Garden Route rush jobs, Infiniti

A story on farm stalls followed by a feature on Sheridan Renfield at Sedgefield Classic Cars. Too rushed but the Infiniti was good fun. Pierre finally rid of Wian so that was good to see too. 

Garden Route rush

Something of a rush job with two stories in three days - classic Sedgefield and a drive in a lovely old 1946 Mk IV Jag, and a frantic up-and-down the Garden Route checking out farm stalls. Not enough time, mediocre pics the result. Kirsten at Thyme and Again was interesting though, and Pierre finally rid of the lazy, grabbing Wian in Plett. The walls are now purple.  

Greyton, Overberg

Frankly not my favourite town, all too Clarens. But midweek it was better, quieter, less Newlands. Genadendal was a revelation, the gardens out the back and the pear tree magnificent. Quiet, restful, bees and blossoms and all the cliches of an early Spring day. And no Range Rovers full of over-indulged, new parented tweenies on pink cell phones. There was a table of them in Abbey Rose on Friday evening, Grade 11 or so, girls already feasting on their entitlement, discussing the world's failings in a semaphore of gesticulated 'likes' and 'whatevers'.

Ireland

At the invitation of Tourism Ireland, the country's north and east - the new Titanic Museum (Titanic Belfast), Dublin, Derry, the cliffs of Slieve League, Donegal, Atrim and Letterkenny.

Along were Melanie Daly, Graham Howe, Elizabeth Sleith and Helen Fraser from Tourism Ireland. An interesting trip; the divide between north and south, Protestant and Catholic somewhat explained, the sun shone, the diversity was surprising and the food largely memorable. Highlights included a bizarre tour through the City Hall in Belfast by a camp automaton, the food at the Guinness Pumphouse (and Dean's Deli's risotto), the Folk Museum in Holywood and that tiny little labourer's terrace house, the cliffs of Slieve and the rooms at Harveys Point Hotel, Lough Eske, Donegal.