Piano has been exchanged for a Bath Essenhout Room

Here is the picture promised to all of those Guests who stayed in the Essenhout Room over the years where the piano occupied pride of place - a lovely story of Piano Rescue - it has been placed in the Rafters Restaurant, and now we have the most romantic set up in the middle of the Essenhout Room - we look forward to you, our Guests, past and future, enjoying this recent upgrade and innovative bathing arrangement!

Touching Base Again

I have been so busy that the blog has been a bit neglected (to say the very least!) so today I am featuring the Builders caught on camera last night as they left the Candlewood Cottage site!

I know that you are going to say that it is dangerous them sitting on the back of the Bakkie but it is just a sort distance - a matter of one Km to their homes; this is how we do it on the rural areas of South Africa!

The Cottage has had a bit if a set-back as one of the Builders, Stoof, has become ill so delays can now be expected. We have become very philosophical about this, feeling that it will work out and we shall still set the deadline for 15 November 2008.

In the actual Guest House, Armagh, we have had busy days and nights with the Guests booking both into the rooms and the Restaurant so we are happy and busy and the weather is absolutely gorgeous which keeps everyone in a very good mood!

The Waterfall Trail, at the start of the Otter Trail, is now open again - it had been affected by recent severe seas two weeks ago but thankfully is now back in action; it is a stupendous walk all along the coast just getting a wee bit difficult as one actually approaches the Waterfall itself; so strong shoes and caution is recommended.

The other news is that we have had a film crew for the past two days; the purpose to show-case our Guest hosue and lovely natural gardens, Pool, and Spa in a new Virtual Tour on our website -so watch this space - we hope that this will be flighted within about 10 days so then you can actually revel in the space that we have and no surprises await.

Johnson, our Night Porter cum Handyman, is presently painting the stoeps on the right wing of the Guest House, so I cannot gain access to show what we have done in the Essenhout Room where a free standing bath has been installed - will update on that new look tomorrow!

Opening of Armagh Country Lodge Storms river Tsitsikamma South Africa

There I was so amazed at becoming a Blogger I wrote the wrong date for the opening of the Armagh - The Armagh opened for business in August 1994 so we have been going strong now for 14 years...sorry about that mistake.

Candlewood Cottage @ Armagh Storms river South Africa

This is our first ever Armagh Blog and it is very exciting - we are very busy and happy at the Armagh, and as the days and years progress we look forward to letting you share with us our highs and lows. Lets hope there won't be too many of the latter! Thousands of Guests have stayed at The Armagh since we opened our doors in August 2004 and change and development has always been in the air as the tourism demand has increased in our lovely area in the Tsitsikamma, Garden Route.

Our latest acquisition is the Candle wood Cottage set in the heart of the fynbos with mountain views peace and quiet, this is on the same site as the new Tsitsikamma Mountain Spa - on cannot see the spa so dense is the indigenous grwoth surrounding it.

The Cottage will be open,Builders permitting! on around November 05 2008 so every few days we shall be uploading pictures of the progress and then very soon we shall be taking your Bookings