We spent a couple of nights in a lodge just outside Stanford on a previous visit and always planned to return at some point. Our self-catering cottage - Tranquillity Cottage - is spacious and comfortable but lacks any effective heating so still cool in the morning when it is below 12C. Our landlady - Robyn - gives the impression of an ageing hippy but is very pleasant and has offered lots of helpful suggestions.
When we told her that we had booked a table for dinner in the local pub - which had been recommended by someone along the way - her response was less than enthusiastic. So when we walked into the place on Friday evening to find that we had the only reserved table and that the place was open to the bar where it seemed that most people were smoking, we beat a hasty retreat.
Luckily we chanced upon 'La Trattoria' - a family run Italian restaurant - which served us an excellent dinner and even persuaded us to abandon our 'local wine' rule and offered a very good Italian red. To finish off, they even offered a complimentary glass of a local Grappa - from the Fynbos Distillery - Linda's quite keen to visit them to see if they make any Gin.
Robyn had recommended another local bar where there was some live music but by the time we got there after dinner, the music had finished - apparently they have local curfew at 9.00pm - so after a nightcap it was time to head home.
When we told her that we had booked a table for dinner in the local pub - which had been recommended by someone along the way - her response was less than enthusiastic. So when we walked into the place on Friday evening to find that we had the only reserved table and that the place was open to the bar where it seemed that most people were smoking, we beat a hasty retreat.
Luckily we chanced upon 'La Trattoria' - a family run Italian restaurant - which served us an excellent dinner and even persuaded us to abandon our 'local wine' rule and offered a very good Italian red. To finish off, they even offered a complimentary glass of a local Grappa - from the Fynbos Distillery - Linda's quite keen to visit them to see if they make any Gin.
Robyn had recommended another local bar where there was some live music but by the time we got there after dinner, the music had finished - apparently they have local curfew at 9.00pm - so after a nightcap it was time to head home.
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