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WWine, olives, horse riding, mountain biking, game viewing, zip lining, bygone ways of baking bread, cocktails, dalliances with Lady Luck - all of these are available to visitors to the Worcester area. Here in the Breede Valley is the home of the award-winning Willow Creek olive oils, which you can taste and buy at the factory shop at very reasonable prices. Besides the range of flavoured oils which have been generously used in almost all my cooking ever since, jars of olives and tapenades make great gifts for yourself or others.
The museum at Kleinplasie, a short distance outside the Worcester CBD, is not only a succession of rooms with displays of Cape colonial history with agricultural implements, wagons, furniture, and metal inside glass cases, it’s a cultural history museum with a strong focus on agriculture where the grounds have been developed with structures forming a traditional Cape farmyard. This depicts activities of a bygone era such as the baking of bread in an outdoor brick oven and the forging of metal by a blacksmith.
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TThe Breede River Valley is rich in vineyards and fruit orchards.
AA tour of the property takes you to these buildings where people dressed in period costumes make things such as bread and milk tart, cigars, witblits, candles and soap. Your guide will explain the history as you go along. If you’ve seen Fight Club you might remember a bit about making soap. Apparently, any kind of fat can be used along with carbolic acid. The sorcery of this soap, however, is that it is a fabulous stain remover when washing your clothes.
Breede River Valley
OOther activities demonstrated at the museum include the roasting and milling of coffee beans and metal forging. Two lazy-eyed donkeys are hitched to a cart on which you can ride.
Among the wineries in the region is Overhex, which came to my attention earlier this year when it released a wine called Mensa.
Our base during this stay was the Golden Valley Casino & Lodge. There’s nothing fancy or pretentious about it. It is simply a good old-fashioned no-frills stayover packaged in small-town hospitality and generosity of spirit.
The two-storey family-friendly lodge is a separate building from the casino. It’s here you’ll be accommodated in comfortable rooms and where you’ll take your buffet breakfast in the morning. The pool has views of the mountains in the distance. You can stroll across to the casino, where you can try your luck, have a super meal at Kuipers Restaurant, and enjoy live entertainment in the Winners Sports Bar.
Worcester is a lovely option for a little getaway.
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