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34 NOVEMBER 2011 INDWE Sleepy Hollow Despite its proximity to Cape Town, Elgin Valley remains unknown to city slickers, says Clifford Roberts
THERE’S ONE PROBLEM with the Elgin Valley - it’s just too beautiful for its own good and now, word has inevitably got out. Picture in your mind winding, treelined roads punctuated by old Ford tractors and dawdling school children, weathered signage of varied colour and design at remote intersections and along gravel tributaries. In a field, a wizened ploughman slowly exhales the smoke of his rum and maple fag and not far away, farmstalls thick with the smell of baked bread. See the undulating countryside of hills covered in pine forests, vineyards and orchards, dotted with farm dams, plain farm worker cottages and fruit storage warehouses. The Elgin Valley lies adjacent to the Cape Metropole, on either side of the N2 that runs between Sir Lowry’s Pass over the Hottentots Holland mountains and Houwhoek. It incorporates Grabouw and Botriver at a push, with a border roughly connecting the Eikenhof dam, the Palmiet and Krom Rivers, the Viljoens Pass to Villiersdorp, and the Highlands Pass that drops down to the ocean. The expansive Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve makes up a significant part of its fringe. All this, only one hour from Cape Town, has wholesome country charm. “Wys hom jou boude (show him your buttocks)!” comes a cry across the pear orchard, followed by laughter, as I’m spotted in my attempt to sneak INDWE NOVEMBER 2011 35
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