We have long given up on the idea of spending our December vacations at the beach. For starters, my better half doesn’t like crowds, which can become a problem when you try to find an open patch of sand to spread your beach towel among the droves of holidaymakers. Also, we aren’t always able to get leave at the same time, so taking the 10 to 14 days off that are required for a decent seaside rest isn’t really viable.
Instead, we prefer shorter breaks – usually carefully planned to coincide with public holidays so that we don’t have to use up too many leave days. The 2022 December period was no different, but this time around we did it twice! In both instances our destination was the Mpumalanga province, first to the Belfast area for a fishing farm stay, and then to
