Local Getaway
When life gave them lockdown – and the ability to work from anywhere – Melissa Sutherland and her husband seized the chance to realise their dream of living in a dorp
18 April 2021 – 00:02
Covid-19 has spawned a lexicon of new words, among them workcation (a combination of work and vacation), daycation and staycation. To redeem this past crazy year, my husband, Ian, and I decided late last year to take a month-long “workcation” in the Karoo. Covid has ensured that nowadays anyone can work from anywhere.
Ian had long harboured a dream to live in a dorp in the Karoo for a month so we set off from Cape Town in mid-October to base ourselves in Cradock, where we would write, paint, work and discover the area’s tourism attractions…