S1 - Ep 393 - Ashton - A Breathtaking View Overlooking the Town! 

My husband and my favorite past time, traveling through our beautiful country with you on your adventures. Thank you for sharing what many people dont get to see.

Those mountains are something to behold. And the clouds were already gathering for the big wash. Lovely, thank you.🙃🙏❤

Such a stunning part of our country!!❤❤❤Some of the mountains look like Pierneef paintings!!

My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed how you shared your experiences of Ashton. This is the town where she grew up. Your video revived many memories as you drove by the school, the church, the townhall (where they had their matric dance 😉), also a glimpse of the house they stayed in and so many more sights. Thank you for the opportunity to travel with you.😊

Wat n pragtige dorpie. That new bridge is beautiful. So nice to see the lady picking up rubbish . The town looked very clean and no potholes. A Canadian built Steam engine .🚂 It travelled a long way to get to SA. . I hope that Sonia was upwind from that guy who worked in the cannery factory for 30 years. He said he still loved his baked beans. Say no more !!🚽🔥 Curtis why did you not get the drone out when you got to the Viewing Point ? Perfect place for a drone shot with all the mountains in the background. That old stone fort was brilliantly camouflaged. I just loved all the neat stone work at the picnic spots. So sad about that plaque being stolen. 😡At least Sonia can access the history on her phone. Baie dankie vir die mooi reis.🚙

Hi you two! What a breathtaking approach road to Ashton! The mountains with the stunning cliffs -- and then that surprise of a fort! Platform 6 is quite something more than a platform, even with that amazing loco on the front porch. Thank you for the exploration through the town. Ashton is a very bright and neat place, with something beautiful and interesting to see wherever you look. I agree that the Viewpoint vista tops it all, with the mountains rounding off the picture. Thank you again. I can't wait for the next trip! Keep safe!

Spectacular! Another fantastic town worth exploring! Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Thanks, keep up the good work.

Wowzer!!!!! that was a beaut, love love loved it. Nice to be back there. The bridge is a sight to see. The mountains are breath taking. It just lifts me like an eagle watching your videos. very grateful for the work you doing

Can't remember ever seeing the old fort, but remember the tunnel! Thanks for taking us along this amazing trip.

Ashton..yes a very interesting place. I watched for hours that weekend when they moved the bridge into place. The video should be on youtube. Also stopped quite a few times at the locomotive....platform 62 sell many things and if you do not have time to visit all the cellars you can buy their wine here..... 🙂.

I have been this way many times but never fail to appreciate the beauty of Cogmanskloof and the little tunnel with the old fort above it. Usually I hate tunnels but that little one is so pretty, and the magnificent mountains all round. The stopping places are new since my day, there used to be a little site where you could climb out and view Good old Bain! Hy het gebou om te hou!The old bridge is amazing, so beautifully built. Ashton has expanded! Wow! That big-arch bridge is new since my day. Now the old railway bridge, that is special. Love the old loco. Grand old dame. My hubby and I visited Platform 62 a few times. It seems a lot more sophisticated now. The food was really good though. So glad you found the station. And what a tree!!! Dis n meneer v Its lovely to see the hoepoe. There used to always be a hoepoe in my moms back yard in Bellville. Hullo, old friend! I am somehow reminded of the goods station at Bellville where we used to go to pick up a box of apples sent by relatives who had an apple farm. I remember the smell of those apples when the box was loaded into the back of our station wagon. So glad you got up close to the railbridge. Thank you for happy memories.

My obsession with your channel is totally out of control ❤😅...I watch each episode more than three times 🙈...great work you do 👏🏿👌🏿 so so refreshing ❤💫💐

The sight of the fort brings back childhood memories. Many car journeys travelled from Oudtshoorn to Cape Town in the 1960's and 70's

What gorgous place, if i had the money i would there all the way from Australia 🇦🇺

Another great beautiful quiet town indeed

Hi Curtis and Sonya, thanks again for a lovely and informative chapter of your continuing travelling saga thru our largely dusty, but extremely beautiful land. The trees covering the picnic spot near the fort are karee (searsia lancea). They look similar to smaller weeping willows.

Thank you for the telling us the day and time.. Blessings to you

Absolutely breathtaking, my mind always goes goggleboggle when I think of the blood sweat & tears during the construction of the mountain passes. So appreciative of you & Sonja takig us along. Seeing place we've never & will never see. Thank you, left some biltong & dry wors o the back seat for you, hopefully still there 😅🚙🚙

So lekker om saam met julle te reis.🎉

Great video!

Heerlik om saam met julle te reis. Dankie

Seems someone from Gauteng visited Hodges Bridge. "Die wet van Gauteng is steel hom daai Deng".😂

Lovely video of Ashton. Great locomotive. Imaging the stories drivers could tell of criss-crossing South Africa by train. Animals, people, towns, kraals, mountains, tunnels, rivers, bridges. Much like you are doing for us to enjoy.

Hi guys stunning rocks and mountain views well spotted the British Fort well camouflaged !!! Loved the history and the picnic spots .the steam train made in Canada is unusual..the longest wine route and first arch bridge stunning. Nice to see them picking up litter,!!! Great anti aircraft gun .a good idea platform 62 love the art work .the old station still in use shame only freight Great to see old iron bridge still being used .the town lall was a unusual design. We'll done Sonia 1970s DRF church spot on beautiful mosaic and we'll kept. I noticed again the lack of high fences brilliant 👏 the view point was topnotch with the mountains in the background a very positive place. Thanks for taking me along cheerio till the next one

beautiful place i need to visit

When I last drove throw Cogmanskloof, they were busy building all of those stop points, and the road was under heavy construction, so stopping at the time was not possible...great to see what they've done

The arch bridge was built next to its current position and after completion moved to its current place. Quite an achievement.

Amazing how clean Ashton is. The residents must be proud of their town. In Limpopo Province where I live, most towns looks like rubbish dumps and sewerage in the streets. Not being negative about my home province and town, but it is true

Yoh !!!all i cn say!!!

Ashton is ‘n pragtige dorpie.Was in 1996 daar by daai selfde kerk.

Please come and explore Mpumalanga and Limpopo

By 29.... wanneer laas het ek 'n hoephoep gesien?!?❤❤❤❤❤

We live in Mpumalanga. Our picnic spots look like landfill sites. NO maintenance. NO cleaning. A sad mess.

Wow awesome landscape it looks like a mixture of green mediterean with rugged mountains and slight karoo landscape. Is that on the route 62?

How come no mention of the old Aeroplane Roadhouse, this has been here for as long as I can remember. Was a famous landmark for as long as I can remember. Though the front portion of the building which simulated the nose with a fake propeller was removed years ago. Should still be worth a mention.

Would be nice if they adopt a culture of planting nice pine forests in the Cape. It always looks so open and bland.

Curtis do you think maybe baboons could have stolen the plaque off Hodges bridge ???? Or it could have been some baas Ted or even Mr R Sole

Ja well now fine...

In future plaques should just be carved In stone not that it matters or will be ever done again in this country the way it’s going. So very sad