Brian Blesseds heaven on earth: Fish Hoek, South Africa

By Brian Blessed Published: 8:00AM GMT twenty-one February 2010

Previous of Images Next The actress Brian Blessed is a fan of Fish Hoek in South Africa given of the setting, soft meridian and the actuality that it has hardly altered Photo: CORBIS Fish Hoek is small altered given Brian Blessed initial visited

Fish Hoek is the majority pleasing place in the world, as far as I"m concerned. It lies at the mouth of the Silvermine River on South Africa"s Cape peninsula and has a illusory beach and a overwhelming setting, as well as a soft Mediterranean climate.

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I detected this poetic small strand review when I met my South African wife. After descending in love, I thought: "I"ve got to do this right." So I trafficked down to Cape Town to encounter her family and she pronounced she longed for to take me to her "favourite place" Fish Hoek. I was rught afar soft and we"ve been going behind there as mostly as probable ever since.

One thing I similar to about it is that it"s altered so small given I initial proposed on vacation years ago; it"s additionally really safe. A good time to revisit is around about now, when the weather"s probably perfect. That said, Oct is a good month to go whale-watching. What"s more, you have the penguins at Boulders Beach, whilst the Winelands are inside of easy reach, too.

We customarily rent a self-catering unit at Tudor House Guest Lodge (0027 twenty-one 782 6238; www.tudorhouse.co.za), that is right by the sea and boasts the majority fanciful views.

There is a superb small grill on the beach called The Galley (782 3354; fishhoekgalley.com), that serves the tastiest fish I"ve ever eaten. Nearby Kalk Bay, that has regularly been a beatnik-type area according to my wife, has lots of musty small really old shops.

The last time we went to Fish Hoek, I went out to Table Mountain about twenty minutes" expostulate afar and as I was rock climbing it, I unexpected found myself eyeball-to-eyeball with an nauseous baboon. I was in a really unsafe position, but I think he contingency have thought I was a chimpanzee given he looked at me in abhorrence and scarpered.

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