S1 - Ep 391 - Barrydale - Charmed by the Lovingly-Restored Houses!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2023
- We had an incredible road trip along the R62 from Ladismith to Barrydale. When we reached the top of a hill and caught sight of Barrydale nestled in the valley below, we were instantly captivated by its beauty and couldn't wait to explore. Driving leisurely along the R62 that winds through Barrydale was a truly enjoyable experience. We had to make stops at places like the picturesque Karoo Daisy and the abandoned but nostalgic old Jukskei park. As we meandered through the village, we were charmed by the lovingly-restored houses and the historic 1880 church. Barrydale, without a doubt, is a town of remarkable beauty. #DustBugs #adventuretravel #southafrica #southafricavlog #travelongravel #westerncape #barrydale #ladismith
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I can believe that many people live Barrydale. It is so quiet and teanquil. Best place to be. Intersting places you showed us. Thank you so much for this trip. Well done and i liked the attention to detail. I will not mind to live there. Till the next trip seat booked
And of course the incredible beauty of nature all around, kicks it up another notch for us! 🌳⛰️ It's a charming town with charming folks, we had a fantastic time exploring the place. I checked the boarding list for tomorrow and your seat is indeed confirmed! 🚙😁
Barrydale......Now This is my vibe. I feel like I just went on holiday with you two cuties ❤❤😂😂❤❤. All the quaint shops and variety and the houses. Cute verby 🎉🎉
Barrydale definitely has a vibe going, that's for sure! 🚙🤩 I can tell you feel revitalised and rejuvenated after this little holiday, I'm so glad you decided to join us! It's always fantastic when a town offers so much for tourists to see and this was definitely the case in this charming town. We loved it too! 😍
What a beautiful place Karoo Daisy. Thank you for sharing Wow!!!
It is a gorgeous place and combines our love of church architecture and food in one unique place. So glad you loved it too! 💒🍽️
The nagmaal houses you referred to were actually townhouses built by surrounding farmers, and when nagmaal happened every few months, they came into town with oxwagon, spaaider or whatever carraige was used, and stayed over at their town houses during the course of nagmaal, which was usually over a few days.
Then you saw splotches of purple vygies during your trip but you should have driven the R62 last week. It was a show of purple and pink, and orange you couldn't believe.
We stayed at a farm house just further on the road where you saw the seed onions, and came along that road past the school into town. Think we must start looking for a place there and move out of the Strand!
Thank you for the info about the Holy Communion houses. 👌🏻 It's a gorgeous place, but as beautiful as some of the places we visit are, we're not quite ready to bid our beautiful Strand adieu just yet. 🚙😍
Hi guys the drive in was amazing especially the views of Barrydale nestled in the beautiful valley with the mountain back drop .loved Daisy restaurant with the mural very inviting place .I knew as soon as you saw the sign ( Geel vat biltong) you'll be back to buy some !!! The old antique shop and the steam punk love it the place with all the old metal signs amazing and as you said reminds you of American pickers wich was a great programme. The weather in the valley is perfect for growing so many different crops and Brandy that's top in the world a truly blessed place the beautiful old property's mind blowing the DRF church was stunning and well kept. The high school is top notch. Loved all the thatched houses and the three in a row looks like a picture of Ireland!!! Great to see the bowls club and tennis well kept and in use .we'll done for finding the old church and farm house they were well worth it and still has thatched roof. The stone tiles on the roof are the same as some old rural places in the north of England. The town had a ordered calm and peaceful vibe to me with no high fencing around the houses. The word Dale in old English means valley as in the the old marching song ( over hill and ore the Dale to flanders Portugal and Spain) the hidden towns never fail to impress me thanks for taking me along cheerio till the next one
The restaurant in the shape of a church is fantastic, those murals are brilliant! 💒 The setting of the town is so picturesque as one comes driving down that road and sees the entire town in the valley down below. There is no shortage of natural beauty in this area! 🌳⛰️ I could actually hear you singing that old marching song! 😁🎶 Thatch is always number one for us when it comes to roofing materials, but you probably heard how fascinated we were by the stones everywhere, even on the roofs. Thanks for joining us in Barrydale! 🚙🤩
Hi you two! This was again a most enjoyable trip. Thank you for taking me! The approach to the town nestled in the valley guarded by those beautiful mountains was astonishing. To describe the town in words I think is very difficult. Better to show it live as you do in your video. It's just beautiful and interesting everywhere you look. Every shade of green, as Sonia remarked. The white houses and other buildings maintained for ages. The stonework fences, treelined streets, old churches. Everything under a sunny clear blue sky! One can not ask for more. Your biltong, whether the fat was yellow or not, is just the snack to have in a place like Barrydale. I hope you could round it off with a shot or 2 (...3?...?) of Joseph Barry?
Your home Province is fast becoming my favourite dream place thanks to your excellent presentations. Thank you again! I'm ready for the next adventure!
Keep safe!
We may have forgotten just the tiniest bit how beautiful our home province really is! 🚙😍 The mountains are so majestic and left us in awe more than once. ⛰️ It's clear that the Barrydale folks look after their history and their properties, we were enthralled by all the thatch and stonework we saw! I was disappointed to find the distillery closed on the day of our visit, I was hoping for a glimpse into the brandymaking process. It was my drink of choice many moons ago, but I've since switched to one with hops being the main ingredient. Cheers! 😁🍻
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Good road😅
Fantastic road! 🚙🛣️
I LOVE BARRYDALE TOOOOOO 🥰. Yes I could live there with pleasure. Not too big & not too small. Simply beautiful.. Wondering if Joseph Barry brandy is still produced. Never heard of it. Stunning buildings. Once again, been through but never stopped.🙈🚙🚙🚙Thank you Curtis & Sonja.
Joseph Barry brandy is still being produced. 🥃 I loved brandy until my love for beer took over a few decades ago! 😁🍻 Next time you're in the area, a quick detour through the town will make you love the place even more! 🚙😍 Oh, and the distillery is just before you get to the town on your right, in case you were wondering! From Montagu, that is.
These remote roads look in good condition
Yes...definitely....I also LOVE Barrydale. It is on my bucketlist again for next year....when my shoulder is in working order again....but did I miss Sonia telling us the time and date? ..oops...🙂
Thank you for still typing with the sore shoulder, you must love Barrydale very much! 😁💪🏻 I hope your recovery is going well and that you don't have too much pain anymore. I actually gave the time and the date at the beginning of this one and Sonia chimed in with the day of the week. That's probably why you missed it! All good, it was Wednesday, 13 September 2023. I forget the time now! 📅
Thank you DustBugs!!!!🙃👍🙏
You're always welcome! 🚙😁
GREAT video of our Village ! Many thanks @Papa Joe's Collectibles
Thank you so much, it was such a pleasure to visit your beautiful hometown! 🚙😍 We appreciate you watching our video!
Howdy again, i love Barrydale❤ i can see a profile on the mountain, can you? Maybe its Joseph Barry's profile 😅 Keep well and wishing you safe travels xxx
Barrydale is easy to love! 🚙😍 We're not really good at seeing what others see in mountains and such, but I'll check the video again. I'm happy to go along with it being Joseph Barry's profile though! Cheers to that one! ⛰️🥃 Thank you for watching!
When I was small and we used to go up for holiday in Free State, I always wondered about Touwsriver. I wondered whose toes it was named for. Later on, we would travel to R62 via Tradouw pass, Barrydale, Oudtshoorn, Meiringspoort to Beaufort West and sleep over at Wagon Wheels. Then on to Kroonstad to stay there by the river for a few weeks. So lovely. I remember once coming back, we actually encountered snow at Barrydale. This was 1985. I have watched people playing jukskei. The name comes from pieces of ox harnass that they threw at a target, and i think its a bit like bowels, the closer you come the higher the score? I could be wrong. Love love love the artwork on the Karoo Daisy!!! I am old enough to have seen a wheel barrow concrete mixer in action, mind you! I was very small at the time. There used to be a lovely place called The Country Pumpkin. My hubby and I always stopped there for refreshments on our journeys together. I think it has been taken over by someone else. There also used to be a dried fruit factory there, which at times made the whole area stink of farts because of the sulphur used in the preservation of the fruit. Ha ha! Whats growing, and I said looks like onions a moment before you did! Laugh! Lovely to revisit Barrydale, thank you.
We never knew about Barrydale until a few years ago and you've known the town for such a long time! I was surprised to see the toes of the Touws crawling over such a long distance! Snow on the Barrydale mountains must be an awesome sight and probably what that mural at the one propery depicts. 🗻❄️ I have no clue about jukskei at all, it was fascinating to find the facility though. 🎳 The Country Pumpkin still exists, we had lunch there about two years ago when we were last in town. 🎃 I know onions when I see them, I love eating them too! 😁🌰
@@DustBugsTravel that snow wasn't just up in the mountains, in 1985, it was going splop against the windscreen
Beautiful town. Seems really welcoming!
Those onions you’ve seen is actually the seed grower onion which the farmers buy to plant and grow your normal onion. The flower of onions is very similar to an agapanthus flower but smaller and white. Only the seed grower love to see that but the onion farmer cut them off so as to not hollow out the onion.
Thanks for another great video. I've only been there once, many years ago. Time for a revisit!
I think you'll have a great time. It's a beautiful, chilled place with lots to see and so much beauty all around! Thanks for watching! 🚙👌🏻
Another lovely town, and awesome video ...again. Thank you so much ❤
Thank you for coming along, I'm so glad you enjoyed Barrydale! 🚙😁
Enjoyed every minute of your trip to Barrydale. Pity you missed tasting their famous brandy.
I would've loved to see the distillery, but my brandy days are long behind me now! 😁🥃 I'm so glad you enjoyed our visit to this beautiful town. 🚙😁
Love Barrydale. The art work on the church /coffee shop is stunning. Surprises me that it's not a church, as there is a cross in the arch window and a bell hanging in the bell tower next to the building. But a great episode, thanks again
I think the whole idea was to build such an authentic-looking church so that folks can't believe it never was one! 😳💒 I'm glad you enjoyed visiting Barrydale with us. 🚙😁
Thank you for taking us to Barrydale! You of course know that we are planning our trip to South Africa early next year and Barrydale will be one of the destinations from Greyton! Beautiful architecture - kerk to shops! A stunning location - thank you kindly!
You must be getting more excited with each passing day! ✈️🇿🇦 The drive from Greyton will no doubt be a beautiful one with an abundance of natural beauty on the way to Barrydale, where you can explore to your heart's content. 🚙💒 Exciting stuff!
Jan Braai is from Barrydale
Interesting. 🥩🔥
Jo! this is my home town 😊
No not a church it was a school, nagmal houses and so much heritage. Please book a tour with me next time for accurate info. The houses were never built in slate. Walls were. Glad you enjoyed Barrydale
Hi Curtis + Sonia, talking about the ostriches : do you know what the male is called? : volstrooi!
And the female? : volmaak!
Enjoy Route 62 very much ❤❤
I'm not so sure, but Sonia agrees with you fully! 😁 Her smile is wrapping right around.
I was sure Sonia would agree with me, so sorry Curtis.😂😢😮
Pragtig die ou Dorpie ❤
Indeed, and very charming too! 🚙🤩
What a lovely town and a beautiful drive to get there. Thank you.
Indeed. 👌🏻 It's always a bonus if the scenery and landscapes along the road leading to a place is as beautiful as the place itself. 🚙🛣️
I so very much enjoyed this video. Barrydale is absolutely stunning!! Wow! Thank you again to you both.
Anytime! I'm glad you enjoyed our visit to Barrydale. It is most definitely a stunning town! 🚙🤩
What a beautiful town. Great video! So much history and you present everything so well.
Visiting early next year, and time permitting, this would be well worth a visit.
Barrydale nice place but too HOT in summer and too COLD in the winter. -3° mid winter 12 o'clock in the afternoon 😢 in the summer house kept a temp of 28° in summer and winter 9°😢😢
Hi Family, I just wanted to find out something as a side note. Do you not have issues with receiving your deposit back from car rental institutions seeing as you complete hard KMs and have instances where you might go on gravel roads and the likes.
I'm simply asking becuse I would like to visit some of the places that you have shown us. It all looks awesome 👌🏾
In 22 trips, we've not had a single issue with a deposit refund. I have to add immediately that I'm an extremely responsible driver who don't take any unnecessary chances. We return the vehicles undamaged and cleaner than when we picked it up, so have no issues. If we go over our alotted mileage, they simply deduct the extra charge from our deposit. 🚙😁
@DustBugsTravel thank you so much for the relpy. It definitely leaves quite a bit to think about from myside. Your videos are very lovely, 🩶. Thank you for taking us along on your excursions
You did not stop at Diesel & Creme, old petrol pumps and the best milkshake
Nope, we didn't. We were in the mood for biltong. 😁🥓
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