B & B in The Crags

So when we looked at the website for the B&B I loved the line "Canadian styled log chapel".  I mean I just had to see thier interpretation of Canadian Style.  Here it is.

Now, I can't speak for other B&B's in South Africa, but this one sure was different than I was used to.  The one's I've experienced in Canada are usually a home that has been converted in some way and everyone has a bedroom, sometimes shares a communal bathroom and has breakfast in a communal kitchen.  Not so on our weekend away.  There was a "host" family who had a home on the property and they welcomed us and invited us into the garden, and the kids into the house but that was all.

We had a seperate cottage with 2 rooms joined in the back by a bathroom and a self catering kitchen (equipped to cook you're own meals), beside it.  Due to a "blown geyser"(I'm still not entirely what a geyser is, but oh well) the kids carpet had gotten wet and was still drying out when we got there.  The place was booked full the second night so they couldn't put us anywhere else.  It was livable and we really didn't spend much time there with all the activities we did.

The roofs were thatch, (which proved to be waterproof on our second night there) and the walls were painted brick.  It was very quaint.

No need for the mosquito net in the winter.

We managed our own dinner, but breakfast was served in the little kitchen.  Bacon, scrambled eggs, toast, juice, coffee and boerwoers.   Boerewors are Boer (Farmer) Wor (Sausage) in Afrikans.  They are a beef sausage, and in my experience very lean.  Dh loves them, me, I prefer a maple and brown sugar pork sausage for breakfast (Mmmmmmmm).  I haven't found those here yet.

The property had multiple little cottages all over the place some for 2 people, some for more and one small block with several rooms on the first floor and a honeymoon suite up above.

The property was gorgeous.  A huge duck pond and lots of space for the kids to run around.  We had the place to ourselves the first night and the owners 3 year old had a blast playing with our kids.  The owner said there didn't tend to be too many kids through the winter.  The property was fully fenced and the duck pond too due to the age of the owners son, so the kids could safely play without mommy and daddy on top of them the whole time and we had some breathing room too.

The bar was fantastic asthetically.



Overall, a very enjoyable stay and a very new experience for a B&B.

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