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    This is where it all begins…… again!
    Pemin Sebastian
    • Sep 25, 2019
    • 1 min

    This is where it all begins…… again!

    September is springtime in South Africa when nature realises that it is time to wake up and be fruitful. But, of course before the fruit...
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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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    All our rooms are now the same
    Pemin Sebastian
    • Jul 19, 2019
    • 1 min

    All our rooms are now the same

    For the first time since the property was built all our rooms are now the same style and design, but it has taken a while to achieve...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Update Saturday 24th February 2018
    Pemin Sebastian
    • Feb 24, 2018
    • 1 min

    Update Saturday 24th February 2018

    Words like ‘surreal’ ‘bizarre’ and ‘was it all a dream/nightmare’ spring to mind. The sun is shining and apart from the fact that we have...
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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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    Olive harvest on the horizon
    Pemin Sebastian
    • Feb 22, 2018
    • 1 min

    Olive harvest on the horizon

    It's that time of year again. As the sun shines and olives fatten up and begin to ripen our thoughts turn to how we are going to get them...
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    Olives
    Pemin Sebastian
    • May 16, 2016
    • 2 min

    Olives

    On first sight it was the impressive Cape Dutch style main house and the accompanying cottages of the hospitality business that attracted...
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    Welcome to Galenia
    Pemin Sebastian
    • May 12, 2016
    • 3 min

    Welcome to Galenia

    Galenia – a new name on the South African hospitality scene – is a rebranding of the estate and four star, bed and breakfast guest lodge...
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