by Marina Enslin | Mar 12, 2019 | Accommodation, Food, Foraging, Friends, Nature, Paternoster, Restaurant, Restaurants, Seasonal, Stay in Paternoster, Uncategorized, West Coast
With the name ‘Wolfgat’ on everyone’s lips, we thought it was high time to do a catch up with our Paternoster loving friends. We would like to wish Wolfgat, Kobus & his team, a huge congratulations for being awarded the Best Restaurant in the World as well as Best...
by Marina Enslin | Apr 26, 2018 | Accommodation, Life, Nature, Paternoster, Seasonal, Uncategorized, Weather, West Coast
Or as we locals like to call it the SECRET SEASON… This week we have really started feeling the change of season and last night we had our first proper winter rainfall where you could actually hear it banging down on the roof. The rain is a blessing with the...
by Fran Hepburn | May 5, 2017 | Nature, Paternoster, Seasonal, Uncategorized, Weather, West Coast
A personal Paternoster love story in words and photos by Fran Hepburn I first arrived, following my heart, to live permanently in Paternoster in early May 2012. So I guess I am somewhat biased when I wax lyrical about this time of year in our beautiful village. But...
by Fran Hepburn | Sep 23, 2016 | Food, Foraging, Friends, History, Nature, Paternoster, Restaurants, West Coast
Dune vegetation behind Langstrand in Paternoster and in the distance is Kasteelberg[/caption] A few weekends ago myself and a group of friends got together and with the generous guidance and knowledge of local, Hedwig Slabig, we gathered edible strandkos, then prepped...
by Fran Hepburn | Aug 26, 2016 | #WILDflowers2016, Accommodation, Flowers, Nature, West Coast
What makes flower season so very special on the West Coast is that for approximately 10 months of the year (give or take) we see very little colour. The surrounding veld is various shades of grey/brown/beige and maybe dark green and then for a limited time the riotous...
by Fran Hepburn | Aug 12, 2016 | #WILDflowers2016, Accommodation, Flowers, Nature, Paternoster, West Coast
It’s Flower Friday! Right from Nuwerus in the Northern Cape all the way down to Malmesbury the wildflowers are making a splash of colour, painting a normally dry and arid region with bright beauty for a limited time. Makes it all the more special –...
