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15 Sep

Posted at 09:56h in Military Sites

The visit to the summit of Mt Itala, (S 28.31.149 E 31.02.140 Elev 1472m), was worth the effort just for the views. This was the site of the battle in the Boer War on 25 September 1901. The summit requires about a 2.5km hike up...

05 Mar

Posted at 18:11h in Uncategorized

A big thank you to my old friend Charlie (Charis) Mason who has accompanied me on some of my trips to lesser, well known parts of our Province. He is a great raconteur and has a huge general knowledge, has acted as car guard, as...

05 Mar

Posted at 18:00h in Uncategorized

A big thank you to Kathleen Mack of the Mill House at Drummond for providing me with so much information on the area and taking the time to show me some of the historical documents relating to the area.She has lived here for many years...

23 Feb

Posted at 13:26h in Military Sites

On my  visit to Wagon Hill, I came in for an attack of another kind . Whist walking up to the Burgher Monument I came under attack  from some very angry Wasps , clearly very agitated in the hot weather. Did the 100 metres in...

07 Feb

Posted at 11:27h in Military Sites

I visited the Nkambule 1879 battle site with Louis Daniel M. Scheepers, whose wife owns the Petra's Farm Guesthouse in Vryheid. He is a keen historian and was able to identify his Great Grandfather's name on my Spionkop photo of the Burgher Memorial on the...