House and Leisure - October 2015

‘WE TEND TO STOP

REGULARLY TO

TAKE PICTURES.’

The creative photography duo behind The Lion and

The Lady spend weekends exploring the Western Cape

TEXT AND INSTAGRAM PICS LEON AND MARILET VAN ROOYEN

leon and marilet

van rooyen

eekends mean getting out there.

We’ll start off with a stroll in

the Helderberg Nature Reserve

on Friday afternoon and a chilled evening

watching a movie at home. For Saturday-

morning missions we like to pack a picnic

basket with good coffee and padkos before

we set off on a mini road trip. We’ll search

for interesting roads – the more passes,

the better. Jean-Claude, our Suzuki Jimny,

likes to take his time on the road so we tend

to stop regularly to take pictures along

the way.

One of our favourite routes takes in

Stellenbosch and Franschhoek, including

the Helshoogte Pass, Franschhoek Pass,

Viljoen’s Pass and Sir Lowry’s Pass. This

scenic circular route also takes us past the

Theewaterskloof Dam with its interesting

dead treescape. By the time we stop at

Peregrine Farm Stall our supplies are

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usually finished so we stock up on flat

whites and its legendary springbok pies.

The rest of Saturday afternoon is spent

curled up on the couch with a book and

fighting off nap time. When friends visit we

head out for a beer and G&T at The Thirsty

Oyster Tavern at Gordon’s Bay harbour,

watching the sun go down. We love a lazy

Sunday morning. The only thing that gets us

out of bed is our craving for eggs Benedict.

We’re not chefs so making it takes forever

but the reward is worth the wait.

Sunday afternoons are usually spent

on the beach eating a gigantic ice cream

from N’ Ice with our toes in the sand.

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Eggs Benedict: a favourite on a Sunday

morning (or any other time for that matter).

LEFT Marilet and Leon van Rooyen

A railway line near Steenbras Dam at dawn.

ABOVE Peregrine Farm Stall is a welcome

sight near the end of a journey.

Proteas. ABOVE Leon and Jean-Claude

posing for #manlegmonday.

A chilled picnic at the Helderberg Nature

Reserve. LEFT The Helderberg boardwalk.

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