The Midlands Meander

We were up at 6:30am and Ellie had sorted the bed out and packed away all the cushions. After 2 coffees I put away all the electrical stuff and then we closed up camp. By 8:30am we were ready but before we left we headed over the road to chequers to get some supplies then just before 9am we left.
Our first stop was the car wash again in salt rock, the trailer was so grubby and sandy from Pete’s that it needed a jet wash.
From the car wash we headed to Kloof, just outside of Durban to buy a second hand solar panel from a guy on Facebook marketplace. He took ages sorting it out, about an hour in total but luckily he had a staffy to cuddle and a very friendly kitten.
From there we were on our way and our next stop was 60 miles away. The Nelson Mandela Capture site.
It is remarkable to think that the exact spot that Nelson Mandela was captured was actually noted in South Africa. Especially at the time, it is more remarkable that a beautiful museum has been erected portraying the world Mandela was born into and the apartheid years of his lifetime.
The museum was amazing and at the very end there is a sculpture but you have to walk the 500 meters past the events of Mandelas capture to view it, this is called the long walk to freedom . From a distance it just looks like iron poles but when you get to the exact spot that Nelson Mandela Was Captured his head appears as a silhouette in the black poles. It really is an amazing sculpture and an amazing museum.
From the capture site we picked up an old road that is now called the midlands meander and headed for our campsite. The midlands meander is a route full of arty shops, wine tasting, coffee shops and camp sites, we had, at the last minute swapped campsites to stay at the Glensheiling caravan park because there is a woodland walk here where we can see porcupine.
We arrived to locked gates at 2:30pm and in the end I had to let Rllie use my phone to call the lady. She was very nice, gave us the code and we entered.
On entering the site we got the lowdown from a South African guy that has been here months and in the end we ended up pitching up opposite him. Once we were pitched and settled our closest neighbour Wendy came over to introduce herself. South Africans are just lovely people.
Once Wendy had gone I sunk a couple of beers and we listened to thunder rumbling in the distance and then we started dinner. I did my first Braai of Wors sausage and it was amazing, although it did take nearly 90 minutes.
After dinner we just sat and chilled for an hour while it got dark and then we headed to bed.Read more