The winter promotion brings in the magic of the To Do List

To Do list notes

There's a lot more to Barrydale than this list but here is our suggested kick off list

Start your day the Early Morning Swim Club way with Birrrrydale 365

'Birrrrry' for the invigorating chill of it as 365 alludes to 365 days of the year.

Start with the easy to walk to highlights of Van Riebeek St

Find the light of your dreams at Magpie right across the street

Shane Petzer was the first of the inspirational Barrydale creatives we met after the purchase of the hotel. Here he is having popped acrross the road with a light for consideration during our redecoration. Unfortunately Shane is no longer with us but Scott and Tielman have taken Magpie,  the Barrydale creators of lighting solutions from found objects, (famous for having Michelle Obama order one for the children's room in the Whitehouse), from strength to strength. Magpie are diagonally across the stop street from our front verandah.

Visit the extraordinary House of Books with it's less than ordinary proprietor Anton 

Three hundred meters down Van Riebeek in the OK direction lies the House of Books with over 40,000 masterfully curated books in a gabled house behind a hedge. If the Book Store sign is on the road Anton is there. 

Pop into Die Langhuise, high end country store

owned and curated by leading SA fashion designer turned Barrydaler Gert Van Den Merwe and leading hair stylist Jaco. 

4OO meters up Van Riebeek towards the Blue Gum / Montague direction  end . Gert and Jaco are typically there and if you order a coffee it comes in a Bialetti. 

Visit in our view the best antique store on the planet. Die Ou Kerk at Moreson 

Brendan and Steff own Moreson and Die Ou Kerk. If they are not in you'll find either Val or Tracey. Brendan is an engineer by trade but he spends his live stalking the antique auctions and he finds excuisite stuff that he passes on at a more than fair price. Die Ou Kerk is where we found our Pianola. And personally I find it exceedingly difficult to leave there without buying "yet another!" set of bone handled knives and forks.

Beyond Die Ou Kerk lies iconic Barrydale hand weavers 

Pre Industrial revolution ere looms porduce excuiste quality fabrics one mm at a time in this wonderful weavery under the leadership of Scottish engineer turned loom collector Aran Bastable .