Easter has gone, open road here we come!

With the brief rest up back in Joburg over and the long Easter weekend enjoyed safe and sound without venturing out it was time to hit the road again on the Monday. We should be going one way and all the people who had Easter away would be coming the other!

We were heading out to Dullstroom and a timeshare at the Millstream Farm, a trout fishing estate. The plan was to take over the cottage that Bob and Ruth were using over the weekend. The drive was ok most of the way, loads of people coming the other way. Just after passing Middleburg (S25 46.083 E29 27.144) on the N4 the heavens opened and the forecasted 'tons of rain' hit. Needless to say this caused no end of accidents in the returning traffic, our side was fine. Well apart from one idiot who had a tail bash in the slow traffic and decided to cross our path to park up on our side of the road. Thankfully we were going slowly as the rain was so hard and had time to avoid him. If it had been one of the other idiots that think just because they have their hazard lights on they can still do 100km plus with zero visibility then the accident tally would have increased.

As the conditions were so bad we sent a sms to Bob to warn him and delay their drive home. Thats when the fun started. We got a call saying that they were only due to leave on Tuesday! Wires crossed somewhere. Anyway we were way too far on to turn back and with the traffic, we had to go on. The thought of having to camp one night in the heavy rain was not a good one. Thankfully by the time we left the N4 at Belfast we had left the worst of the weather behind us.

Continuing on to Dullstroom (S25 25.073 E30 06.295) we found a good campsite at the dam in the nature reserve (S25 24.291 E30 06.392). It was quiet and basic but just fine for one night. We took a wander around the town and on our way back decided to have dinner in the Dullstroom Inn, and very nice it was too.

With the arrival of a new day it was off to Millstream to hopefully take over the cottage. Bob and Ruth were packed and ready, and set off just after we arrived. We had a great 3 nights there. The weather was mostly sunny with cool air. We did a bit of walking. We did a bit of reading. We had log fires in the evenings, with a nice glass or two of red wine. A most pleasant stay, could have done with a 4th night, cough :).

Anyway, our next adventure was just around the corner though, 3 or 4 weeks in Kruger!