• Jo-Anne Richards and Jo-Anne Hitchens running the Art of the Memoir workshops at the Karoo Art Hotel Barrydale
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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

Tee Hardman did Karoo Ink 2026 to a T 👍. Thu May 28, 2026

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.. Yes, the pictures from Karoo Ink do tell a story. But it's the comments of the participants that paint their own picture of what a gifted teacher and spirit builder Tee Hardman is. It was the best of times . Standby. There's smudge on the distant horizon (Oct) called charcoal.

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It's Rock n Rugby with Dobbo and friends July 3/4 Sun April 26, 2026

This will be the fourth of the annual hotel take overs where the inspirational Stormers coach and Renaissance man John Dobson takes the conductors baton of the Karoo Art Hotel for a rugby and entertainment weekend of note combined with a powerful development agenda for Barrydale rugby

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winter program Fri January 16, 2026

It promises to be as hot as our AGA

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