happy memories for some ex-pats

After the last Skywatch post, I got a comment from Diane, whose granny used to live in the little hamlet of Prince Albert in the 1910-20s!! So I thought I'd show a bit more of the town.

This house is called Millers House and is on the side of the road as you enter , from the PE side. We stayed there on our trip to Namaqualand a couple of years ago. We never even made it into town that first day....it was dusk as we arrived, and COLD. We settled in and found it was so cosy and inviting that we decided we didn't even want to go out for dinner. I knocked together a meal in the communal kitchen, and we settled in for the evening to process all the photos we had taken so far, and then later to sleep blissfully under the goose down duvets.

The town still has the old water mill and canal system running through the streets, which adds to its quaint charm.

The next morning we went for a stroll at the dam, and that is where we took the pictures of the frost which were in the skywatch post last Friday.

The town itself is very picturesque, here it is seen from the rocky kopje on the outskirts.

In town, most homes are beautifully restored, and property sells for a fortune, as it has become trendy for urbanites from Cape Town to buy weekend retreats here. But there are still one or two fixer-uppers to be had.....

And here are a couple for CJ in Scotland, whose grandpa was from the little village of Willowmore, also featured on that trip. Unfortunately it was bucketting with rain when we went through there, so I only have two photos, one of the old synagogue, and one of an old bedford truck at the garage where we filled up the car.

We really love long distance driving, and travelling on roads we have never been on before, so whenever we can grab a bit of spare time (easier said than done) we will be on the road again and bring you more of our interesting and varied country. Until then, the painting continues at a frenzied pace... will post pix soon!