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INTO THE WILD WE GO

IN-DEPTH Food

Whichever route you take to get to Veld & Sea, you're guaranteed great scenery. I drove from the Southern Suburbs via Kommetjie. Imhoff Farm was my last familiar landmark before relying entirely on GPS. As I traversed what I now know to be Slangkop Road, I wasn't prepared for the impact of the view that pummelled me after weaving around a few corners.

It was late afternoon, and the light was warm. Surfers parked along the roadside, gearing up for their afternoon fix. The narrow thoroughfare is sandwiched between mountains and the sea, which seems more untamed in Scarborough than at other more familiar beaches. The waves spat and sprayed, forming an ethereal mist that stretched along the coast I rolled down the windows to feel closer to it all – the

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