Clarens

Arrived back from a great couple of days away in Clarens. We left on Monday morning, and wound our way down to Kiara Lodge just outside of Clarens in the Free State. Set amongst the Maluti mountains, we had wonderful views from the Chalet that we stayed in. We went down with K's folks, cousin, uncle and gran.
Spent quite a bit of time driving around and taking in the scenery - we did a couple of loops through the Golden Gate National Park, and then took a drive into Lesotho to go and have a look at the Katse Dam. We discovered that the Katse Dam was about 200km from the border, so decided to go and check out a smaller dam, the Muela dam and reservoir - which forms part of the Lesotho Highlands Water Scheme - instead. Also managed to see some amazing bushmen painting at a cultural village and heritage site just outside Muela.
K and I did a bit of cycling, I did a bit of a walk up the hill behind our chalet, and also managed to squeeze in nine holes of golf at the Bethlehem Golf Club - although I think that playing on the adjoining farm would have provided better fairways.
All in all a good week out in the country.