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Happy Feet
...Carless vs Careless When last did you walk down to the corner shop for a loaf of bread, a bottle of something cold, a six-pack, some snacks, or the missing boerewors or mushrooms (vegetarians take note) for the impromptu braai??? Is the memory of driving a couple...
Pet Free Zone
“So, don’t f&#k with me!” ...What on earth!?, might have been your first reaction, when reading above words… Well, as inappropriate as it might sound at first, it hits the nail straight on the head and in the spirit of 2017 (don’t beat around the bush, say what...
10th Sacred Sweat Lodge Ceremony
In 3 weeks it's time for our 10th Sacred Sweat Lodge Ceremony here at Simonskloof Mountain Retreat. Tim Sikyea is pouring the water and holding the space, Harry Bateman is keeping the fire and Stella Plantinga is in charge of bookings: sweatlodgesa@gmail.com or phone...
WWOOF @ Simonskloof
Ever had the urge to hit the road for a change of scenery, needed a break from your everyday 8 to 5 job, do some hard work instead of sifting through 100’s of e-mails and endless Whatsup conversations a day? Wanted to actually eat healthy and breathe clean air? Drink...
Geo…What?
18m… 12m… 5m… more to the South, no… a step to the West. Yes… there, that must be it, under those rocks!!! YES, GOT it!!! This is pretty much how it feels for some 3 million people around the world every weekend, off day or whenever they have a free minute to head out...
100
100m a day, that’s all one will manage, 200m at most. When you slip tired into your sleeping bag that night, hands full of blisters where there should be calluses, belly muscles aching beyond a gym work-out, and a sunburned face because you didn’t bother about the...
Back on 1895
After more than a year of struggling with cable theft, hence loosing our Telkom number to an odd sounding 0230040459 VoIP number, we've claimed it back TODAY, and kissed Telkom good bye for good!!! And it is even more funny looking at our last phone bill that shows...
Sacred Sweat Lodge Ceremony with Tim Sikyea
End of February is time again for our Sacred Sweat Lodge Ceremony with Tim Sikyea. Bookings are made with Stella: 042 294 1712 or stella@intekom.co.za
Weather or Not
Thanks to the "dizzy, wild and horny" Vikings of Norway ("Yr" meaning anything between light drizzle, dizzy, wild and even slightly horny in Norwegian) we now have our very own most precis weather forecast! Visit YR.no for any destination you can dream off and they...
Slowly Please
Slowly please - dear guests to Simonskloof. Spring is upon us and with it the young and tiny, almost prehistoric creatures are wandering across the roads – hence looking sometimes just like another rock. The larger ones of the Leopard Tortoises can be heard and...