We were given a very kind gift by friends who live in Carlisle in England. They are swallows and have not been able to come back to their flat here for two summers due to Covid. Every year they also book a self catering place in Franschhoek for two weeks, for which they prepay. They had hoped to come again this year but the UK went into lock down just as they were about to travel. So they offered us and a couple of other people their time at Sunny Lane. We waited a few days to see if the others had booked it out before phoning, but no one had yet reserved any time. We are wary of booking at weekends, now that we are on Schedule 1 and people can travel. Our Wedding Anniversary was coming up, so Lynne thought we might as well celebrate it there and booked us in on the Monday 8th, departing on Thursday, 11th March. It seems that Franschhoek is very, very busy at weekends, so we had a marvellous time in a rather quiet village, which was exactly what we wanted
We phoned ahead and made some appointments and people were extremely hospitable
They all gave us very worthwhile stories so MENU is back for a while
It has been so lovely to escape home and be in another place
On Akademie Street, Sunny Lane is very well situated for getting round Franschhoek
It is only a short walk away from La Cotte wine and cheese shop, the main road and the Franschhoek tram office
which was not working at the beginning of our week, but it had started later in the week
The self catering apartments are down a side lane of the house, nice and secure and we were able to park outside
There is a lovely terrace outside. Sadly, the weather was not very obliging, as it rained quite a lot during the week
March is usually one of our best summer months, this year it is turning out to be bit chilly and wet
But the dams are full and the harvest is nearly over
The lounge is comfortable and spacious, with a TV and some satellite programmes
We didn’t watch much! In fact, on our first night we were in bed with books really early; it is the country air
A huge bed, which is very comfortable and there is a large wardrobe
John was able to set up his laptop on the small table; Lynne put hers on the kitchen table
But we were out so much that we didn’t do much except read emails and John downloaded his photographs
A well appointed and spotlessly clean bathroom
The lounge is open plan with the well supplied kitchen
We were going to braai one night, but the rain pelted down, so we were happy to discover that the stove had a grill
The rain was torrential and it was what we imagined a monsoon sounded like, no exaggeration
The noise was very loud and luckily stopped dead on midnight, so we were able to get to sleep
DP Burger at GlenWood told us that they had 72 cm before 8 am in the day that we visited them,
with heavy rain during our visit and after we left
Our car parked outside the door to the Sunny Lane
Thank you Barbara for such a great, comfortable stay
and for the bottle of Graham Beck you gave us to celebrate our Anniversary
A lovely thought
