Chris Harvey of
Rissington Inn writes an entertaining and informative newsletter. We really enjoy his tales and news, written in his own inimitable style. Like this one...
Although none of us really knows what brought about the change of mood, it ended with tears and epithets all round. There will be no names given, but I will give you a nationality. Australian. So do an Aussie accent to yourself – loudly – when reading the story...
A table of six people on Rissington’s verandah. A warm evening. A three-generation family apparently enjoying a happy dinner together. And then … out of the blue … in front of the grandchildren, a sudden adult-daughter to aging-mother/grandmother outburst … adult-daughter stands up in full view and hearing of the thirty assembled (and astonished) unrelated guests at the other tables and, looking at her aging mother, yells at the top of her voice:
"YOU ARE A MISERABLE DISGUSTING VILE OLD COW. I DON’T KNOW WHY WE PUT UP WITH YOU OR GO IN HOLIDAY WITH YOU. I ABSOLUTELY HATE YOU!"
Well, I don’t know. The young children gasped. Adult-daughter walked out and headed, with somewhat unstable gait, down the garden where she wandered alone in the dark for a while.
Her poor old mother, gathering as much dignity as she could, went back to her room, leaving her dinner unfinished. Other stunned diners sheepishly looked back down at their plates and carried on with their meals and the ever-discreet Rissington staff carried on with the service, the smiles on their faces giving away nothing more than their usual extreme hospitability.
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Rissington Inn is an award-winning, affordable country lodge in the heart of the Lowveld. Stylish, relaxed and informal, the inn is the perfect stopover on the way to the game reserves and an ideal base from which to explore all that Mpumalanga has to offer. Outstanding breakfasts. Lunches, sumptuous dinners and easy light meals, served in the à la carte restaurant, seven days a week. Extensive choices and superb food. The welcoming, friendly bar is fully licensed. Complimentary WiFi Internet throughout the lodge.
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