It is fairly well known as a very relaxed, quiet country village, with numerous lovely old 'Cape Dutch'-style cottages and the most magnificent Rose bushes.
Greyton regulars will know that they also have a weekly Saturday morning Market, where locals buy, sell or 'barter' (swap) food, hand-made items, plants and all sorts of other items.
Mum was well-known for her home-made 'Apple Pies', very much a family favourite and a best seller on the Markets.
In fact, Mum made enough money out of her little Apple pie sideline to be able to cover expenses such as plastering the roof in the old house (it had the old-fashioned reed ceilings - a haven for spiders & other insects..!).
One of my very good friends in South Africa - Fiona Cameron-Brown and her husband Tom - moved from Cape Town out to a similar village called McGregor (in fact it is just over the mountain from Greyton). Both villages have a very similar 'laid-back' approach to life.
Fiona not only provides her local Market with home-made soups, pesto and other goodies, she has also started a Blog in which she writes about cooking, entertaining and life in the 'country-lane'.
A link to her Blog is on this site - go and have a look. But make sure you're not hungry when you do...!
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