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    Cooking up a storm!
    Pemin Sebastian
    • Aug 15, 2019
    • 2 min

    Cooking up a storm!

    Our cooks Peggy and Phandile are well rested after their holidays and are now ready – as we say in South Africa- to ‘cook up a storm’. It...
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    Signs of the times
    Pemin Sebastian
    • Jul 10, 2019
    • 1 min

    Signs of the times

    During the closed season there is always plenty to keep us occupied both on the estate and in the Guest House. It is a good time to catch...
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    Self-sufficiency is our aim
    Pemin Sebastian
    • May 1, 2019
    • 1 min

    Self-sufficiency is our aim

    Since buying the estate it has always been our intention to try to produce as much of our food requirements as possible and whilst we...
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    Harvest Time
    Pemin Sebastian
    • Mar 13, 2019
    • 2 min

    Harvest Time

    We have been waiting for a couple of years now for our olive grove to recover from its severe pruning followed by last years scorching...
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    Be prepared……to see the light!
    Pemin Sebastian
    • Feb 12, 2019
    • 2 min

    Be prepared……to see the light!

    It was at the beginning of December when we were first warned of the possibilities of ‘loadshedding’ on receipt of a notification from...
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    And along comes Lena
    Pemin Sebastian
    • Feb 6, 2019
    • 2 min

    And along comes Lena

    There once was a happy donkey called Cesar who lived with his ‘jenny’ (lady donkey) called Rosalie in a beautiful paddock on the Galenia...
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    It does what it says on the tin!
    Pemin Sebastian
    • Jan 21, 2019
    • 2 min

    It does what it says on the tin!

    We have noticed, since we got into the Extra Virgin Olive Oil business, that our guests were a little reluctant to pack glass bottles of...
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    Our jacuzzi moves a little closer to the action
    Pemin Sebastian
    • Oct 22, 2018
    • 1 min

    Our jacuzzi moves a little closer to the action

    Following the demise of our jacuzzi, jacuzzi deck and jacuzzi lounge in February – in fact it was reduced to ashes!!! - we have taken...
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    Springtime in the Western Cape
    Pemin Sebastian
    • Sep 12, 2018
    • 1 min

    Springtime in the Western Cape

    Springtime is with us again. In spring it is difficult to say what kind of weather we will have – sometimes brilliant sunny days, at...
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    Looks Familiar
    Pemin Sebastian
    • Jul 23, 2018
    • 1 min

    Looks Familiar

    We are happy to say that our contractors are working well and our new rooms are beginning to look familiar again. All six rooms are now...
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    Seeing is Believing
    Pemin Sebastian
    • Jun 18, 2018
    • 1 min

    Seeing is Believing

    There is no better way to explain the progress on the reconstruction of Rooms 1 to 6 than to show pictures of the progress so far. We are...
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    One, two…..here we go!
    Pemin Sebastian
    • May 25, 2018
    • 1 min

    One, two…..here we go!

    Well things are certainly going in the right direction – upwards. Here are a few pictures to show the progress on the rebuilding of rooms...
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    And then there were none….
    Pemin Sebastian
    • May 23, 2018
    • 1 min

    And then there were none….

    As we prepare to close for the winter season – fortuitously planned between 16th May and 13th August – we can now start to reinstate...
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    Up and running again
    Pemin Sebastian
    • Mar 15, 2018
    • 1 min

    Up and running again

    For two weeks now, we have operating our ‘much reduced’ property, and whilst it seems strange it is nice to have guests staying on the...
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    A glimpse into the future
    Pemin Sebastian
    • Mar 1, 2018
    • 2 min

    A glimpse into the future

    We are now coming to terms with our unfortunate experience and beginning to think that it could have been a lot worse and we could have...
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    A BIG THANKS
    Pemin Sebastian
    • Feb 27, 2018
    • 1 min

    A BIG THANKS

    We are overwhelmed by all the messages of support we have received from both near and far – it is kind of everyone to give us your...
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    NEWS FLASH – Friday 23rd February 2018
    Pemin Sebastian
    • Feb 23, 2018
    • 1 min

    NEWS FLASH – Friday 23rd February 2018

    Disaster strikes – a veldt fire which appears to have started in Montagu town this afternoon has raced along the Langeberg fynbos and...
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