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Time Out
5 days ago
- Time Out
Local Intel: Carl Wastie
Pipe Track and Newlands Ravine I love a good hike, and Table Mountain offers several paths of tranquillity and unmatched views of the city. The Pipe Track is a great starting point for any hiker, and it can be lengthened or shortened depending on your available time or how much you want to challenge yourself. Newlands Ravine is much the same – just as beautiful – but it's perfect for taking the dogs on what I like to call 'walkies on steroids.' I'm a dog dad to four Boston Terriers, so this is essential. City Sightseeing A trip on the Cape Town City Sightseeing bus is one of the best ways to feel proud of the city I live in. It offers the opportunity to see many places I can check off my bucket list, and the Hop-On Hop-Off feature makes it a full day of fun and connection with loved ones. A little-known fact is that I'm the voice of the City Sightseeing bus, so I literally get the chance to practice what I preach through those earphones. Spier This place will always be special to me and my family. It offers picnics with friends, which lead to games of 30 Seconds and snacks on the lawns. Their restaurant, Vadas, serves the best Pastéis de Nata I have ever tasted, along with Smokehouse offerings one can only dream of. Who would've thought a head of broccoli could be so good? I'd highly recommend it. R310 Baden Powell Dr, Stellenbosch Epice One of my favourite places in the world is Franschhoek. It is brimming with amazing restaurants and truly incredible experiences. The chef at the helm here is Charne Sampson (Mouton), who is a genius when it comes to mixing lekker Cape Malay flavours with French techniques. When you're there, snap as many pics as you can, especially of the ice cream cart that swings by for dessert. Beau Constantia I love this spot – it's fine dining, but it never feels inaccessible. The menu changes beautifully and often, not just seasonally, thanks to the experimental mind of my friend, Chef Ivor Jones, who just scooped Chef of the Year at the 2025 Eat Out Awards. 1043 Constantia Main Rd, Constantia Salsify Clearly, I'm a restaurant guy, but this place is one of those spots where your phone constantly comes out to snap pictures of the décor, graffiti, and preserved history. The menu is always fresh and creative, and the chef, Ryan Cole, is a humble, talented guy who makes you feel like you've been invited over to his place for some though it's a multi-award-winning, must-see restaurant. Tulbagh Recently, I was invited to experience Tulbagh, just a little over an hour outside of Cape Town, and I was highly impressed with the incredible places one can explore there. This included a stay at Rijk's Wine Estate as well as Manley Estate, where I was thoroughly impressed with the culinary team, made up of trained local women from the area. I'm also booked to stay at the Geodome accommodation soon, something I've wanted to do for the past few years.
Style Blueprint
29-05-2025
- Style Blueprint
5 Things to Do in Natchez, MS This Summer
Share with your friends! Pinterest LinkedIn Email Flipboard Reddit If you're craving a summer escape that blends history and charm with one-of-a-kind adventures, look no further than Natchez, MS. Nestled along the Mississippi River, this charming town offers something for every type of traveler — whether you're a foodie, history buff, or nature lover. Here are some reasons why Natchez deserves a top spot on your summer travel list this season. Pin Begin Your Adventure at Visit Natchez at The Depot After arriving in Natchez, your first stop should be Visit Natchez at The Depot. Located in Downtown Natchez in a remodeled train station, the visitor center is full of helpful information to help you plan the ultimate summer vacation. In addition to free brochures, maps, and visitor guides, the center also offers a screening of a brief documentary called Natchez: From Past to Present. It's the perfect introduction to the city's rich history and vibrant culture. Stay in a Charming Bed & Breakfast Did you know Natchez is the Bed and Breakfast Capital of the South? Home to more than 40 historic inns and bed and breakfasts, the city offers a wide range of unforgettable stays. While some buildings date back to the 1800s, many have been reimagined with modern amenities and luxuries. Popular favorites include the Monmouth Historic Inn, a National Historic Landmark sitting among lovingly restored gardens, and the Guest House Historic Inn, which is just steps from downtown restaurants and shops. You can begin exploring the city's expansive selection of B&Bs at Pin Experience Gourmet Delights When you're hungry, Natchez is home to a handful of delicious eateries. For an elevated meal in Downtown Natchez, Frankie's on Main offers delicious Southern staples — think shrimp and grits, ribeye, and stacked sandwiches in a stylish setting. For a nostalgic treat, stop by The Malt Shop. A beloved institution since the 1950s, the local gem is known for its milkshakes, sundaes, snow cones, and classic drive-in charm. Pin For a truly immersive culinary experience, Natchez Olive Market is a specialty shop offering premium olive oils, vinegars, and spices. While you're here, taste gourmet samples and shop for local ingredients. You can also participate in cooking demonstrations or tasting events throughout the summer. Soak in the Rich History As one of the oldest Southern cities and home to over 1,000 structures on the National Register of Historic Places, nearly every corner in Natchez has a story to tell. To truly immerse yourself in the city's rich history, embark on a guided tour of popular homes like Longwood, Stanton Hall, and Choctaw Hall. You can find a complete list of year-round tours at The Natchez City Sightseeing tour is a great option for exploring the city at your own pace. The hop-on, hop-off trolley highlights 40 of Natchez's best attractions, including many historic homes and museums. Pin Speaking of museums, Natchez is home to several meaningful stops. The Natchez Museum of African American History & Culture invites visitors to learn about pivotal moments from the city's Black history, including the nearby Forks of the Road intersection and the infamous Rhythm Nightclub fire, where hundreds of African Americans lost their lives. Natchez in Historic Photographs is another popular museum. It houses a comprehensive selection of photographs taken in Natchez from 1845 to 1910. The collection includes everything from family portraits to photos of steamboats and downtown streets. Pin Located inside one of the city's oldest buildings on the riverfront, Under-The-Hill Saloon is a live music venue and local watering hole that offers a storied history and unbeatable views of the Mississippi River. Be sure to also venture to the tucked-away 'Elephant Room,' complete with an elephant statue and lush greenery. Explore Nature & Trails While Natchez offers sweeping riverfront views year-round, summer is the ideal time to experience the city's natural beauty. Bluff Park in Downtown Natchez not only offers sweeping views of the Mississippi River, but you can also see across to Louisiana. It's the perfect spot to enjoy an early morning or sunset picnic. No trip to Natchez is complete without a trek on the Natchez Trace Parkway. Extending over 400 miles to Nashville, TN, the federal parkway offers a handful of historic markers and a seemingly endless number of trails for hikers and cyclists of all skill levels. Pin To enjoy a quiet moment of reflection, spend a morning at the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians. Spanning across 128 acres, the historic site is home to three prehistoric Native American mounds, a reconstructed Natchez Indian house, and a museum. The three mounds are said to represent a sort of 'time capsule' from the Natchez Indians' past. Whether you're visiting Natchez for the food, history, views, or all of the above, the city offers a summer getaway unlike any other — full of charm, discovery, and Southern hospitality. This article is sponsored by Visit Natchez. About the Author Brianna Goebel Brianna is StyleBlueprint's Associate Editor and Sponsored Content Manager. She is an avid fan of iced coffee and spends her free time reading romance novels.
Scotsman
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
All Edinburgh Marathon road closures and Lothian Bus diversions
Thousands of runners will take part in the Edinburgh Marathon Festival next weekend - the second largest marathon in the UK outside of London. Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... First held in 1982, the annual event has sold out every year for the last 17 years, with participants supporting a number of charities including Macmillan Cancer Support, Alzheimer Scotland, the British Heart Foundation and the MS Society. There are a number of races taking place over the weekend of May 24 and 25, with the full Edinburgh Marathon and half marathon getting underway on Sunday at Potterrow. The 10K and 5K races will take place on Saturday starting at Holyrood Park. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad There will be a series of road closures over the festival weekend and Lothian Buses has now announced a full list of bus services affected during the Edinburgh Marathon Festival. Runners make their way past the Parliament building Lothian Bus diversions More than 20 Lothian Bus services will be affected during the Edinburgh Marathon between Friday, May 23, and Sunday, May 25. Friday, May 23 The City Sightseeing bus will operate directly from Canongate to Abbeyhill (not serving Dynamic Earth) between 5pm on Friday until the end of service on Saturday, May 24. Saturday, May 24 Between 6am and 11am Services 2, 14 and 30 (Citybound) will be diverted via Peffermill Road, Cameron Toll Roundabout and Dalkeith Road. Services 2, 14, 30 and 33 (Southbound) Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Services 2 and 30 will be diverted via Newington Road, Minto Street, Mayfield Gardens, Craigmillar Park, Lady Road and Peffermill Road. Service 14 will be diverted via East Preston Street, Newington Road, Minto Street, Mayfield Gardens, Craigmillar Park and Lady Road. Service 33 will be diverted via Newington Road, Minto Street, Mayfield Gardens, Craigmillar Park, Lady Road and Old Dalkeith Road. The Edinburgh Marathon 2025 gets underway at 10am on Sunday, May 25 Between 5pm and the end of service City Sightseeing buses between Lothian Road and Nicolson Street, will operate via Lothian Road, Earl Grey Street, Brougham Street, Melville Drive, hope Park Crescent and South Clerk Street. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Edinburgh Tour buses running between Chambers Street and Charlotte Square will operate via George IV Bridge, The Mound, Hanover Street and George Street. Lothian Bus service 9 between George IV Bridge and Melville Drive will be diverted via Chambers Street, Surgeons' Hall, Nicolson Street, South Clerk Street and Hope Park Terrace in both directions. Between 5pm on Saturday, May 24 and 1pm on Sunday, May 25 Service 2 (heading towards The Jewel) will be diverted via Brougham Street, Melville Drive and Hope Park Terrace between East Fountainbridge and South Clerk Street. Service 2 (to Hermiston Gait) will be diverted via Hope Park Terrace, Melville Drive, Brougham Street, West Tollcross and Ponton Street between South Clerk Street and Semple Street, Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Service 47 will be diverted via Brougham Street, Melville Drive and Hope Park Terrace between East Fountainbridge and South Clerk Street in both directions. Service 23 will be diverted via George Street, Frederick Street, Princes Street, Lothian Road and Earl Grey Street between North Hanover Street and Home Street in both directions. Service 27 will be diverted via George Street, Frederick Street, Princes Street, Lothian Road and Earl Grey Street between North Hanover Street and Home Street in both directions. Service 12 will be diverted via Earl Grey Street, Brougham Street and Melville Drive between Usher Hall and Causewayside in both directions. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Service 35 will be diverted via Regent Road, Waterloo Place, Princes Street and Lothian Road between Easter Road and Fountainbridge in both directions. Service 45 will be diverted via Princes Street, Lothian Road and Earl Grey Street between Leith Street and Home Street in both directions. Rain-soaked runners embrace the challenge ahead Sunday 25th May Between 5am and 6.30pm Service 26 (in both directions) will not serve areas between Levenhall Roundabout and Seton Sands and be unable to stop on Pinkie Road during these hours. Customers can change to free Service 226 to Seton Sands at the top pans. Services 113 and 124 will be unable to serve Linkfield Road in both directions. Buses will also be unable to stop on Pinkie Road. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Service 44 will be unable to stop on Pinkie Road in both directions. Between start of service and 1pm City Sightseeing buses between the Grassmarket and Regent Road, will operate via Cowgate, Holyrood Road, Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Road, Pleasance, West Richmond Street, Nicolson Street, South Bridge, North Bridge, Princes Street, St. Andrew Square, York Place, Antigua Street, London Road and Easter Road. Edinburgh Tour buses between South St. David Street and Grassmarket, will operate via Princes Street, North Bridge, South Bridge, Nicolson Street, West Richmond Street, Pleasance, Holyrood Road, Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Road and Cowgate. Regal Tour buses will operate directly between Easter Road and Regent Road and will not serve Holyrood Palace. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Service 9, between Hanover Street and Melville Drive, will be diverted via George Street, South St. David Street, Waverley, North Bridge, South Bridge, Nicolson Street, South Clerk Street and Hope Park Terrace in both directions. Between start of service and 6pm Service 124 (travelling in both directions) between Longniddry Station and Dirleton, will operate via Ballencrief and Drem. Customers can connect to the free service C124 at Dirleton for Gullane and Aberlady. Between start of service and 6.30pm Service 106 will be diverted via Salters Road, Wallyford (A6094) and the A1 in both directions between Queen Margaret University and Strawberry Corner. Between 6am and 11am The AIRLINK 100 service to the airport will depart from George Street - The Dome (Stop GM) and operate via George Street and Frederick Street. Waverley Bridge will be closed. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Between 6am and 12.30pm Service 19 will operate between Granton Square and Lochend Roundabout only. Service 25 will operate between Heriot-Watt University and Lochend Roundabout only. Service 21 will be diverted via Portobello Road, London Road, Marionville Road and Lochend Drive between Portobello Road and Restalrig Road in both directions. Service 49 will be diverted via Portobello Road, London Road, Marionville Road and Lochend Drive between Portobello Road and Restalrig Road in both directions. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Between 9am and 6.45pm Service 140 will be unable to serve Newbigging, Musselburgh High Street and Musselburgh Tesco. Buses will terminate at Musselburgh Grammar. Between 10.30am and 5.45pm Service 48 will be unable to serve Musselburgh High Street, Newbigging and Musselburgh Grammar. Buses will operate one-way loop in Musselburgh from Eskview Terrace via Mall Avenue, Bridge Street (Terminus), North High Street, Newhailes Road and Olive Bank Road. Edinburgh Marathon Festival 2025 road closures Between 5pm on Friday, May 23 to 6pm on Saturday, May 24 and between 6am and 12.30pm on Sunday, May 25 Holyrood Gait, Queen's Drive, Duke's Walk and Horse Wynd will be closed in their entirety. Between 6am and 11am on Saturday, May 24 Holyrood Park Road (from East Parkside to Duddingston Low Road), Duddingston Low Road (Both sides in its entirety), King's Haugh (in its entirety), King's Meadow (at its junction with Prestonfield Avenue), Prestonfield Avenue (from Peffermill Road to Clearburn Road), Priestfield Road (at its junction with Prestonfield Avenue), Prestonfield Terrace (at its junction with Prestonfield Avenue), Prestonfield Bank (at its junction with Prestonfield Avenue), Kilmaurs Terrace (at its junction with Dalkeith Road), Priestfield Road (at its junction with Dalkeith Road). Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Between 5pm on Saturday and 1pm on Sunday Potterrow, Lothian Street, Teviot Place, Charles Street, George Square Lane, Crichton Street and Marshall Street will be closed in their entirety. Between 5am and 11am on Sunday Chapel Street, Buccleuch Street, Bristo Place, Forrest Road and West Nicolson Street will be closed in their entirety. There will still be access to the north side of Nicolson Square and to the nearby carpark. Between 6am and 11am on Sunday Lauriston Place (between George Heriot's school and its junction with Forrest Road). George IV Bridge, Lawnmarket, Bank Street, North Bank Street, The Mound, Cockburn Street, Waverley Bridge, Market Street, Jeffrey Street will all be closed in their entirety. The Canongate and Abbey Strand will remain closed until 12pm on Sunday. Between 6am and 12.30pm on Sunday Meadowbank Terrace (in its entirety), Parsons Green Terrace and Wolseley Crescent (at London Road), Restalrig Road South, Restalrig Avenue, Craigentinny Avenue, Fillyside Road, King's Place. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Between 8.10am and 9.35am and again between 10.10am and 11.30am on Sunday Craigentinny Road (between Britwell Crescent and Christiemiller Avenue), Seafield Road (from Seafield Retail Park to Seafield Way). Between 5am and 1.30pm on Sunday A199 Edinburgh Road (between City of Edinburgh Council boundary to its junction with New Street), New Street, Promenade, Links View, Eskside West, Shorthope Street, Eskside East, James Street, Goosegreen Crescent, Balcarres Road. Millhill Car Park will be closed between 10pm on Saturday to 1.30pm on Sunday. Between 5am and 6.30pm on Sunday Millhill, Linkfield Road, Ravensheugh Road, Prestonpans High Street, Beulah, Linkfield Court, Windsor Gardens, Ashgrove, Pinkie Terrace, Edenhall Road, Park Lane, Rothesay Place, Grove Street, Macbeth Moir Road, Windsor Park Drive, Craighall Terrace, Hope Place, Hope Place, Mayville Bank, Ravensheugh Crescent, Managers Brae, King Street, Wanless Court, Ravensheugh Brae, Chuckers Row, Between 5am and 6pm on Sunday Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Edinburgh Road (Cockenzie B1348), Gosford Road, Cockenzie High Street, Elcho Place, Wemyss Place, Viewforth, Seton Place, Links Road (B1348), B1348 (Coast Road), Prestongrange Road, Inchview North, The Pottery, Redburn Road North, Cookies Wynd, Ormiston Place, West Seaside, East Seaside, Ayres Wynd, Harlaw Hill, Pypers Wynd, Robertson Avenue, Fowlers Court, Salt Preston Place, Sir Walter Scott Pend, Nethershot Road, Whin Park Industrial Estate, West Lorimer Place, West Harbour Road, East Lorimer Place Lane. The A198 (from the junction with B1348 to the access with Greencraig) will be closed between 5am and 3.30pm on Sunday. Between 5am and 2pm on Sunday Harbour Road, Bush Street, Caird's Row, Beach Lane, Links Avenue, Links Street, Gracefield Carpark, Downie Place, Ladywell, Eskdale Mews, Mountjoy Terrace/Court, Goose Green Road, Old Course Gate, Goose Green Court, Goose Green Avenue, Goose Green Place. Between 5am and 5pm on Sunday Park Road (at its junction with Gosford Road), Fishers Road (at its junction with Links Road), Barga Court, Marshall Street, South Doors, School Lane, New Street, Hares Close, Gardiner's Close, Kay Gardens, Manse Lane, Cope Lane, The Promenade (at its junction with Links Road), Barracks Street, Links Court, Castle Terrace, School Lane, Dean Road, Long Craigs, Dean Road, Lyars Road.
IOL News
25-04-2025
- Sport
- IOL News
Franz Müllner sets world record by pulling a double-decker bus in Century City
Franz Müllner has now set his sights on breaking a world record in Antarctica. A world record for sheer strength was set in Century City when Austrian strongman Franz Müllner pulled a City Sightseeing six-wheel double-decker bus weighing 14 530kg over 20 metres in 57 seconds. Müllner is a former special forces member of the Austrian army. His visit to Cape Town last week marked his sixth world record in his quest to set seven world records across seven continents. The Austrian Rock, as he is known, has also lifted a 661kg helicopter on his shoulder for 30 seconds during a stunt in Austria. He also holds the longest duration - 50 seconds - for restraining four motorcycles.
