Underberg - December 2017 - Christmas

Although we had been away at the coast, we had decided to book a cottage in Underberg for Christmas.

We would be travelling with our Chevrolet Trailblazer and Venter Bush Baby trailer.

We left home in Johannesburg on Saturday 23 December 2017. The traffic heading out of town was hectic. So much so, that after a 4km (yip, that's correct 4km) queue at the first toll plaza we decided to reach for the Garmin and select avoidance of Highways and Toll Fees. 

That was a very good choice and it allowed us to turn off the N3 just after the De Hoek Plaza. We then traveled along some lovely quiet country roads. We eventually ended up travelling through Bethlehem and down the Oliviershoek pass, through Bergville, Nottingham Road,(the KZN Midlands) then onto Underberg.

The country roads, all the way down, were actually in great condition. I was pleasantly surprised.

The cottage that we had booked in Underberg was a two bed-roomed cottage. It had a fireplace (December so I thought that we would not nee to use it), nice kitchen, lounge and a veranda/porch. It is called Valley View Cottage.

The cottage was located just on the outskirts of town and had lovely views of the valley.

We had a few evenings where there was a good sunset.

And the views of the Drakensberg Mountains were spectacular.

On Christmas eve we did get a chance to use the fireplace, as it got a little chilly. Was good.

We had a very nice Christmas dinner and we cooked a Gammon as well as a small chicken roast, with all the veggies. Thereafter we had Christmas pudding as well as custard and ice cream.
Was delicious !

We traveled back home on the 26th December 2017 and the traffic was not at all bad. No queues at the toll plazas and all seemed to be driving sensibly.

Was a great time away and enjoyable.

We would go back to Valley View Cottage.