A Peaceful Retreat B And B

A comfy bed in a very spacious room with a clean, if cold, bathroom - it was a rather chilly mid winter stay in a power stretched Johannesburg . Plenty of freedom to come and go. Very accommodating host. Easy to get to and loads of parking space. Depending on your schedule - there is a great garden to sit out in , a tennis court and a swimming pool. The coffee is good and the Bodum/plunger pot is generous.

Johannesburg was rather cold with frosty mornings (it was mid winter) and the large and spacious room did little to keep us cosy, if you sat in the room but were not in bed. Rather poor heating with one oil heater and one hot water bottle. Loads of blankets are available but the duvet was already heavy enough. The bathrooms are not heated. Johannesburg has a power problem, this is understood but for travellers used to the cosy comforts of being indoors - especially Europeans used to central heating - being inside is cold and requires layers of clothing. We also found the Wi-Fi signal weak. This may be more of a location problem and may require area boosters. We battled to download emails. We also travelled with our own independent Wi-Fi and this too seemed to function on 3 bars or less - weak signal reception and slow performance is a challenge when you are trying to keep in contact with business world. My third grumble was the rather crowded breakfast table. There is ample choice and a variety of options but with side board facilities available - I question the need for all the items placed on the table to be on the table at breakfast. Surely some items such as the jam and conserve selection or the cereal choices could have been placed on one of the side boards instead. The table would have felt less cluttered. Perhaps a silly grumble, it’s debatable !