie Berge, I lost my teeth! (a
plate I have worn for many years with a few teeth on. It replaces the teeth I
lost in a motor accident many years ago.) The plate just disappeared! We are
having a new one made here in Warmbaths but I nearly fainted when I heard that
it will cost us close to R9000. It will however be a really good quality item
and will probably outlast me.
Being close to other people in a relaxed atmosphere makes
it easy to make new friends. We have made many new friendships. While
discussing our planned routes we have noticed that, God willing, our paths will cross and we will
meet again later in the year in yet unseen places. It is exciting to share
experiences and learn from each other.
Our plans are very flexible and are constantly under
review. As it stands, we plan to stay here until May 18th when we
will go to Pretoria and stay with Peter, Elaine & family. While there I
will do the necessary prep for Thalia Durr’s wedding which should take place on
Saturday 27th May.
The next day, God willing, we will leave for Scottburgh.
We plan to spend some of the winter there then go via East London, Port
Elizabeth & Cape Town to Clanwilliam where we will stay for the whole of
August. During that time we hope to see the flowers in Namaqualand.
From there we will work our way back to Scottburgh by the
end of November, at which time the grand tour will be over and we plan to move
into our flat.
God’s richest blessings to you all. Lots of love, Tom
& Lynette.
So you are having solid gold teeth made!! It is lovely that you are making friends and that you will cross paths with them again. Your year of The Sainsbury's Great South African Grand Tour is flying by. Enjoy it. xx
ReplyDeleteIt all sounds so good, except for the teeth. I know all about it. I was chewing on a piece of crackling and one of my 4 teeth on my plate snapped off. R1000 to have it put back. Really looking forward to seeing you when you are down this way. Keep enjoying yourselves.
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