We are planning a wine tasting tour for Thursday afternoon with Sue, Ally, Lynn, Cath and Fi so Linda and I have been researching the wineries around Franschhoek.
The initial list included 27 wineries which might be worth a visit and we reduced this to about 14 without moving from the laptop. However allowing time for lunch we figured we could only manage 3 or perhaps 4 at most in an afternoon - I realise Jimmy C will be asking 'why lunch???' - but not many of us have his stamina or capacity.
This meant that Linda and I had to make the sacrifice of visiting the shortlist to try to come up with a final plan - tough work but someone's got to do it and everyone else is still working. We found a few places that would be good for us to return to but not right for the group tour and eventually settled on our final list which includes Rickety Bridge, La Bourgogne and Boschendal as our definites and Eikehof as our extra in case we have time.
Since we are also booked for dinner afterwards, and for a hike at La Motte and a braai at Ally's on Friday I am trying to get my cycle training done before hand - not much chance of getting on the bike again until at least Sunday.
The initial list included 27 wineries which might be worth a visit and we reduced this to about 14 without moving from the laptop. However allowing time for lunch we figured we could only manage 3 or perhaps 4 at most in an afternoon - I realise Jimmy C will be asking 'why lunch???' - but not many of us have his stamina or capacity.
This meant that Linda and I had to make the sacrifice of visiting the shortlist to try to come up with a final plan - tough work but someone's got to do it and everyone else is still working. We found a few places that would be good for us to return to but not right for the group tour and eventually settled on our final list which includes Rickety Bridge, La Bourgogne and Boschendal as our definites and Eikehof as our extra in case we have time.
Since we are also booked for dinner afterwards, and for a hike at La Motte and a braai at Ally's on Friday I am trying to get my cycle training done before hand - not much chance of getting on the bike again until at least Sunday.
I have to meet this Jimmy C. Seems like we have alot in common. Must be a name thing .
ReplyDeleteJim, there are definite similarities but also one or two major differences.
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