Eastern Free State down memory lane ramble . . . ings . . .

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Could not wait for too long for the dirt to dry out so from Marquard decided to take the stofpad again and see what it would be like after the heavy rains

 

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Some more on the way to Ficksburg

 

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And then off course one has to fill up eventually . . .

 

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I went to school here in Ficksburg in 1982 and was in the Technical School and so wanted to spend some time in good old Ficksburg where again i have some great memories

 

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A beautiful view of Imperani the berg that looks over Ficksburg

 

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Up and top of Imperani

 

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Baie nice Blessie, lekker trippie

 

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Some more on top of Imperani

 

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Down and back to town

 

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Ficksburg is very well known as the cherry country of South Africa and has always had the Cherry festival which was always held here at the old Show grounds. Seems it is still alive but nowadays it is being held outside of town on someone's farm

 

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Eish and sadly again i have to report about another fallen public pool . . . Ficksburg's has also fallen into despair

 

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And of top of that so has the Drive In. All i could find of the drive in where we used to go and watch movies by bicycle 1st and eventually by car (Not stolen eventually) was the below what i suspect was the cement plinths of where the screen was mounted on those days

 

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Eish like i said we 1stly used to trapfiets to the Drive in and then sit in the little roofed pavilion settup where ur girlfriend were hopefully allowed to come and sit with you if her dad was ok with it . . . Later when we had a car (Sometimes with permission) i would not have allowed any daughter of mine to join if i was a father . . .

 

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Without a drive in and a public pool i must say i dont know where the next generation learned how to kiss and . . .

 

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Swim off course . . . .

 

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So after some lekker/sad reminiscing in Ficksburg it was time to start heading home so from here it was off to Clarens with the compulsory stop at the "Plaasstoep" in Fouriesburg

 

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Then the compulsory stop in Clarens. I can gladly report that the Blonds at the Clarens Brewery are very much still the best !!!

 

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And then booked into the Maluti Mountain Lodge . . .

 

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The next day was the 1st of April and my brother was on his way from Meyerton to join me. Woke up to a very cold and misty Clarens on the 1st of April 2023

 

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But all turned good when my brother joined us with that road eating 1290 . . . .