S1 - Ep 391 - Barrydale - Charmed by the Lovingly-Restored Houses! 

I can believe that many people live Barrydale. It is so quiet and teanquil. Best place to be. Intersting places you showed us. Thank you so much for this trip. Well done and i liked the attention to detail. I will not mind to live there. Till the next trip seat booked

Barrydale......Now This is my vibe. I feel like I just went on holiday with you two cuties ❤❤😂😂❤❤. All the quaint shops and variety and the houses. Cute verby 🎉🎉

What a beautiful place Karoo Daisy. Thank you for sharing Wow!!!

Hi guys the drive in was amazing especially the views of Barrydale nestled in the beautiful valley with the mountain back drop .loved Daisy restaurant with the mural very inviting place .I knew as soon as you saw the sign ( Geel vat biltong) you'll be back to buy some !!! The old antique shop and the steam punk love it the place with all the old metal signs amazing and as you said reminds you of American pickers wich was a great programme. The weather in the valley is perfect for growing so many different crops and Brandy that's top in the world a truly blessed place the beautiful old property's mind blowing the DRF church was stunning and well kept. The high school is top notch. Loved all the thatched houses and the three in a row looks like a picture of Ireland!!! Great to see the bowls club and tennis well kept and in use .we'll done for finding the old church and farm house they were well worth it and still has thatched roof. The stone tiles on the roof are the same as some old rural places in the north of England. The town had a ordered calm and peaceful vibe to me with no high fencing around the houses. The word Dale in old English means valley as in the the old marching song ( over hill and ore the Dale to flanders Portugal and Spain) the hidden towns never fail to impress me thanks for taking me along cheerio till the next one

Hi you two! This was again a most enjoyable trip. Thank you for taking me! The approach to the town nestled in the valley guarded by those beautiful mountains was astonishing. To describe the town in words I think is very difficult. Better to show it live as you do in your video. It's just beautiful and interesting everywhere you look. Every shade of green, as Sonia remarked. The white houses and other buildings maintained for ages. The stonework fences, treelined streets, old churches. Everything under a sunny clear blue sky! One can not ask for more. Your biltong, whether the fat was yellow or not, is just the snack to have in a place like Barrydale. I hope you could round it off with a shot or 2 (...3?...?) of Joseph Barry? Your home Province is fast becoming my favourite dream place thanks to your excellent presentations. Thank you again! I'm ready for the next adventure! Keep safe!

I LOVE BARRYDALE TOOOOOO 🥰. Yes I could live there with pleasure. Not too big & not too small. Simply beautiful.. Wondering if Joseph Barry brandy is still produced. Never heard of it. Stunning buildings. Once again, been through but never stopped.🙈🚙🚙🚙Thank you Curtis & Sonja.

Beautiful town. Seems really welcoming!

Good road😅

Thank you DustBugs!!!!🙃👍🙏

The nagmaal houses you referred to were actually townhouses built by surrounding farmers, and when nagmaal happened every few months, they came into town with oxwagon, spaaider or whatever carraige was used, and stayed over at their town houses during the course of nagmaal, which was usually over a few days. Then you saw splotches of purple vygies during your trip but you should have driven the R62 last week. It was a show of purple and pink, and orange you couldn't believe. We stayed at a farm house just further on the road where you saw the seed onions, and came along that road past the school into town. Think we must start looking for a place there and move out of the Strand!

Another lovely town, and awesome video ...again. Thank you so much ❤

Yes...definitely....I also LOVE Barrydale. It is on my bucketlist again for next year....when my shoulder is in working order again....but did I miss Sonia telling us the time and date? ..oops...🙂

These remote roads look in good condition

Jo! this is my home town 😊

Thanks for another great video. I've only been there once, many years ago. Time for a revisit!

Howdy again, i love Barrydale❤ i can see a profile on the mountain, can you? Maybe its Joseph Barry's profile 😅 Keep well and wishing you safe travels xxx

When I was small and we used to go up for holiday in Free State, I always wondered about Touwsriver. I wondered whose toes it was named for. Later on, we would travel to R62 via Tradouw pass, Barrydale, Oudtshoorn, Meiringspoort to Beaufort West and sleep over at Wagon Wheels. Then on to Kroonstad to stay there by the river for a few weeks. So lovely. I remember once coming back, we actually encountered snow at Barrydale. This was 1985. I have watched people playing jukskei. The name comes from pieces of ox harnass that they threw at a target, and i think its a bit like bowels, the closer you come the higher the score? I could be wrong. Love love love the artwork on the Karoo Daisy!!! I am old enough to have seen a wheel barrow concrete mixer in action, mind you! I was very small at the time. There used to be a lovely place called The Country Pumpkin. My hubby and I always stopped there for refreshments on our journeys together. I think it has been taken over by someone else. There also used to be a dried fruit factory there, which at times made the whole area stink of farts because of the sulphur used in the preservation of the fruit. Ha ha! Whats growing, and I said looks like onions a moment before you did! Laugh! Lovely to revisit Barrydale, thank you.

Thank you for taking us to Barrydale! You of course know that we are planning our trip to South Africa early next year and Barrydale will be one of the destinations from Greyton! Beautiful architecture - kerk to shops! A stunning location - thank you kindly!

Enjoyed every minute of your trip to Barrydale. Pity you missed tasting their famous brandy.

Love Barrydale. The art work on the church /coffee shop is stunning. Surprises me that it's not a church, as there is a cross in the arch window and a bell hanging in the bell tower next to the building. But a great episode, thanks again

Those onions you’ve seen is actually the seed grower onion which the farmers buy to plant and grow your normal onion. The flower of onions is very similar to an agapanthus flower but smaller and white. Only the seed grower love to see that but the onion farmer cut them off so as to not hollow out the onion.

I so very much enjoyed this video. Barrydale is absolutely stunning!! Wow! Thank you again to you both.

Jan Braai is from Barrydale

What a lovely town and a beautiful drive to get there. Thank you.

What a beautiful town. Great video! So much history and you present everything so well. Visiting early next year, and time permitting, this would be well worth a visit.

Hi Curtis + Sonia, talking about the ostriches : do you know what the male is called? : volstrooi! And the female? : volmaak! Enjoy Route 62 very much ❤❤

GREAT video of our Village ! Many thanks @Papa Joe's Collectibles

Pragtig die ou Dorpie ❤

Barrydale nice place but too HOT in summer and too COLD in the winter. -3° mid winter 12 o'clock in the afternoon 😢 in the summer house kept a temp of 28° in summer and winter 9°😢😢

No not a church it was a school, nagmal houses and so much heritage. Please book a tour with me next time for accurate info. The houses were never built in slate. Walls were. Glad you enjoyed Barrydale

Hi Family, I just wanted to find out something as a side note. Do you not have issues with receiving your deposit back from car rental institutions seeing as you complete hard KMs and have instances where you might go on gravel roads and the likes. I'm simply asking becuse I would like to visit some of the places that you have shown us. It all looks awesome 👌🏾

You did not stop at Diesel & Creme, old petrol pumps and the best milkshake