Splendid Isolation of the Karoo

Welcome back! We've been away for a couple of months, hard at work on a new book project that has taken us around the world - mostly via Skype, in this crazy locked-down time.

We have followed the chatter on social media, spoken to our city friends, and are feeling the cabin fever ourselves. It seems everyone, including us, is hankering for the Karoo. We can see the mountains from our office window in Cradock - but we can't get there yet.

True survivors, with big hearts in hard times, the people of the Karoo have been working on their small business skills, their digital outlets, and, because many of them are farmers, putting food on the national plate as well.

So we thought: if you can't visit our vast open spaces yet, why don't we bring them to you?

This issue:

• The Karoo and the Corona;
• Snow Day in the Karoo;
• Farm Box from a Boervrou;
• Splendid Isolation of Rietbron;
• Karoo Flyfishing.

The Karoo and the Corona

The open spaces and friendly faces of the Karoo await the first wave of domestic travellers after lockdown.


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Snow Day in the Karoo
 

A snowy village celebration that turns into a nightmare road trip through a howling winter blizzard.


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Farmbox From a Boervrou
 

A Cradock restaurateur pivots her business into delivering local delicacies to customers' front gates.

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Splendid Isolation of Rietbron

You want wide-angle Big Sky Country in the middle of nowhere? Think of this tiny Eastern Cape Karoo village when you hit the road again.

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Karoo Flyfishing with Alan Hobson

A day on the river with a master fisherman who tells a good story well. Sigh. Just what the soul needs right now.

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