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08 Nov Maritzburg Golf Club

Posted at 15:49h in KZN Photo Record Blog

[caption id="attachment_95500" align="alignnone" width="300"] Maritzburg Golf Club fairways[/caption] [caption id="attachment_95501" align="alignnone" width="300"] PMB Golf Club - Honours Board[/caption] Whilst photographing at the Golf course I met with Charles Severn who has produced the 125 year record of this golf course. It is the oldest playing course in...

15 Sep Marrianhill Monastery

Posted at 10:01h in KZN Photo Record Blog

This is really an amazing place with the Cathedrals, school, hospital and beautiful support buildings. A big thank you to Brother Albert for the personalized tour. I was reading that in 1906 there were over 600 Monks & Sisters serving here - truly remarkable. You...

15 Sep Mt Itala Battlesite

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 Photographic trips & Charlie Mason

Posted at 18:11h in KZN Photo Record Blog

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 Drummond

Posted at 18:00h in KZN Photo Record Blog

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Mill House at Drummond for providing me with so much information on the area and taking the time to show me some of the historical documents relating to the area.She has lived here for many years...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 Wagon Hill – Ladysmith

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 Nkambule Battle site visit

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...