Heidelburg is a pleasant town south of Springs in Gauteng. Since I now live in the East Rand this is the area I'll explore first. We were looking for a charming coffee shop to have a leisurely breakfast Saturday morning. Instead we found this cake shop next to the local crafts and gifts shop in a lovely old house. We bought pies ( I had rib pie) and other homemade treats and took a drive to the Vaal Dam.
We had a picnic under the shade of a tree on the grassy banks of the dam. What a beautiful afternoon, very relaxing.
There was only one sluice gate open that day but two days later they had four open. The river was running strong. 
The cattle just walk across the road with no warning. I like it. This was in the village of Denyssville on the dam. Looks a great retirement place. 
Along the river on both sides are bunches of small holdings with large houses. One side is in the Free State and the other in Gauteng. If anyone owns one of these, please invite me for a holiday for a week!! Along the road were tiny ponies and this little donkey and it's parents. Mama immediately came to investigate me taking pictures of her foal. 
3 comments:
What a beautiful day in the countryside. I wish I lived in Heidelburg!
You must not have seen the Cape Town/ Kalk Bay pictures - you will want to stay there too!!
I wish I lived on one of those small holdings next to the Vaal dam. It is beautiful there. I want to discover all the beautiful spots around Gauteng!!
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