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Welcome to 2022

Posted on Fri December 31, 2021.

2021 wasn’t all bad , we’re still alive for goodness sake , and without the journey through 21 we could never have got to 22

To label 2021 as ‘bad’ would be flying in the face of gratitude - the gratefulness of just being alive , And hey, there were other great things too - like all those examples  so many family and friends and everyone else out there set in their application of the ‘Johnny Walker’ mantra: “Keel Walking” no matter what the world throws at you. Plus for us there was that added amazing thing : everything that happened after the motorbike trip that lead to an oddly named and very broke hotel in a dorp I’d hardly heard of . And that auctioneers banner on the wall : ‘auction Wednesday’ 😳. 

The image attached of two Barrydalers by Barrydale analogue maestro Graham Abbott says it all in terms of the move into 2022: away dull care . Out with the boring and the predictable - and all that negativity . Out of the rabbit hole we go ! Across left field , Into a new era of creative possibility and individuality . All aboard the rocket ship of 2022 everyone . Now to light the fuse …💥❤️🌟🦋🎊🎏🎉😎💪🤙👍🖖.🙏!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Further Reading

Helen Van Stolk took our ideal of the hotel as a creative salon and made it a reality Tue August 4, 2026

At the flick of a switch Cape Town artist Helen Van Stolk filled the entire hotel with a group of top artists and sculptors with no agenda beyond just a shared time of inspiration and talent, fulfilling a long held dream that we'd become a home from home for people of this ilk.

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The Karoo Art's Barrydale To Do list is leading to longer stays Tue August 4, 2026

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The town of the year is worth more than just a one night stop Mon August 3, 2026

Two journalists had checked in the night before. It was a our Christmas party. We were closed for the day. But at breakfast they were so full of questions that Wayne never boarded the party bus to Warm Waterberg and committed the morning to showing them the dorp. Only later did we find out why they were in town. The things he showed them are why the town is changing from a...

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