Rich Ranch at Dullstroom

Are We On The Right Track?

A fab fab day.

With the smell of the filter coffee luring us, we started off with a breakfast on the porch in the sun. Fruit Cocktail followed by trout, bacon, eggs, mushrooms. All done Dullstroom style. You cannot come to Dullstroom and not have trout. 

Passed Through Some Beautiful Farms

What A view

Then it was off to Elandskloof for some trout fishing. Yesterday we called the lady to find out if we could fish and quad so she knew we were coming. Now I always blog truthfully and now I have to put a bit of a damper on this blog, but it did not spoil our day. This lady was not too talkative when we arrive and rang her bell (maybe she was real busy) and when we asked her about the quad route she drew us a map. At one look out point she said we must stop and check out the view. Now I am going to quote her "Stop and look out onto the valley where the Boers killed many English - unfortunately not enough" Can you believe there are people out there that still harbor hatred like that. I feel quite sorry for her. 

Any way our day was magic. The scenery was beautiful. The road was real bad at times but my new tyres performed well. We went through some amazing trout farms and lodges.

Elandskloof Trout Dam

Not Worried About Us At All

The dams at Elandskloof don't have much trout in but but the fishing was OK.

Now the highlight of the day was eating out at Mrs. Simpsons Restaurant. Yep you guessed it - named after Wallis Simpson. Quaint decor done up with clothing from her era. It's run by two brothers, one at the front of house and one the chef. Slow cooked rosemary lamb shank and confit of duck with blue berry jus. Are you drooling yet - wait for it. This meal was finished off with red velvet cake. Scrumptious meal.