• A pilgrimage

    January 22, 2017 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    Every time I or any of my sisters go to Golden Gate we make a pilgrimage to the van Reenen family graveyard. In our youth we spent many an Easter weekend at Lusthof, farm of Oom Percy and Aunt Lily de la Harpe. Aunt Lily and Aunt Rosie, who were both van Reenens, are buried here.
    Two other graves are those of Valerie Wilcocks and Jan Bestendig de la Harpe who were killed by lightning in the Berg in 1932.
    My father was riding with them (all on horseback).
    The other 2 pics are of the dam and the picnic spot near the graveyard.
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