Stanford River Talk August 2016

STANFORD RIVER TALK Volume 131 | AUGUST 2016 | Stanford‘s monthly newspaper | R14

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Notes from the Editor This month Stanford shook its tail feathers and celebrated Bastille Day with a joy de Vivre that is typical of this village (Pg XX). The streets and stoeps boasted tricolour balloons and bunting, and there were fantastic dinner events and a breathtaking vintage wedding dress exhibition that drew feet from far and wide in to the village. While our festivities went very well indeed, the tragedy in Nice was never far from our minds, and we send our heartfelt condolences to those in Nice who lost loved ones on this tragic day.

Schools are now back in full swing and back to the old routines we go. Many people and schools took part in the Madiba day incentives to put in their 67 minutes of good work, and many others benefited from their kind contributions (Pg 6).

August is a month for superwomen, with Woman’s Day being celebrated on 8 August. We would love to wish all the ladies in Stanford a happy and powerful day! Please let us know if you are planning anything special for this wonderful day.

Speaking of superwomen, Tracy Algar hosted her first open even at her Inside-Out gallery and hosted guest artist Hugo Prinsloo, to the delight of the locals (Pg 9). And as usual, Bryan Robertson found something hearty to fill our bellies during the cold (pg 11).

Write to us Please send your letters to ed@stanfordrivertalk.co.za Try to keep letters as short as possible (100 words or less) and supply your name and address. Anonymous letters will not be published. The editor reserves the right to edit, amend, abridge or reject any letter.

Matt Chancey, Andrea Conrad, Suzanne Francois-Rossouw, Andrew Herriot, Olga Koorts, Brigitta Lauer, Karen McKee, Rev Hildie Pansegrouw, Martin Ranger, Bryan Robertson, Naas Terblanche, Tania Weich, James Yeats and Natalie Ground.

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SEND US YOUR NEWS Karen McKee ed@stanfordrivertalk.co.za 081 750 4006 www.stanfordrivertalk.co.za

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This being the first issue with me as Editor and brand new owners at the helm, we hope you enjoy this edition! Any feedback will always be welcome. A big thanks to Dante for the cover, and for introducing the new owners to the Stanford River Talk!

As usual, we encourage all the local businesses and families to send us their news and photographs as we continue to build the Stanford River Talk into a publication that reflects our lives in the village.

Karen

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Reader's Letter Embracing the old is an aspect of village life that many visitors to Stanford find enchanting.

The Stanford Hotel, with its décor and furniture reflecting its early life from the roaring twenties through to the war years and beyond, attracts both young and old for this very reason.

Stanford’s original buildings with their unique gables and architecture, preserved as if time has stood still, is thanks mainly to the efforts of local conservationists and the formation of the Stanford Conservation Trust. This body was solely responsible for Stanford being proclaimed a conservation village and ensuring that future generations will still be able to enjoy its rich heritage generations from now.

History evokes nostalgia and the fact that Stanford has remained historically authentic can equate to huge earning potential in the tourism industry by specifically promoting its vintage charm. There are many ways of targeting this niche market, one of which has just been achieved. A village festival, by design, is a showcase for local businesses to display their products and promote their services.

The establishments from where they conduct their business, as opposed to a marquee tent on the village green or a vendor’s stall, is infinitely more attractive to any visitor. Promoting a village by way of a festival should be during low season.

This would ensure that accommodation and

NEWS AND UPDATES

by Penny van den Berg restaurants are not already fully booked.

In 2002, the annual Blom & Blitz festival held in Stanford for many years, was somewhat depleted of funds and could not afford to rent a marquee tent. The only alternative was to turn all the available stoeps into stalls. This decision gave birth to the “Stanford Stoep Stall” . Whoever owned a stoep on the market square or down Queen Victoria Street, was asked to share their space with other local businesses that were not as conveniently situated in the village CBD. Each stoep was decorated with beautiful fynbos flowers from the area and the stoeps were shared most generously amongst the business owners.

This in turn promoted tremendous camaraderie and goodwill amongst the community and it was one of the most successful festivals the village has ever held.

A show, similar to the popular BBC TV “Antiques Road Show”, is an event well worth considering in Stanford. Bastille Day each year should be earmarked for this event. Being mid winter, it will bring feet into the village when it is needed the most to fill our accommodation and restaurants and attract customers to our shops. Business owners will also have the time to give attention to the running of the festival and the people it will attract.

I would like to thank the following people for embracing the idea of celebrating Bastille Day in Stanford at such short notice last week, and for helping to promote all our sold-out events which took place at The Stanford Hotel: Romantiques in Hermanus (Rebekka Pretorius) Stanford Tourism (Phil Murray and Abraham) Thaya Bedford (#LoveOverberg) Social Media promotions Vanessa Swanepoel (@Overberginfo.com) Social Media promotions The Hermanus Times - free editorial promoting the event David Smith (Steak Pub night) Tabby & Alex @ Graze Café (French cuisine pop up in the hotel pub) Karl & Santie of Final Lap (formerly The Vine) pop up pub at the Stanford Hotel Jennie Chancey - for her expertise and skills in accurately dating each display item Mary Troost - for making our French tricolor bunting with a taste of Africa.

Luca Bedford, John and Alex Chancey - our charming Friday night waiters.

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NEWS AND UPDATES

Former Hawston Secondary Pupil inspires learners to greater heights

ROTARY CLUB OF STANFORD

Soup Kitchen Appeal Most villagers know by now that Rotary Stanford supports 5 soup kitchens in Stanford South who feed children, the elderly and disabled 4 times a week. We also provide fruit and vegetables to the Okkie Smuts Koshuis every 10 days and have now taken on support of a volunteer catering for chronically ill members of our community who need extra sustenance . As the soup kitchens cook 4 days a week, on Fridays & weekends there is a small ‘food bank’ available for those in real need to obtain foodstuffs for the days there is no soup kitchen – the food bank is run by one of our soup volunteer ladies who stock foodstuffs such as mealie meal, sugar, tinned fish & beans, rice & lentils, etc.

Rotary would not be able to do any of this without the fantastic support of our wonderful community – there are a number of ways you can assist us to make a difference: DRIED & TINNED FOODSTUFFS (Rotary box on left of Spar exit, next to the vegetable fridge) CASH PAID INTO KOBEN’S ‘SOUP BOOK’ at the General Dealer ONCE OFF / MONTHLY DONATIONS TO THE ROTARY BANK ACCOUNT: FNB, Hermanus; Acc 623 559 796 95 Br Code 250 655 With heartfelt thanks to all those already supporting this project - LET'S LOOK AFTER OUR PEOPLE!

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Overstrand Executive Mayor Nicolette Botha-Guthrie (pictured right) seen with Dr Lee-Ann Gillion (pictured left) at a Career Expo for grades 10 -12 recently held at the Thusong Centre in Hawston.

Hawston Secondary grade 10 – 12 learners listened in quiet wonder to Dr Lee-Ann Gillion who delivered an inspiring address on her journey from that of a struggling high school student to achieving her dream of becoming a doctor.

Gillion, herself a past pupil of Hawston Secondary School said, “In standard nine, or grade 11 as it’s now known, I decided that I wanted to be a doctor. However, like many of you sitting here today my parents could not afford to send me to university. I realised that the only way I would rise above my reduced circumstances was through hard work and achieving top marks.”

“I was unsuccessful in securing even one of the 86 bursaries I applied for. It was my father’s appeal to local business people that eventually afforded the necessary funding that allowed me to take up my place at Stellenbosch University where I was accepted to study medicine. So my message to you is to never give up. Make the right choices, stay focussed and always have the end goal in mind when things get tough," dded the good doctor.

These sentiments were echoed by Executive Mayor Nicolette BothaGuthrie who in her keynote address stated, “Career guidance sessions like today will provide many of you with an idea of what course of study or career to follow. I therefore urge you to embrace this opportunity as it could very well set you on the path to realising your objectives and achieving the success that each and every one of you are capable of.”

La Trattoria & Don Gelato RE-OPENING After a couple of months of renovations, Don Gelato and La Trattoria will be open for business again on 6 August! In order to provide fine dining customers with a more pleasurable dining experience, Corrado and Lionello decided to split the Gelato shop and the Trattoria.

The new Trattoria now boasts a lounge, fireplace, brand new décor, and more fine wines have been imported from different regions in Italy. The gelato shop has been moved next door where more splendid ice cream will be created in a state of the art kitchen.

It will certainly be good to have authentic Italian food and gelato back in Stanford again!

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STANFORD NORTH NHW NEWS I am sure everyone is aware that there has been a recent release by Correctional Services of parolees and that has seen the expected spike in crime incidents in our Village. The SAP and NHW are working closely together to try and stem this surge and we have had some success which would not have been the case had we not been in operation. I am also pleased to advise that we have had five new members apply to join our ranks and four of whom have completed the necessary paperwork and will now go through Police screening as the final phase of the induction process. I would like to thank these people and urge more of you to step forward. Let us make our network of eyes and ears so strong that criminals find it uncomfortable to operate in Stanford.

Turning to the vexing problem of early and continual rerelease of perennial offenders back into our community to ply their trade, we with the SAP are looking to identify the correct channel /people in the Courts and Correctional Services to discuss our unhappiness about the matter on the record. Good police work is being undone when the Courts and Correctional Services just allow these repeat offenders back onto our streets. This project is of the highest priority to us at this time. We will keep you informed of our progress in due course.

Again please be alert, report any people or things that look out of place and above all, be safe!

Vive la France

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JOY DE VIVRE IN THE VILLAGE #StanfordDoesBastille

The spontaneous idea of celebrating Bastille Day by holding a vintage wedding dress exhibition at the Stanford Hotel during the Bastille Day celebrations attracted a great market. Around four hundred people visited the exhibition despite it being marketed for only a few days prior to the event. This collaboration between Romantiques in Hermanus and Lace at the Stanford Hotel gave huge exposure to Stanford’s beautiful antique shops, its wedding venues, wineries, restaurants, markets and retail outlets, and also to Stanford as a Heritage village.

There were also two highly successful pop-up dinners hosted by a collaboration of people, and both nights were festive and the food fantastic! The streets were covered in tricolor balloons and bunting, and the atmosphere in the village was celebratory and joyful. Thank you so much to all the people who helped to make this a successful and highly visible event that will no doubt pull more feet into the village when #StanfordDoesBastille again next year!

A special thank you to all the generous people who managed to pull off this event at such short notice, and to everyone who attended and took part to in making this a hugely successful festival!

Penny van den Berg

Chris Moll

CPF NEWS Recent crime stats and news During July, SAPS Stanford reported three priority crimes which included contact, theft and property related crime.

When comparing July 2015 to July 2016, figures show that Contact crime decreased by 50%, property related crime came down by 84%, and that theft is down by 100%.

There have also been numerous successful arrests in the above cases. Currently there is ongoing proactive action on the crime dependent on Police action (e.g. drugs, drunk driving, etc.). July 16 also show a downward trend on the previous two months regarding housebreaking.

The CPF and SAPS are in the process of setting up a Rural Sector Forum to act as a Neighbourhood Watch for the Stanford farms, and this model will be based on the successful Stanford NHW (Neighbourhood Watch).

The 6 new student Constables appointed to Stanford will qualify as fully fledged Constables by the end of July, and this will certainly improve the visible policing both in town and on the farms. We wish them all the best!

by Kevin Husk

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SCHOOL TALK

All local schools are invited to send news and photographs each month.

FUNIMFUNDO

One more for MADIBA! Funimfundo took time out to celebrate the great man’s birthday.

Funimfundo children braved the early morning cold on Monday 18 July, very excited to be back at school with their mates and much loved teachers. The three-week mid-year winter break had come to an end and it was time for happy learning to start again. Not only was it exciting to be back at school but it was also Madiba’s birthday!

Mr Nelson Mandela spent 67 years making the world a better place and at his 90th birthday celebrations in London’s Hyde Park, he said: It is time for new hands to lift the burdens. It is in your hands now. As a result people everywhere celebrate his birthday by acting on the idea that each person has the power to change the world by doing 67 minutes of charity or community work.

Parents, teachers, friends and children, as well as the Stanford Police, visited Funimfundo Preschool to honour their 67 minutes of being more Madiba.

Everyone who participated put in such a huge effort! By the end of the day a classroom was painted, walls and floor included, and our school lawn and all garden beds weeded. A warm cup of healthy soup was then served to each child by the kind policemen of the Stanford SAP. Our sincere thanks and appreciation go out to everyone who participated and contributed towards positive change in our community and Funimfundo Preschool.

Viva Madiba!

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by Samantha Upfold

The butterflies visiting the bees With the start of the new term at The Butterfly Centre came some exciting adventures! On the 21st July we were lucky enough to be invited to visit the Overberg Honey Co. in Stanford for a wonderful educational visit. The boys learnt all about hives, bees and honey, and even got to sample different types of honey that they make!

The students were then introduced to the world of a beekeeper and they all had a chance to don the iconic gloves and bee veil. Once the tour was over we headed into the beautiful shop where all kinds of wonderful honey products are sold. The kids had brought jars with them, and they got to fill the jars with honey to take home.

The students and staff of The Butterfly Centre would like to thank Overberg Honey Co. and Teacher Jilly for such a wonderful outing!

SCHOOL TALK

DE BRON PRIMARY The Scouts Troop of the Northern Suburbs in Cape Town visited our school during the July holidays on the 9th and 10th of July.

Nothing teaches hope, kindness, courage and compassion like helping others. Thank you to the entire team for your helping hand and generous donation.#GardenProject

July school holiday workshops During the July school holidays, the Children’s Book Network held three morning workshops at The Butterfly Centre in Stanford. On 11, 12 and 13 July, a group of grade 5s, 6s, and 7s respectively joined in a fun and educational workshop presented by Lesley Beake, Chantel Oosthuysen and Ellen Osman.

Children’s Book Network is based in Stanford and while they held successful workshops at the Centre for the Book in Cape Town, and Enlighten Education Trust in Hermanus this year, they could not let their hometown go without some fun activities and reading games. During 2016 there have been two previous, larger workshops in Stanford as well.

included to show the children the many ways in which to use books.

On the last day, Lesley asked the children if they were interested in a book club and the answer was a resounding yes! The next goal for the CBN team is to bring this dream into reality and start a regular book club where children can read, and play games. A big thank you to everyone at The Butterfly Centre for their continued support and generosity.

For more information about Children’s Book Network, please visit: www.childrensbook.co.za

by Chantel Oosthuysen.

CBN has developed programmes over the years that lead children towards books and reading, almost without them knowing it is happening. They work specifically with children aged around 10-12 years old because this is the age where many learners simply stop reading for pleasure. They can read – but they don’t.

Each morning begins with a programme of books and stories around a theme – challenging as well as fun titles that make the children both laugh and think. Activities, writing and illustrating stories, and reading games are also

HOLIDAY CLUB The Rooted team of Wortelgat campsite spent a week with the children of Stanford running a Holiday Program.

The Holiday Program was held in July at the Jubelland crèche. In attendance were about plus minus fifty kids a day. They shared in fun activities, a sponsored meal of soup and the company of people wanting to give glory to God. There was singing, dancing, drawing, colouring in and loads of soccer and rugby out on the field among other things. The time spent with the children will not be easily forgotten by all.

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TALES FROM THE SUD

Different PEOPLE, Different CUSTOMS Too many spare wives can be a problem

by Matt Chancey Once, I found myself on a little five-metre fibreglass boat speeding down the Sobat river in South Sudan. As darkness descended, my party decided to stop for the night at a village which was home to an old, ruined seminary that had been bombed decades before.

It was August, which meant the rainy season. It also meant peak malaria season. I covered my exposed parts with 100 percent deet, but watched in horror as mozzies treated the poison like a favourite braai seasoning. I decided to retreat to my mosquito net. While listening to my blood-sucking would-be assassins try to dive bomb their way through my cheap Chinese-woven force field, I overheard a rather humorous conversation going on between a group of Dinka pastors sitting under a neem tree.

The pastors were discussing a report they had just listened to on BBC shortwave radio, which told the story of a rich, Nigerian businessman and politician who had recently made a strategic decision to convert from Christianity to Islam after seeing the local demographics shift in the latter's favour. The man's problem was that his local clerics were telling him he needed to divorce all of his wives, except his four favourites, since the holy Koran allows a man only three spares. The man didn't like the idea

because he had dozens of wives and more than a hundred children! But the really crazy thing was his argument with the clerics.

I would have thought his appeal to be something like, "Gentlemen, with respect, I have all these wives who will now have to fend for themselves and the children. Think of their shame and disappointment!" No, his argument was something to the effect of, "Hey, guys, is there some way I can get a special dispensation? I mean, I'm an important guy and very strong. I can handle all these women, so, come on. Work with me!"

The Dinka pastors were in agreement: the man was an arrogant, conceited mess. But they also agreed that he should have counted the cost before he converted. Had he remained a Christian, they reasoned, he could have kept his large family "intact" because, although polygamy is banned by most branches of the Christian faith and frowned upon in general, it's historically been tolerated-like Vegans (Tabby, that one's for you).

I guess "love covers a multitude of sin" (literally) I Peter 4:8.

SOAP BOX

>> FIRST FORWARD >>

by Martin Ranger

Please excuse my groans but it’s a bit of an effort to get this spud off the sofa.

Not surprising really, given the saturnalia of sport during June and July. RolandGarros, Wimbledon, Euro 2016, Tour de France…the list just goes on. Of course the problem is the TV time these sporting events consume. It made me want to think of ways of speeding things up.

Tennis is a good place to start. First, get rid of the net. It’s in the way and continuously stops progress. Just replace it with a line on the court. And how many sets are decided by a tie-breaker? Why not cut out those tedious games and simply decide the match on a best-of five tie-breaks? Imagine an afternoon of six matches; a whole tournament settled in a weekend!

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It’s the same with soccer. Often we endure one hundred and twenty minutes of overpaid prima donnas with funny haircuts passing the ball up and down and side to side, occasionally interspersed with a flurry of goal-front action. Inevitably the result is settled by a penalty shootout. Why not have a quartet of accurate kickers and an excellent goalkeeper and get the whole thing over with in ten minutes? That would leave the crowd much more time for the serious business of getting legless and bottling an opposition fan.

Cycling Grand Tours are just as boring.

Hours of peddling along, slinging empty water bottles into the bushes and avoiding crazed monokini-wearing roadside supporters. All to be concluded

by a manic last few hundred metres of sprinting frenzy. Come on, just settle on a couple of mountain routes of around 50 kilometres each and hire a velodrome to give the sprinters a chance. Finish off with the usual run into Paris and a couple circuits of the Champs-Élysées.

And what would I do with all this newfound leisure time? Maybe I could finish the HMS Victory scale model kit that has sat in the loft since the Macarena was all the rage. Or perhaps I could even learn what the five, as yet untouched, buttons on my new camera actually do. But hang on - did somebody say ‘Rio’?

Olá!

OUTSIDE-IN GALLERY – Tracy Algar & Hugo Prinsloo

ART TALK

by Karen McKee

On Friday 18th July, local artist Tracy Algar hosted her first open event at her Outside-In gallery on Blue Moon farm. Hugo Prinsloo, also a local artist, was her first guest artist. Both Tracy and Hugo are self-taught artists giving a name to an art form called Intuitive art or Raw art. The painting process is spontaneous and has no set outcome and no applied judgement.

It is a unique form of painting that allows the painter to observe the image as it develops and unfolds on the canvas, resulting in some unexpected but always interesting creations.

The open event was well attended and visitors admired the diverse pieces of work while delicious gluwein, soup and homemade bread were served. The atmosphere was warm and welcoming, and I really enjoyed the event! Tracy will be hosting more open events in the future with other guest artists and I look forward to experiencing these.

NATURE TALK

by Naas Terblanche

Frog news July is suppose to be our month with the highest rainfall, but sadly our dams are still quite empty and the Kleinriver has not come down in full flood yet. The frogs are also calling a bit later than usual, but they sense that it is winter and have started calling cautiously.

As usual the member of our orchestra that led the way in our yearly symphony is the Clicking Stream frog with its long toes. (Langtoon Padda). We started hearing their clicks some time ago and they are now really calling enthusiastically. You can see their plump little tadpoles in the shallow puddles everywhere. You might also hear the harsh squeal of the banded Stream Frog in Fynbos seepage areas. This is where you might also now hear the cricket-like call of the de Villiers Moss Frog.

The puzzle consists of a 9 x 9 grid containing given clues in various places. The object is to fill all empty squares so that the numbers 1 – 9 appear exactly once in each row, column and irregular shaped box. (Answer on pg. 18)

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The next frog now joining the orchestra is the Southern Caco or Clicking stream frog tadpole ‘Blikslanertjie’. Its call sounds exactly like a ball bearing being bounced on the floor. The rest of the orchestra is still waiting behind the curtains.

We will announce their arrival later.

Enjoy the start of the performance and try and identify the musicians and their sounds. If you need help, go to our website www.vaalvlei and listen to the frog calls and get to know them. If you are an enthusiast of our wonderful amphibian life in the Overberg, please also join our Facebook page at Frogs Western Cape!

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THE CASTLE FAMILY HAS A WEDDING!

Here they are with the newlyweds - Bryan and Mischa Castle(nee Jamieson); married at Knorhoek in Stellenbosch on Saturday 23rd July.

Congratulations!

We wish them all the best as they start out on this journey together.

(From left: Dane, Sara, Steve, Mischa, Bryan, Linda, Matthew and Sean)

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KITCHEN TALK

Bryan Robertson

explores one of the FIRST FUSIONS

Fusion foods? A term that has been bandied about a fair amount in the last decade would lead us to believe that this is a modern concept. Well, it ain't! I would venture an opinion that the English colonialists in India, were the first to inspire this type of cuisine, and the most obvious dish that comes to mind is 'pepper water', or more commonly known as Mulligatawny.

A fantastic meal for this time of year, and an exceptionally easy one to prepare too, taking no longer than an hour.

CHICKEN MULLIGATAWNY SOUP 2 Tbsp butter 1 Tbsp olive oil

1. Heat butter and olive oil on medium high heat in a large, thick-bottomed pot.

Add the onions, celery, and carrots. Cook for 5 minutes until just starting to soften.

Add the bay leaves. Add the curry powder and mix to coat.

2. Add the chicken breasts and stir to coat with the curry mixture. Add the stock

1 large onion, chopped (about 2 cups) 2 ribs celery, chopped (about 1 cup)

and water to the pot. Add the salt. Bring to a simmer and reduce the heat to maintain a simmer. Cover and cook for 20 minutes.

2 carrots, chopped (about 1 cup)

3. Remove the chicken pieces from the pot. (They should be just cooked through.

2 bay leaves

If not, return them to the pot for another 5 minutes or so, until they are cooked through.) Place on a cutting board and allow to cool to the touch.

4 teaspoon curry powder (strength of personal choice)

4. Add the rice and the chopped

1 teaspoon sea salt

apples to the soup. Return to a simmer on high heat, then lower the heat to maintain a low simmer.

Cover and cook for 15 minutes, or until the rice is cooked through.

1/4 cup uncooked basmati rice

5. While the apples and rice are

3 chicken breasts 2 cups (500ml) chicken stock 2 cups (500ml) water

2 Granny Smith apples, cored, peeled, and chopped (about 2 cups) 1/4 (60 ml) cup cream 1/4 cup (60 ml) plain yogurt for garnish 1 Tbsp minced chives for garnish

cooking in the soup, shred the chicken, discarding any tough bits.

Once the rice and apples in the soup are cooked, add the chicken back to the pot. Heat for 5 minutes more. Then stir in the cream.

Serve with yoghurt and chives.

Serves 4 – 6

WINE TALK

SIZE MATTERS... a fishy story Tania Weich contemplates the importance of bubbles

South Africa’s ‘Crayfish Agreement’ with France prohibits our use of the generic French wine names; hence we refer to our bubbly as sparkling wine or MCC (Méthode Cape Classique), which is the traditional Champagne method.

dispensed with after a period of lease contact. Instead, the chilled contents in the bottles are transferred to a bulk pressure tank and the dead yeast cells are removed by filtration.

To further complicate the whole matter of tiny bubbles, bubbles in a glass do not automatically grant the status reserved for the pinnacle of sparkling wine aka MCC. Said status of the final product rests with the method of making tiny bubbles. All production methods for sparkling wines have one thing in common: they have the purpose of introducing enough carbon dioxide in the wine to make it effervescent.

The Cuve Close or Charmat method: The second fermentation process usually occurs in the bottle with traditional methods. But with the Charmat Method this takes place in a pressure tank and not in the bottle, and the wine is then bottled after fermentation using a counter pressure filter.

The Transfer Method shares similarities with Méthode Cape Classique regarding their production process. The difference is that remuage (the process used to move the deposit of dead yeast cells to the neck of the bottles) and disgorgement (to remove the deposit in the neck) is

With the Carbonation Method, carbon dioxide is pumped into a tank of wine and bottled under pressure. This process produces bigger bubbles, but also less durable wine.

Ironically, bubbly, in terms of our legal bind with the Crayfish Agreement is an excellent accompaniment to fish. Oysters and mussels are complimented with dry wine and Cap Classique, and crayfish is often presented with wooded wine or MCC. Smoked fish is delicious with an aromatic white or a light, low tannin and youthful red – while a dry bubbly is always a good bet.

What to look out for?

A medley of tastes, evidently the secret is in the blended wines, together with tiny bubbles that persist in the glass. Yes, size matters! And Springfontein, Stanford Hills and Walker Bay (all part of our wonderful Stanford Wine Route) are all in the process of making or launching MCCs, so watch this space!

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WALK AND TALK

HERMANUS CLIFF PATH

Grotto Beach to New Harbour

by Natalie Ground We really enjoyed this walk and being tourist in our own town. so to speak. The full trail is about 10km long with flat walking the whole way so very little fitness is required and it is a great walk for kids for kids. If you don't feel like doing the full route you can tailor the length of the route to what you are up for by just choosing a part of it. The path is very clearly marked and easy to follow. The Milkwood Forests make a wonderful contrast to the spectacular sea views and offer shelter from both sun and wind. The fact that a certain section of the trail runs through private land is disappointing and mildly irritating as you have to take a detour along the main road - but only for 10 - 15 minutes so no great hardship. In whale season you will be assured plenty sightings of these magical sea mammals.

Ambling through the art installations during Fynarts Festival was fabulous too. We ended up at Geckos for a well deserved pizza and beer. If you don't want to go all the way to The New Harbour then cocktails at Cocos would be a top choice!

VET TALK

Oh Yes, You Can Train A Cat

by Dr Olga Koorts So called “dog people” often cite the supposed untrainability of cats as a reason to justify their preference in pets. Contrary to this belief, cats are intelligent, highly trainable animals that respond well to rewards. They can be taught useful behaviours such as leash training, novelty tricks or even be trained to complete agility courses.

Cats should only be taught using positive reward based methods.

They do not respond to punishment or dominance and are far less likely to be motivated by praise than dogs. Use special treats reserved for training only and get Kitty used to receiving these in response to specific behaviours. Teach one trick at a time and repeat it but never overdo it or our smart feline friend might lose interest.

Clicker training uses a small device that makes a clicking sound when a button is pressed and is a great way to train cats. To teach a cat to respond to a clicker “click” it in response to a desired behaviour after using a command and then reward. For instance: if your cat sits down on his own, use the “sit” command, click and reward.

Why not try the following tricks? Teach her to sit by holding a treat over her head and slowly moving it towards her back. Reward when she sits. Teach Stripy to beg by holding a treat higher up so he has to get on his hind legs to reach it. Click,reward. Or Hi 5 by rewarding him when he lifts his foot of the floor, make him lift it higher by holding a treat in your hand and rewarding him when he touches it and eventually hold your hand with a hidden treat up for him to tap your palm. Remember only one trick at a time!

SUBSCRIBER NEWS Did you know that Stanford is famous in other provinces too? Dave Hagen (photo) is our furthest-flung subscriber and he lives in Gauteng. We also have subscribers in Cape Town, and we post copies to them every month. This month we would like to grow our subscriber base and we offer a 10% discount on all subscriptions taken out during the month of August. This means that your copy will be posted to you while it is still hot off the press! Be one of the first to get your hands on the Stanford River Talk every month! Please contact the editor for more details.

BUSINESS HOURS • Monday - Friday: 8:00 - 17:30 • Saturday: 08h00 - 13:00 • Sunday: 10:00 - 12:00 • Public holidays: 9:00 - 13:00 CLINIC HOURS • Monday - Friday: 8:00 - 16:00 • Saturday: 08:00 - 12:00 • Public holidays: 9:00 - 12:00

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PLANT TALK

GROWING LAVENDER

by Suzanne-Francoise Rossouw-Moss In our current climatic conditions most of us try to establish gardens with hardy, drought resistant plants for a water-wise garden. Thinking water-wise it can sometimes become very boring with people using the same old standard selection of indigenous plants. What they forget is that a wide selection of exotic plants from Mediterranean counties is also available in the local nurseries. One such a plant is the lavender that has been popular with home gardeners for centuries due to its multiple uses in the garden as a herb, cut flower hedging plan and much more.

in clay soil can lead to the plants getting overwatered.

Lavender can grow to around 1m tall and about the same width. Now and again the plants have a tendency to suddenly die with no obvious reason. This would usually be due to fungal problems. The best thing to do in such as case would be to remove the plant entirely and too replace it with a new one. It can also be beneficial to feed plants with a general wellbalanced fertilizer to ensure that they grow strong and healthy so that they can flower prolifically in season. It is good practice to always prune your lavender plants after they have finished flowering in order to encourage new growth. There are several varieties available but the most common lavender types to be found in nurseries here would be the English, French or Spanish lavender which are available in various shades of purple, and sometimes even pink!

The first thing all people will mention when they describe lavender would be its beautiful purple flowers. Lavender flowers mostly during the warm summer months and when they are well established they create a spectacular show with all the purple hues. These plants grow at their best in the full sun requiring a spot in the garden with good drainage.

They don't require very fertile soil, and the plants will grow just as well in sandy soil with lots of stone present. Growing them

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ERWIN'S Traditional German Meat Products produced locally Available at Stanford Saturday Morning Market and at Spar.

Cell 082 441 5533 • www.erwins.co.za STANFORD RIVER TALK 13

TOURISM TALK Some new tricks Stanford Tourism and Business is reinventing itself and has a few tricks up its sleeve. The new Management Committee and enthusiastic office team have put some fresh fundraising initiatives into action. The first of the new Full Moon Wandelpad Strolls took place on 19 July, a day ahead of full moon in order to keep ahead of the rain. Some twenty villagers and their furry friends walked the oftenoverlooked section of the Wandelpad through Die Ou Krale, along Vleilaan and through the Milkwood Grove which was transformed with solar lights, after which gluwein and Milo was served. Don't miss the next stroll on 18 August.

The quintet of musicians from the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra is on their way to de Hoop for the popular festival of Wine, Whales and Music.

Thank you to William Stephens for helping Stanford Tourism and Business set up this

event with these top-class musicians. Be sure to mark your calendar for Sunset Strings on 9 September at Stanford Valley Guest House for an evening of classical music for all ages. To book, contact ask@ stanfordinfo.co.za or call 028 341 0340.

Nicolene Rooi has joined the office team as an intern and her calm confidence and interest in office administration makes her an asset. Abraham Newman is busy setting up new events for the village, and is putting his special touches on our social media platforms. Stanford Tourism and Business would like to thank Karen McKee for her competent guidance as our social media consultant over the last eight months, and we wish her well in her new role as editor of Stanford River Talk.

Stanford Tourism and Business Management Committee

August

New faces in the office: (from left) Le-Ann Swart, Phil Murray, Nicolene Rooi and Abraham (Nicolene du Toit still works on weekends)

A message from the Christian Forum

How would we describe or try to define genuine love? I know that through the ages many poets and writers have put into prose, poem, verse and song and all other classes of writing on the subject of love. For a particular occasion this may suffice, but the real difficulty I believe in describing it lies in the fact that it is so difficult to describe in words the emotion which the word engenders. I remember as a scholar our class having been asked to give a definition for love and most of the children came up with the definition as described in one dictionary stating that ‘Love is a strong feeling of affection usually between members of the opposite sex’. This is a good description but has many limitations and inadequacies; there are aspects of love between friends, love for a pet or for something like music, colours, sport, nature and so also for many other things.

The Bible warns against love for things but also makes one of the greatest statements about love in saying that ‘God so loved the world that He gave us His only begotten Son so that everyone who believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” (Joh 3:16). Here faith comes into the picture as well. We also find that from the Greek of the New Testament there are five different words translated as love ranging from ‘Agape’ at the highest end of the scale, being Godly love through ‘Phile’ Love for a cause, to ‘Eros’ at the lowest end for the kind of erotic love. The love we should be concerned with is ‘Agape’ - the kind of love God has for His people. This Agape love is the kind of love God wants us to share and have for others (unconditional love).

God says in the big commandment ‘You should love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your strength.’ When Jesus was asked which was the greatest of all commandments He quoted from Deut 6, the commandment quoted above, but He added something , saying; ‘With all your heart and all your strength and all your mind, And your neighbour as yourself.’ This means that love must become a state of mind as well as action, and it needs to be done to show the quality of your love. Jesus on the final meeting with Peter at the lakeside had Peter state his love for his Saviour three times, and I am sure He is asking us too ’Do you love me?’

How do we respond?

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SCREEN TALK

LIVING SOUNDTRACK Andrew Herriot

M

chronicles the memoirs of his life’s sound track in Zambia

y return to a much-loved Zambia in 1994, was not heralded by a pulsating sound or a kind of transmigration of kindred spiritedness in music. It was quite simply a career move in education, and the source of my income (gigs?). Where were the expats and the local musos and small-time amateur dramatic clubs?

This former British Colony in Lusaka appeared not to habituate such emigres as part of its social fabric. Kenneth Kaunda (KK) had a say in that.

Lusaka was a bustling, busy city in 1994 and it thronged even more when I visited it again in 2014. During the late 1970, President Kenneth Kaunda ordered that 95% of the music on the radio had to be Zambian. He hoped to encourage the formation of a Zambian national identity. Rather than using their folk roots, however, Zambians attempted to become pop stars. By the mid-1980s, the result was kalindula music. Bands included the Masasu Band, Serenje Kalindula and Junior Mulemena Boys. Amayenge is considered one of the best kalindula bands of the past twenty years.

On behalf of the British Government in association with The British Council, I was appointed to lead a team of so-called ‘experts’ to help to improve English, Maths and Science (Action to Improve English, Maths and Science – AIEMS) - not music I hasten to add. It was one of the largest funded programmes to be ushered into a former colony. The real outlanders were to be found in the Copper Belt in the north of Zambia many miles away. A piano was not purchased and I contented myself musically in a listening mode; Shearing, Basie, Ellington, Sinatra in our safe British-protected project accommodation. In the 1990s economic problems caused the collapse of the Zambian music industry. Unfettered by rules promoting Zambian music, the airwaves were swamped with imported ragga and reggae from Jamaica and hip hop and R&B from the United States.

It was ten years since I ran my last Comrades so I decided to train for the London marathon, and then do my very last diminuendo down-run in South Africa, 1995, instead of jazzing it up. Ten years older; my final Comrades was in fact my best run – I took 45 minutes off my PB. So what else does one do in a country that seems to be devoid of opportunities to play jazz with fellow musos?

Ah yes, study for a second degree of course! I enlisted with Leicester University as a distance learning student and added MSc to my postnominal letters.

But wait a minute! What am I hearing on my Nsima Grundig? South Africa's first multi-racial elections in which full enfranchisement was granted were held on 27 April 1994! The African National Congress won 62% of the votes in the election, and Mandela, as leader of the ANC, was inaugurated on 10 May 1994 as the country's first black President. The National Party's F.W. de Klerk (a big jazz fan according to Erika Lundi) was his first deputy, and Thabo Mbeki as the second in the Government of National Unity. I listened intently especially since I had dined with Thabo Mbeki’s father on a business development trip to South Africa’s universities when I was working as an academic in the Ayr Campus of the University of Paisley, Scotland (Issue 130).

by James Yeats

THE SHALLOWS Surfing, sharks and sass Steven Spielberg released Jaws in the summer of 1975 and it was, and still is, a terrifying experience for audiences across the world. I personally still hear the theme song in my head when ever I go into the ocean.

The Shallows is a modern take on this epic film of the 70’s and I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed the movie. Blake Lively plays the lead role of a surfer girl who travels to Mexico and, with the help of a local, finds the secluded beach that her mother told her about. Nancy (Lively) meets two other surfers in the water but they soon leave and she is left alone to enjoy the surf all to herself.

As expected it’s not too long before the Great White makes it presence felt and her perfect surf trip turns into a nightmare. She is trapped on a rock a mere 200 yards from the shore, but that might as well be 200 miles, because the shark lies waiting between her and the safety of the shoreline. She has to deal with the elements and the rising tide, all the while still suffering from the pain of her injuries. Lively gives a stellar performance and makes the movie believable.

Much like Jaws, this film does very little for the reputation of the Great White Shark and it is depicted as a blood thirsty man-eater. But that is why we have the Discovery channel - to teach us all about the scientific marvels of sharks!

If you enjoy being scared, get your popcorn ready because this movie is an absolute triumph of suspense from start to finish. On the other hand, if you are planning to spend some time at the beach this summer … maybe give this one a miss.

However, one of my abiding memories in Zambia, as I travelled throughout the country and visited its 16 provinces with my fellow co-worker to raise awareness of the AIEMS Project, involved a lunch at one of the roadside cafés.

Gracewell viewed what I thought was a decent meat and two veg lunch on which any famished Englishman (even a Scot!) would be very happy to gorge. He gesticulated “There is no Nsima, what about some real food!” Nsima (pic) is a dish made from maize flour (white mielie meal) and water, and is a staple food in Zambia (nshima/ubwali) and Malawi (nsima). Music to my ears, I could afford a side dish as a cadenza, colloquially a ‘round-off’.

Musically for me, this great country, vast as it was from the Zambezi basin to the northern shores of Lake Victoria, was about to lose me. The invitation to join yet another team of educationists after two years to improve Primary School Management (PRISM) north to Kenya was wildly tempting. What opportunities and haunting refrains await there me to capture rhythms and syncopation?

TRIVIA: The movie was partly shot off the Gold Coast of Australia. Other filming took place in a giant swimming pool.

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CLASSIFIEDS There is an HONESTY BOX at Stanford Tourism where you can pay for your classifieds. Please enclose the amount in an envelope or ed@stanfordrivertalk.co.za or call 081 750 4006

BOXED ADVERT R105

SMALL ADS: R1 a word

FOR SALE

Vintage Beauty

Girls Raleigh bicycle, size 24. Excellent condition. R500. 083 675 1116

pedicures, manicures, facials massages, waxes, make-up Jacolene 082 357 1245, Victoria Centre Stanford

WATER TESTING STANFORD - RIVER WATER RESULTS The treated sewerage outlet point into the Kleinriver is at the slipway at the end of Du Toit Street. The stream in the middle of town, starting in the dip in De Bruyn Street, is partly fed by the treated effluent from the waste water treatment works which gets complemented only in winter, by the overflow of the two dams in the middle of town. The two sampling points for the river are thus respectively known as under and above the treated sewerage outlet point.

Determinant (e. Coli) Standard 0-130/100ml

Under treated Sewerage Outlet poin (Jetty next to erf 396)

Above treated Sewerage Outlet point (Bridge R43 to Hermanus)

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STANFORD: RETICULATED DRINKING WATER RESULTS Escherichia coli (E.coli) – bacteria that is a normal inhabitant of the human intestine. Its presence in a sample indicates pollution from human faeces.

Total Coliform bacteria – is the name for all the bacteria that produce gas and acid from the fermentation of lactose and its presence in a sample indicates pollution from the intestines of both humans and animals.

AFRICAN HORSE COMPANY

A large, magnificent plot is for sale in Buiten Street which retains the rural charm of Stanford’s farming days, with the convenience of being part of this wonderful village.

Heterotrophic Plate Count – is a standard microbiological method used to determine the efficiency of operations to remove or destroy organisms, good and bad, during the treatment process.

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guided multi-day trails & outrides along the whale coast & through unspoilt nature reserves. +27 (0) 82 667 9232 omstables@telkomsa.net www.africanhorseco.com

SIZE: 976m2 PRICE: R750 000 CONTACT DI ON 082 558 3916 OR di.mohr@iafrica.com

LIST YOUR BUSINESS FOR JUST R12.50 A MONTH (ONLY R150/YEAR).

ACCOMMODATION A Stanford Country Cottage Beloftebos Cottages Morton Cottage Mosaic Farm Oom Pietjie se Huisie

Reiersvlei Stanford River Lodge The Country Cottage Villa on the Bay Walshacres Riverside

082 320 0982 082 391 5331 082 450 3970 028 313 2814 073 156 9997 028 341 0888 082 213 0512 028 341 0444 083 553 0663 082 336 1573 082 614 6322

ACCOUNTING & TAX SERVICES Maryke Brandt 072 172 9545 Allan Youens 082 903 4432

ELECTRICIAN HCD Electrical

084 769 1053

ESTATE AGENTS Pam Golding 028 341 0708 Stanford Village Properties 082 893 2282

072 111 9321

LOCAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES RESTAURANTS 1892 Stanford Spookhuis Barke Restaurant Birkenhead Galley Marianas Springfontein Eats

028 313 2814 028 341 0116 028 341 0013 028 341 0272 028 341 0651

TELEVISION/DSTV Rod Dacre Television

073 160 4495

VINTAGE & LINEN Lace

082 781 1704

WEDDING VENUES Beloftebos Mosaic Farm Stanford Hotel Villa on the Bay

082 391 5331 028 313 2814 082 781 1704 082 336 1573 028 341 0651 072 371 7546 028 3410 841

HAIR Jeanne Retief

072 318 2478

HOTEL Stanford Hotel

082 781 1704

HOUSE MANAGEMENT Stanford Country Cottages

082 320 0982

INTERIORS Kiwinet Maureen Wolters

028 341 0209 082 450 3970

MASSAGE & HEALTH Stanford Health Practice

082 481 8285

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES Klein River Picnics River Rat Boat Cruises

WINE CELLAR & SALES Springfontein Wine Estate

Stanford Hills Estate

028 3410 693 083 310 0952

WOOD

ARCHITECTURE Guy Whittle Grant Anderson Maureen Wolters

076 113 2741 072 364 3694 082 450 3970

BUILDING Stanford Bricks

028 341 0685

BUILDING PLANS Jan Biernacki

072 546 1567

CONFERENCE CENTRE Mosaic Farm

PETS & PET CARE Stanford Kennels Syringa Country Kennels

028 341 0961 028 341 0961

028 313 2814

PLUMBING PlumbTec

082 609 0809

Walshacres Farm

028 341 0685 / 082 898 4889

WEEKLY TIMETABLE Monday 09:00, Yoga, 084 685 2641, Viv von der Heyden, 23 Quick Street.

Monday 17:00, Running Time Trials 5km, corner Adderley and Longmarket, last Monday of each month at Stanford Hills Estate.

Monday & Wednesday, Canoeing, Slipway Church St, John Finch 028 341 0444, Jan Malan 082 452 9877 Tuesday 08:30 – 10:00, Iyengar Yoga, Birkenhead Brewery, Marianne 082 2919 638.

Tuesday 17:30 & Friday 08:30, Maitri Yoga, Tasha Saha, 076 968 8608.

Tuesday & Thursday 17:00 to 18:00, Tae Bo, Okkie Smuts School Hall, Ronnie 083 655 4521.

Tuesdays 08:30: Canoe Club Social paddle (any craft), 17:30: Canoe Club10 km and 6 km time trials. Chris Wolf 083 455 3605 Tuesday & Thursday 17:30, Cycling, cnr de Bruin & Moore Streets, Sunday 08:00 Caltex Garage David Morrison 082 321 7996, John Finch 082 378 1935.

Wednesday, 18:30, Rotary Stanford Club Meeting, Don Gelato. Everyone welcome. Lana 082 216 4398.

Wednesdays 10:00 – 10:30, 'War Room' Prayer Meeting, NG Church Hall. All Welcome Thursday 18:30 - 21:30 Heal Your Life® Evening Group Sessions 071 382 9033 Thursday 09:00 – 10:15 Yoga Leli 082 350 0253 Friday 09:00, Yoga, 084 685 2641, Viv von der Heyden, 23 Quick Street.

Fridays: 19:30 – 20:30 Alcoholics Anonymous, Okkie Smuts School Hall, Call Peter 082 7888 630 or Theo 082 635 3193 Saturdays 08:00: Canoe Club 10 km and 6 km time trials. Contact Chris Wolf 083 455 3605

WORSHIP IN STANFORD

CHRISTEN GEMEENSKAPS BEDIENING 10:00 NG Kerksaal Almal welkom

NG GEMEENTE STANFORD Sondae 9:00 in die kerkgebou Office tel 028 3410 966

VG KERK (next to De Bron School) 10:00 Sunday morning Maureen Diedericks 028 3410 691

ST THOMAS ANGLICAN CHURCH Morton St, Father Joseph Gabriëls 028 3410588 1st Sunday of the month 10:30 Communion (Afr) 2nd Sunday of the month 10:30 Service (Afr) 3rd Sunday of the month 08:00 Communion (Eng) 4th Sunday of the month 10:30 Service (Afr)

STANFORD UNITED CHURCH Interdenominational, St Thomas Church, Morton Str 6pm Sunday (English service) Bible Study 7pm Tuesday night, 45 Queen Victoria Str Jan Troost 072 3459057

FULL GOSPEL CHURCH OF GOD cnr Queen Victoria & Bezuidenhout St. 09:30 Sunday service Pastor Johnny van der Schyff 028 3410 422

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What's On EMAIL YOUR EVENTS TO ed@stanfordrivertalk.co.za

western cape

SATURDAYS 09:00 – 12:30 Morning Market, Stoep of Stanford Hotel

4 – 9 AUGUST Hermanus Times Kalfiefees

Stanford boasts its own little Saturday morning market. Lemons for sale!!! All proceeds go to the Stanford Conservation Fund. Ready-made meals, decadent gluten free cakes, fresh bread and artisan cheese, chocolate-dipped dried fruit, caramel popcorn, ginger, goji berries, cranberries, pies, gluten-free quiche, veggie patties, veggie mini pizza, farm eggs, crunchies & shortbread, fresh farm grown vegetables, heirloom seedlings, jams & chutneys, pickles, chilli sauces, Erwin’s salamis and cold meat. Phone Ann 076 332 7490

The Hermanus Kalfiefees is a highly anticipated cultural festival which coincides with the arrival of the Southern Right Whales, which is why the festival was given its name. The annual six-day event takes place in Onrus from 4-9 August 2016. Additionally, the Hermanus Kalfiefees falls over National Women's Day, which will be commemorated with a women-only lunch at the Harbour Rock Cafe.www.kalfiefees-hermanus.co.za

SATURDAYS all day Haturday!

Wear a fun hat all day, and support local restaurants, coffee shops and businesses in your headgear. Hate hats? Why not wear a different accessory to show that you love Stanford, and that you are up for a little bit of good-hearted fun. You could wear a scarf, a brooch or even a silk cravat. Lovely new winter beanies are available at Your Style Cupboards next door to Stanford Tourism. Snag yourself a hat or accessory from any Queen Victoria Street shop and share a photograph of yourself and your gang on Instagram #visitstanford #thinkstanford #capewhalecoast

5 – 7 AUGUST Robertson Slow Food & Wine Festival

WEDNESDAYS 09:00 – 12:30 Graze Farmers Market

Festival of food and local wines from the region. More than 65 wine producers will have a total of over 200 wines up for tasting. Expect to get your fill of local delicacies, like olives, organic cheese, pomegranate products and handmade chocolates at the festival.

Reduce your carbon footprint and get your fresh veggies at Graze Slow Food Cafe.

Always seasonal, always fresh. Stay for coffee and breakfast.

Tel: Tabby & Alex 076 243 1930

4 AUGUST 19:00 Wine and Wisdom, Stanford Harvest Wine and Wisdom is held on the first Thursday of the month at the Stanford Harvest.

The fee of R50 goes to the Stanford Conservation Trust. If you would like to join in the fun contact Bea Whittaker on 028 341 0430 or Milkwood@maxitec.co.za to book your place.

WEDNESDAYS – MONDAYS 10:00 or 15:00 Panthera Africa Big Cat Sanctuary 9 AUGUST WOMEN'S DAY SPECIAL: Even though we are normally closed on Tuesdays, the Panthera Africa pride wants to celebrate Women’s Day with you! We will be specially open for you and your family, and all the lovely ladies will get 50% off! So come and join us for a great day with both two and four legged women. Please remember to book: Call 076 974 3088 or 084 866 2665 www.activitybridge.com/book

18 AUGUST 10:00 Full Moon Wandelpad Stroll Meet at Stanford Tourism and Business office for this monthly fundraiser. (R20 adults, R10 dogs, kids free). Hot refreshments for sale afterwards. For more information email: ask@stanfordinfo.co.za

18 – 21 AUGUST Cape Floral Kingdom Expo, Mega Park, Bredasdorp Madhatter's Tea Party, flea market, equestrian events, colour run, books, farm yard kiddies corner, walks and talks, flower arranging competition and more. www.capefloralkingdom.co.za

9 SEPTEMBER Sunset Strings, Stanford Valley Guest Farm A quintet of professional musicians from the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra will play a selection of classical and easily accessible pieces before they head to de Hoop to perform the Serenade of the Whales. R120 pp. Please contact Stanford Tourism to book 028 341 0954

9 – 11 SEPTEMBER Wine, Whales and Music, De Hoop Collection, Booking essential. Please call 021 422 4522

24, 25 SEPTEMBER, Funky Fynbos Festival, The Flower Valley Farm and Conservation Trust, Gansbaai This weekend festival includes a 64km and 45km Monster MTB Challenge to challenge even the most experienced riders, a 30km/ 20km/ 8km MTB trail for the more cautious and for families, a 30km/ 12 km/ 6 km trail run for the superfit or families, a potjie competition, crafts stalls, artisanal food, wines, live entertainment, tractor rides and more. Contact karen.funkyfynbos@gmail.com STANFORD RIVER TALK 18

Head out to this Route 62 Winelands town to revisit the ageold art of slow cooking and gradual indulgence. www.robertsonslow.com

6 – 8 AUGUST Hermanus Food & Wine Fair

www.winevillage.co.za/hermanus-wine-food-festival

18 – 21 AUGUST Bredasdorp Cape Floral Kingdom Expo The Cape Floral Kingdom Expo celebrates the biodiversity of Cape Province. This year, budding horticulturalists can make their way to the Agri Mega Park in Bredasdorp for the muchanticipated event. www.capefloralkingdom.co.za/

26 AUGUST – 3 SEPTEMBER Flower Shows in the Western Cape Visit the hills of Clanwilliam (26 August – 3 September) and Hopefield (25 – 28 August) are in bloom this August with annual wild flower shows. Check out the hundreds of species of fynbos and flora indigenous to the Western Cape and the Cape Floral Kingdom.

SOLUTION

MarosisangTsusane 2 August

Jean Jonker 2 August

Leanne Robertson 3 August

Hildie and Jean Pansegrouw 3 & 31 August

Matthew Erwee 4 August

Marianne Rossouw 5 August

Lerouna Le Roux 5 August

Lilia Tsusane 5 August

Oyintando Bozekana 5 August

Ken Garrod 8 August

Ursula Pietersen 9 August

Howard Krut 10 August

Anton Duivestein 11 August turns 60

Cynthia Hilton 11 August

Ruben Jacobs 12 August

Phil Murray 12 August

Olana Bozekana 13 August

Tracey Bednall 15 August

Kobus Koekemoer 18 August

Josie Troost 21 August turns 18

Shannon Moody 22 August

Cathryn Herriot 23 August

Brian Brokensha 23 August

Deon Krige 23 August

Leigh-Ann van Dyk 24 August

Oyola Apolosi 25 August

Terry Haw 28 August

Jasper Goss 30 August

If your birthday or a special occasion is coming up, please email: ed@stanfordrivertalk.co.za or send an sms 081 750 4006

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