Storms River Day 3 - Knysna

We were battered by wind until around 3am, it just felt like someone was shaking the caravan all night, and just as the wind stopped and we fell asleep the rain started so I got up and took one of the poles out of the awning so the water wouldn’t bend it. We had just dropped off and then a huge storm broke above camp.
I got up at 6am and lightning bolts were shooting down into the sea on one side and the mountains on the other. Luckily we hadn’t had to much rain and it had now stopped.
We had a busy day and a long drive ahead of us and after a quick couple of coffees and a hot shower at 7am we left camp and headed south 70 miles to sedgefield where they hold the wild oats farmers market every Saturday and the scarab craft market.
We made it to sedgefield just before 9am and it was packed with people and cars. We found a parking spot and headed into the market and it was heaving with people. Saturday markets are a big thing in South Africa and we now love them.
There was all sorts of food on sale, pies, breakfasts, wraps, Chinese food and Mexican and German, there were holistic medicines on sale, fresh fruit smoothies, jams, chutneys, ice cream and meat. It was a real feast for the eyes and nose. We brought 2 lots of jams, a banoffee pie jam and a strawberry cheesecake jam. Then we brought some fresh Wors, a big piece of steak and some burgers and then we brought 2 steak brisket wraps for breakfast. On the way out Ellie brought a quiche and I brought a peppered steak pie for lunch.
After the food market we walked over to the craft market where there was a real display of talent. The first stool we came to did laser cut wooden vehicle jigsaws which were amazing, other people had done paintings and wire and bead work and some of the wooden carvings were just unreal. It’s a good job we brought a caravan over here and not a house.
We left the markets around 10:15am and started making our way back stopping at the seaside town of Knysna. This was another YouTube destination and the main highlight was the harbour island. There was a restaurant here called the nest that we had hoped to eat at but even before we got there we knew we couldn’t afford to eat there. This place was full of yachts, big gated houses, day spas, and beautiful people in white linen clothes.
We stopped at the Sanparks Garden route head office went into the tourist section and here they have a fish tank with Knysna Seahorses in. These are extremely rare, only found in Knysna and are on the critically endangered list.
From Knysna we went back to camp and arrived at 2:30pm. It had been a full day and we had come home with some real goodies, we had meat for 3 nights dinners. Tonight we had some sweet potato things to go with dinner and some Braai garlic and onion bread to go with tomorrows.
At 5pm I lit the Braai and by 6:30pm we were eating our fresh Wors with our sweet potato cakes. It was a delicious meal.
After dinner we watched an amazing sunset and then when it got dark we headed inside.Read more