I've received this thru family and saw this video!! Guys you just filmed my life 🥺 louterwater, misgund, haarlem, joubertina and twee riviere is the place where I grew up!.. my dad still works at grannor passi for the past 20 years... Langkloof is a very nice place... but ja it's not ment for young people... everyone knows everyone aswell... Love this video... now I miss home❤️
What a nice drive and what Louterwater offers. Just apples wherever you go. I loved the drive and am thankful that my seat was reserved. Another beautiful part of our country. Thanks guys till the next one.
Apples, apples, everywhere we looked! 🍏🍎 Louterwater certainly offered a unique insight into the transporting of the apples intended for processing and that line of trucks and tractors was really very long! 🚜🚚 It was a great glimpse into the fruit industry that we happened upon in this village. It certainly seems to be a very productive one! Thanks for joining us! 🚙😁
It's true! We never had any idea about all these places and got to know a little bit about the fruit industry on this trip through the Langkloof. 🚚🍐🍏 It was all very interesting and I'm glad you could experience it with us! 🚙🤩
Nice. So that station buildings and the house use to host Kontrei Kombuis before they moved to the new premises you visited here. Roxy the dog is now a seleb; she is raising a couple of ducks that Veronel the owner brought in.....hehe. Those apples is very nice I can promise you.....hehe. When Veronel use to stay in Misgund we use to go visit and stay on the farm where you literally drive through the apple orchards and we use to go pick apples left after picking season. On your way from Misgund to Louterwater there is Pear orchards on the left and there they also prepare new variants of pears for the export market. Most of the orchards belongs to the Du Toit group as far as I know; they are also in the Ceres area as well. Yea that apple express is long gone; hence why that road is deteriorating as a result of all the trucks. The farmers is fighting for a long time now to get the road fixed especially on the Eastern Cape side, but yea...... Anyway very interesting and loved the Video as it was a couple of years ago the last time I drove through the area.....
I thought you may enjoy the footage of Kontrei Kombuis, I had fun looking around there and was wondering about the dog toy as I entered, but soon saw who it belongs to! 😍🐶 I especially enjoyed the lighter collection, that was fun to see! It's great that the station buildings are now being renovated into a guesthouse, it's quite a big project! The area is very beautiful and it must be fantastic to live on a farm full of orchards. 🍏🍐 Interesting info about the new pear varieties. To our untrained eyes, we thought the majority of the orchards were apples, but we did see most of them from a distance. I so wish we could still see the Apple Express running! That road is super busy and those big trucks drive fast! 🚂😳 We appreciate you watching our video of Louterwater! 🚙🤩
@@DustBugsTravel In Dec with that heavy rain storm the restuarant flooded. The water come in from the garagedoors and went in through the restaurant. Luckily damages was not that bad. I was in the pear orchards with my friends now ex husband which is a manager of the Du Toit group and we had to go look at one of the dams and pumps and we took a drive between the pears and the new at the time variants....this was now a couple of years ago. It is very quit on the farms at night. Because there is not much electric street lights it can get very dark and you can actually see the stars. I once had to drive back from George to Misgund on that road in the early hours of the morning after my mom had to be admitted to hospital in George the afternoon. It was quit scary....hehe...especially with thick fog on top of Outenikwa pass....
@@DustBugsTravel ja nee dit was nogals lekker as jy stop oppad na die plaashuis toe en jy kan letterlik aan die appels vat as jy jou hand by die venster uitsteek. Ek het nog julle Misgund Video gekyk nie, maar as jy nou verby die kerk ry en regs hou dan ry jy om die pakhuis en dit is damplaas......so is daar wat jy letterlik deur die boorde ry. Daar by hulle in misgund was meerindeels die rooi appels gewees. Toe ons laas daar was het hulle met 'n nuwe boord daar teen die koppe uit begin. Sal nuuskierig wees hoe dit nou lyk daar 5 of 7 jaar later.... Dit was een van die min plekke waar jy nog jou vensters kan oop hou as jy uitgaan. Hier inni Kaap is ons paniekerig en sluit als. My vriendin se twee seuns het met trekkers en daardie 4 trek motorfietse rondgery op die gronde, niks van selfone en facebook en al daardie dinge nie. Anderster lewe daar.....😃.
Its a beautiful area. And so interesting to see where the apples get processed. I think the pears come little later in the season but could be wrong. Enjoyed seeing the old station, looking beautiful. So wish trains were still running. I am sure the ghosts of long forgotten trains still come through on some dark misty nights. I am glad Langkloof is getting some rain, they need it. Although it does make it difficult to film. Everything is so pretty! Really enjoyed.
Thank you! I'm glad you also enjoyed Louterwater! We had such a fun time checking out and following the transportation of the apples to the processing plant. 🚜🍎🍏 We didn't see nearly as many pears as apples, so you may very well be right and they do get picked at a different time of the year, I never thought of that! I know I shouldn't complain about the rain, it's just so irritating when I can't keep the lens dry and I do love filming out of the window! 🚙🌧️ I was very happy to see that someone has taken an interest to renovate and repurpose the old station buildings, they're really deserving of that! I can actually imagine the Apple Express coming through Louterwater on a dark misty night, you certainly painted that picture very well. With words this time! 🚂🌖
Hi you two! This is clearly a very hard working farming community. That long line of trucks is amazing. You are now becoming experts in tracing the Apple Express tracks even on wet gravel roads The old houses with the pillared stoepe always take me back to my childhood, but that was in the Ou Transvaal. Kontrei Kombuis is definitely on my list for whenever I would get that far from home. Thank you again for a beautiful and educational trip. For Sonia's sake I hope the sun comes out soon. I'll be waiting at the side of whatever road you decide to pick me up for the next trip. Keep safe!
We had such fun trying to figure out how the apple packing and transporting works and here in Louterwater we got a good, long look at the very long line of trucks and tractors, which fascinated us quite a bit! 🚚🚜 Kontrei Kombuis is such an authentic place and by this time we had come to expect that of the Langkloof region. Down-to-earth and salt-of-the-earth people and we so appreciate that in everyone we have the pleasure of meeting! You'll love it when you do visit this area, it's wonderful and something to experience at least once in one's life! I do hope you get the opportunity to do so soon! 🤩🚙 We were so happy for the rain, but it's so difficult to film and Sonia shivers very quickly! Luckily it wasn't too cool that day! 🌧️🥶 More wonderful places waiting for you to explore with us, be ready!
We appreciate you coming along! 🚙🤩 The Langkloof was truly a wonderful experience and we loved it! Our plan is to definitely visit the Baviaanskloof in the future, but with a different vehicle which will be a little more appropriate for the terrain I believe we will encounter in the area. I look forward to that trip! 😁
Love the video, love the Langkloof...time for my 4th road trip to the Kloof. Louterwater was the farm of Commandant Rademeyer, a hero of the 6th Xhosa War in 1834/5. Even the Cape Governor Sir Benjamin D'Urban mentioned Rademeyer for his brave actions against the enemy
Thank you, glad to hear you enjoyed coming to Louterwater with the two of us! 😁🚙 It sounds like it's another area you're very familiar with, having done three trips to and through the area before. I would agree that it may just be time for the fourth one! Thank you for the background you provided of Louterwater, we so appreciate the info! 👌🏻
🎉❤🎉 ....totally loved this video.... what a wonderful place the langkloof is. I've never been there. I better toot toot 🚙🚙 my way there soon....I'm missing out...🎉❤🎉
You will love every moment you spend in the Langkloof. There is so much to see and experience and the natural surroundings are unbelievably beautiful! 🌳⛰️🌊 Until you head in that direction yourself, we're happy that you're tagging along with us to all these magical little places! 🚙🤩
Another awesome road trip, love travelling in that kind of weather that's why you didn't get a peep out of me in the Kwid. Reminds me of Sunday afternoon drives way back then. 🚗 😊Thank you.
We also love driving in the rain, it just becomes a little difficult when I'm trying to film at the same time! 😁🌧️ I thought you were rather quiet there on the backseat today, so I'm happy to hear that you also loved Louterwater! 🚙🍎🍏
Hi guys the apple and pear business are definitely done on a industrial scale queues of trucks massive packing sheds great to see the railway buildings being reused as accommodation I see you keep finding the railway tracks of the Apple express. Canals everywhere could be in Holland the kombos was quirky with the ladder on the ceiling as light .the video has added to my education of rural areas of South Africa thanks for showing me this unusual place cheerio till the next one
This entire experience of and in the Langkloof was one big education for us too and we had so much fun learning about the fruit industry, which is clearly so much bigger than we could've ever thought or imagined! 🍏🚜 There were quite a few quirky items at Kontrei Kombuis and I thoroughly enjoyed walking around there! We're always so happy to be taking you along and showing you parts of South Africa you may not know and we certainly don't know. We loved finding the Apple Express tracks everywhere and thought it super cool that the old station buildings are being renovated, we loved that! 🚂🚙
My late grandfather worked at Lanko until his retirement. Unfortunately, he had to get another job, because farming alone couldn't sustain them during the drought in the 1980s. The farm is 13 km from Joubertina on the Kareedouw side. He took my parents, my sister and me on a factory tour of Lanko once. It was fascinating! I think it was in 1987.
A not very well known road. An alternative to the N2 to PE by looks of things. Personally never knew this road. You're giving me an education. Having traveled up and down between EL and CT during school days, it may have been a road we traveled by bus, but would have been during the night.
You know those roads which aren't very well-known are exactly the ones we love the most! We've certainly never been on this one before and it was a real treat visiting all these little villages along the way. It gets pretty busy with big trucks driving quite fast though! 😳🚚 I'm glad you've joined us for this trip through the Langkloof! 🚙😁
You'll probably find that a lot of the farmers in the area have founded processing companies, and all those trucks come from various farms - some using their own one truck, others contracting it out to transport companies, and so on. That would explain the diversity of trucks outside the weighbridge. (Weigh, go in, offload, weigh before you go, and the difference is your tonnage delivered.) It could also just be one guy who decided not to farm, but just to buy crops and process them, but often farmers will "do it themselves" as above.
We have a slightly different take on the movement of the fruit, after having observed it for a couple of days in a few different villages. Granor Passi in Louterwater is the processing plant where the trucks and tractors were lined up with the crates of apples. 🍏🚜 Most, if not all, of the trucks were from transport companies contracted in for the picking season. The crates all have either the name Granor Passi or the names of farms (or groups of farms) on. As far as we know, all the farms in the region make use of central processing facilities. 🍎🚚It's incredibly interesting to watch these guys at work, picking season is a busy time of year for them! Thanks for coming along to visit the Langkloof with us! 🚙🤩
Deze plaats doet haar naam wel eer aan met die sappige regen en daardoor de heerlijk groene omgeving met tevreden loeiende koeien🐮. Een fruit vrachtwagen file zag ik nog niet eerder, indrukwekkend. Ben je niet gezwicht voor roosterkoek bij die Kontrei Kombuis? Want zij maken de lekkerste, zeggen ze zelf online 😊. Leuk dat 'take away' in Afrikaans genoemd wordt 'weg neem etes' als ik het goed gelezen heb. Mogelijk nemen we de volgende keer een kijkje rondom of in de kerk, die aan het einde van vandaag lonkt links van de weg? Enfin deze achterbank reizigster wacht geduldig af wat het DustBug weekend brengt 😃
We were still stuffed from our pizza picnic on the side of the road in Misgund and we weren't even thinking about food in Louterwater! 😁🍕 The long line of trucks and some tractors was definitely the highlight for us in this fruity village, it was quite incredible to see! 🚚🚜🍎🍏 The stone building outside town, is actually a farmhouse. If you look carefully, the 'cross' on the roof is actually electrical poles and wires. If it were a church, I would've made a plan to go closer as we normally do when we spot a church. 💒 As far as I can remember, we didn't stumble upon any in Louterwater. Take-aways is indeed 'wegneemetes' in Afrikaans, you are 100% correct! 👌🏻 We shall see you again over the weekend and we look forward to it! 🤩🚙
Indeed. Sonia was just as surprised to see them in the Langkloof and not only in Mooketsi, close to Tzaneen, where she was born! We also thought they only farm with tomatoes, which is clearly not the case! 😳🍅
I don't think we ever said they only grow apples and pears, but those were most certainly all we got to see and heard about while in the area! 🍎🍏🍐 Thanks for the info.
Curtis , How have the roads affected your car's suspension? Compared to WP man, be careful. Sonia is becoming a real jewel in your journeys. Just a pity she is not visible. Difficult to love someone intangible, will keep doing so anyway. Not that you are less thought of, but you are visible. Cheers!
We travel on gravel roads wherever and whenever we can and have never had any suspension or other issues with a Kwid, other than very creaky doors and one flat tyre from a nail in a campsite on our very first trip. One has to take it very slow though and sensibility must prevail at all times. There are many places in this beautiful country of ours where gravel is in much better shape than tar anyway. 🚙🤷🏼♂️ My darling wife is still not keen on being filmed and I have to respect that. I hope with you that she will change her mind one day! 🥰 Thank you for watching our videos! 😁👌🏻
Hi Dust bugs my hubby wants to know why u don't have a 4x4.? Mr Dusty bugger loves his grave roads,besides his pizza and he is messing up his little road car.sorry,we don't know your names but love your program.busy watching your Simone's town episode now "again" regards Natalie and Leslie
We are Curtis and Sonia. 😁 It is a complete misconception that one can't drive on gravel roads with a sedan, provided it has relatively high ground clearance, one drives sensibly and takes it slow and we check all three those boxes. ✅ There is zero need for an off-road vehicle for the gravel roads we drive on. We have never caused even the slightest damage to any vehicle in 18 months and in 17 trips. 🚙 We've only had one flat tyre when we picked up a nail in a campsite on the second day of our first trip. The 5% of roads we're unable to navigate with the vehicles we drive, we don't mind missing at all. 🤷🏼♂️ We appreciate you watching our videos! 🤩👌🏻
I've received this thru family and saw this video!! Guys you just filmed my life 🥺 louterwater, misgund, haarlem, joubertina and twee riviere is the place where I grew up!.. my dad still works at grannor passi for the past 20 years... Langkloof is a very nice place... but ja it's not ment for young people... everyone knows everyone aswell...
Love this video... now I miss home❤️
Apple pie would be nice right now, you guys are making me hungry.
Sonia nods heavily in agreement! 🤣 She also loves applie pie! With lots of whipped cream she says! 😁🥮
What a nice drive and what Louterwater offers. Just apples wherever you go. I loved the drive and am thankful that my seat was reserved. Another beautiful part of our country. Thanks guys till the next one.
Apples, apples, everywhere we looked! 🍏🍎 Louterwater certainly offered a unique insight into the transporting of the apples intended for processing and that line of trucks and tractors was really very long! 🚜🚚 It was a great glimpse into the fruit industry that we happened upon in this village. It certainly seems to be a very productive one! Thanks for joining us! 🚙😁
Wow lots of apples, its really apple and pear season. How amazing we never know where all our fruit comes from. Thank you for this amazing episode.
It's true! We never had any idea about all these places and got to know a little bit about the fruit industry on this trip through the Langkloof. 🚚🍐🍏 It was all very interesting and I'm glad you could experience it with us! 🚙🤩
Nice. So that station buildings and the house use to host Kontrei Kombuis before they moved to the new premises you visited here.
Roxy the dog is now a seleb; she is raising a couple of ducks that Veronel the owner brought in.....hehe.
Those apples is very nice I can promise you.....hehe. When Veronel use to stay in Misgund we use to go visit and stay on the farm where you literally drive through the apple orchards and we use to go pick apples left after picking season.
On your way from Misgund to Louterwater there is Pear orchards on the left and there they also prepare new variants of pears for the export market.
Most of the orchards belongs to the Du Toit group as far as I know; they are also in the Ceres area as well.
Yea that apple express is long gone; hence why that road is deteriorating as a result of all the trucks. The farmers is fighting for a long time now to get the road fixed especially on the Eastern Cape side, but yea......
Anyway very interesting and loved the Video as it was a couple of years ago the last time I drove through the area.....
I thought you may enjoy the footage of Kontrei Kombuis, I had fun looking around there and was wondering about the dog toy as I entered, but soon saw who it belongs to! 😍🐶 I especially enjoyed the lighter collection, that was fun to see! It's great that the station buildings are now being renovated into a guesthouse, it's quite a big project! The area is very beautiful and it must be fantastic to live on a farm full of orchards. 🍏🍐 Interesting info about the new pear varieties. To our untrained eyes, we thought the majority of the orchards were apples, but we did see most of them from a distance. I so wish we could still see the Apple Express running! That road is super busy and those big trucks drive fast! 🚂😳 We appreciate you watching our video of Louterwater! 🚙🤩
@@DustBugsTravel In Dec with that heavy rain storm the restuarant flooded. The water come in from the garagedoors and went in through the restaurant. Luckily damages was not that bad.
I was in the pear orchards with my friends now ex husband which is a manager of the Du Toit group and we had to go look at one of the dams and pumps and we took a drive between the pears and the new at the time variants....this was now a couple of years ago.
It is very quit on the farms at night. Because there is not much electric street lights it can get very dark and you can actually see the stars. I once had to drive back from George to Misgund on that road in the early hours of the morning after my mom had to be admitted to hospital in George the afternoon. It was quit scary....hehe...especially with thick fog on top of Outenikwa pass....
@@DustBugsTravel ja nee dit was nogals lekker as jy stop oppad na die plaashuis toe en jy kan letterlik aan die appels vat as jy jou hand by die venster uitsteek. Ek het nog julle Misgund Video gekyk nie, maar as jy nou verby die kerk ry en regs hou dan ry jy om die pakhuis en dit is damplaas......so is daar wat jy letterlik deur die boorde ry. Daar by hulle in misgund was meerindeels die rooi appels gewees. Toe ons laas daar was het hulle met 'n nuwe boord daar teen die koppe uit begin. Sal nuuskierig wees hoe dit nou lyk daar 5 of 7 jaar later....
Dit was een van die min plekke waar jy nog jou vensters kan oop hou as jy uitgaan. Hier inni Kaap is ons paniekerig en sluit als. My vriendin se twee seuns het met trekkers en daardie 4 trek motorfietse rondgery op die gronde, niks van selfone en facebook en al daardie dinge nie. Anderster lewe daar.....😃.
Its a beautiful area. And so interesting to see where the apples get processed. I think the pears come little later in the season but could be wrong. Enjoyed seeing the old station, looking beautiful. So wish trains were still running. I am sure the ghosts of long forgotten trains still come through on some dark misty nights. I am glad Langkloof is getting some rain, they need it. Although it does make it difficult to film. Everything is so pretty! Really enjoyed.
Thank you! I'm glad you also enjoyed Louterwater! We had such a fun time checking out and following the transportation of the apples to the processing plant. 🚜🍎🍏 We didn't see nearly as many pears as apples, so you may very well be right and they do get picked at a different time of the year, I never thought of that! I know I shouldn't complain about the rain, it's just so irritating when I can't keep the lens dry and I do love filming out of the window! 🚙🌧️ I was very happy to see that someone has taken an interest to renovate and repurpose the old station buildings, they're really deserving of that! I can actually imagine the Apple Express coming through Louterwater on a dark misty night, you certainly painted that picture very well. With words this time! 🚂🌖
Hi you two! This is clearly a very hard working farming community. That long line of trucks is amazing. You are now becoming experts in tracing the Apple Express tracks even on wet gravel roads The old houses with the pillared stoepe always take me back to my childhood, but that was in the Ou Transvaal. Kontrei Kombuis is definitely on my list for whenever I would get that far from home.
Thank you again for a beautiful and educational trip. For Sonia's sake I hope the sun comes out soon.
I'll be waiting at the side of whatever road you decide to pick me up for the next trip.
Keep safe!
We had such fun trying to figure out how the apple packing and transporting works and here in Louterwater we got a good, long look at the very long line of trucks and tractors, which fascinated us quite a bit! 🚚🚜 Kontrei Kombuis is such an authentic place and by this time we had come to expect that of the Langkloof region. Down-to-earth and salt-of-the-earth people and we so appreciate that in everyone we have the pleasure of meeting! You'll love it when you do visit this area, it's wonderful and something to experience at least once in one's life! I do hope you get the opportunity to do so soon! 🤩🚙 We were so happy for the rain, but it's so difficult to film and Sonia shivers very quickly! Luckily it wasn't too cool that day! 🌧️🥶 More wonderful places waiting for you to explore with us, be ready!
Die Langekloof. Love that you travel to all of these small dorpies, that I only heard of growing up in Willowmore. Hope you get to go to Baviaanskloof
We appreciate you coming along! 🚙🤩 The Langkloof was truly a wonderful experience and we loved it! Our plan is to definitely visit the Baviaanskloof in the future, but with a different vehicle which will be a little more appropriate for the terrain I believe we will encounter in the area. I look forward to that trip! 😁
❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊 I love what you doing 😊❤
Thank you, I'm glad you're enjoying travelling with us! 🚙😁 We love it too!
It just looks so beautiful even with the dark clouds🥰
Love the video, love the Langkloof...time for my 4th road trip to the Kloof. Louterwater was the farm of Commandant Rademeyer, a hero of the 6th Xhosa War in 1834/5. Even the Cape Governor Sir Benjamin D'Urban mentioned Rademeyer for his brave actions against the enemy
Thank you, glad to hear you enjoyed coming to Louterwater with the two of us! 😁🚙 It sounds like it's another area you're very familiar with, having done three trips to and through the area before. I would agree that it may just be time for the fourth one! Thank you for the background you provided of Louterwater, we so appreciate the info! 👌🏻
🎉❤🎉 ....totally loved this video.... what a wonderful place the langkloof is. I've never been there. I better toot toot 🚙🚙 my way there soon....I'm missing out...🎉❤🎉
You will love every moment you spend in the Langkloof. There is so much to see and experience and the natural surroundings are unbelievably beautiful! 🌳⛰️🌊 Until you head in that direction yourself, we're happy that you're tagging along with us to all these magical little places! 🚙🤩
Another awesome road trip, love travelling in that kind of weather that's why you didn't get a peep out of me in the Kwid. Reminds me of Sunday afternoon drives way back then. 🚗 😊Thank you.
We also love driving in the rain, it just becomes a little difficult when I'm trying to film at the same time! 😁🌧️ I thought you were rather quiet there on the backseat today, so I'm happy to hear that you also loved Louterwater! 🚙🍎🍏
Your videos are so inspiring.....fantastic ❣
Hi guys the apple and pear business are definitely done on a industrial scale queues of trucks massive packing sheds great to see the railway buildings being reused as accommodation I see you keep finding the railway tracks of the Apple express. Canals everywhere could be in Holland the kombos was quirky with the ladder on the ceiling as light .the video has added to my education of rural areas of South Africa thanks for showing me this unusual place cheerio till the next one
This entire experience of and in the Langkloof was one big education for us too and we had so much fun learning about the fruit industry, which is clearly so much bigger than we could've ever thought or imagined! 🍏🚜 There were quite a few quirky items at Kontrei Kombuis and I thoroughly enjoyed walking around there! We're always so happy to be taking you along and showing you parts of South Africa you may not know and we certainly don't know. We loved finding the Apple Express tracks everywhere and thought it super cool that the old station buildings are being renovated, we loved that! 🚂🚙
Julle 2 is sooo pragtig. Dankie vir die stunning videos!
We appreciate the kind compliment and you watching our videos! 🚙🤩
My late grandfather worked at Lanko until his retirement. Unfortunately, he had to get another job, because farming alone couldn't sustain them during the drought in the 1980s. The farm is 13 km from Joubertina on the Kareedouw side. He took my parents, my sister and me on a factory tour of Lanko once. It was fascinating! I think it was in 1987.
It's seem like you are returning to the Eastern Cape.
This trip was a few weeks ago. We crossed into the Eastern Cape in the previous episode already when we were on our way to Misgund! 🚙🤩
A not very well known road. An alternative to the N2 to PE by looks of things. Personally never knew this road. You're giving me an education. Having traveled up and down between EL and CT during school days, it may have been a road we traveled by bus, but would have been during the night.
You know those roads which aren't very well-known are exactly the ones we love the most! We've certainly never been on this one before and it was a real treat visiting all these little villages along the way. It gets pretty busy with big trucks driving quite fast though! 😳🚚 I'm glad you've joined us for this trip through the Langkloof! 🚙😁
@@DustBugsTravel It's great. By God's grace, I hope to travel that way one day. That padstal looked fab.
would love to see a trip from the apple growers to the PE harbour along the apple express
We enjoyed following the tracks through the towns we visited on this trip, it was great fun! 🚙🚂
You'll probably find that a lot of the farmers in the area have founded processing companies, and all those trucks come from various farms - some using their own one truck, others contracting it out to transport companies, and so on. That would explain the diversity of trucks outside the weighbridge. (Weigh, go in, offload, weigh before you go, and the difference is your tonnage delivered.)
It could also just be one guy who decided not to farm, but just to buy crops and process them, but often farmers will "do it themselves" as above.
We have a slightly different take on the movement of the fruit, after having observed it for a couple of days in a few different villages. Granor Passi in Louterwater is the processing plant where the trucks and tractors were lined up with the crates of apples. 🍏🚜 Most, if not all, of the trucks were from transport companies contracted in for the picking season. The crates all have either the name Granor Passi or the names of farms (or groups of farms) on. As far as we know, all the farms in the region make use of central processing facilities. 🍎🚚It's incredibly interesting to watch these guys at work, picking season is a busy time of year for them! Thanks for coming along to visit the Langkloof with us! 🚙🤩
Deze plaats doet haar naam wel eer aan met die sappige regen en daardoor de heerlijk groene omgeving met tevreden loeiende koeien🐮. Een fruit vrachtwagen file zag ik nog niet eerder, indrukwekkend. Ben je niet gezwicht voor roosterkoek bij die Kontrei Kombuis? Want zij maken de lekkerste, zeggen ze zelf online 😊. Leuk dat 'take away' in Afrikaans genoemd wordt 'weg neem etes' als ik het goed gelezen heb. Mogelijk nemen we de volgende keer een kijkje rondom of in de kerk, die aan het einde van vandaag lonkt links van de weg? Enfin deze achterbank reizigster wacht geduldig af wat het DustBug weekend brengt 😃
We were still stuffed from our pizza picnic on the side of the road in Misgund and we weren't even thinking about food in Louterwater! 😁🍕 The long line of trucks and some tractors was definitely the highlight for us in this fruity village, it was quite incredible to see! 🚚🚜🍎🍏 The stone building outside town, is actually a farmhouse. If you look carefully, the 'cross' on the roof is actually electrical poles and wires. If it were a church, I would've made a plan to go closer as we normally do when we spot a church. 💒 As far as I can remember, we didn't stumble upon any in Louterwater. Take-aways is indeed 'wegneemetes' in Afrikaans, you are 100% correct! 👌🏻 We shall see you again over the weekend and we look forward to it! 🤩🚙
19:40 ZZ2 wow, watching from limpopo
Indeed. Sonia was just as surprised to see them in the Langkloof and not only in Mooketsi, close to Tzaneen, where she was born! We also thought they only farm with tomatoes, which is clearly not the case! 😳🍅
@@DustBugsTravel was also surprised, thought they only do tomatoes in limps
They dont only grow the mentioned products, but grow Almonds and Cherries and Dates. Thank you!!!!🙃👍🙏
I don't think we ever said they only grow apples and pears, but those were most certainly all we got to see and heard about while in the area! 🍎🍏🍐 Thanks for the info.
Curtis , How have the roads affected your car's suspension? Compared to WP man, be careful.
Sonia is becoming a real jewel in your journeys. Just a pity she is not visible. Difficult to love someone intangible, will keep doing so anyway. Not that you are less thought of, but you are visible. Cheers!
We travel on gravel roads wherever and whenever we can and have never had any suspension or other issues with a Kwid, other than very creaky doors and one flat tyre from a nail in a campsite on our very first trip. One has to take it very slow though and sensibility must prevail at all times. There are many places in this beautiful country of ours where gravel is in much better shape than tar anyway. 🚙🤷🏼♂️ My darling wife is still not keen on being filmed and I have to respect that. I hope with you that she will change her mind one day! 🥰 Thank you for watching our videos! 😁👌🏻
@@DustBugsTravel Hello again Dustys - Remember the 1980 series of Mike Hammer and the mystery lady, that's our Sonia.
Hi Dust bugs my hubby wants to know why u don't have a 4x4.? Mr Dusty bugger loves his grave roads,besides his pizza and he is messing up his little road car.sorry,we don't know your names but love your program.busy watching your Simone's town episode now "again" regards Natalie and Leslie
We are Curtis and Sonia. 😁 It is a complete misconception that one can't drive on gravel roads with a sedan, provided it has relatively high ground clearance, one drives sensibly and takes it slow and we check all three those boxes. ✅ There is zero need for an off-road vehicle for the gravel roads we drive on. We have never caused even the slightest damage to any vehicle in 18 months and in 17 trips. 🚙 We've only had one flat tyre when we picked up a nail in a campsite on the second day of our first trip. The 5% of roads we're unable to navigate with the vehicles we drive, we don't mind missing at all. 🤷🏼♂️ We appreciate you watching our videos! 🤩👌🏻
This is
THE LANGKLOOF
Which i certainly have to explore further
That canal may well be a river ?
I don't know for sure. We thought they may be canals for irrigation of all the orchards in the area, but most probably fed by a river or rivers. 🍎🍐