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After the rain.

Here in our re-wilded small scrap of the planet we have had some beautiful soft rains.

Amohela ho Spitskop Country Retreat & Conservancy in the beautiful Highlands of the Eastern Free State is a place of remembering, a place from the world of doing into the world of being, where you enter the Quiet, Healing Wellness, the still core of your wild self.

Amohela ho Spitskop lies in a vast beautiful valley in the Eastern Free State, between the small rural farming villages of Ficksburg & Clocolan.
Tucked away in the gardens at Dassie House are Cornwallis and Nguni, two lovely free standing garden bedrooms.

The daughter of a third generation Free State farmer, I grew up in this wild beautiful place, where we wandered, my brother and I, across fields, swam in dams, rode a small pony called Brown up the mountain and then left him to graze peacefully, while we ascended to the top together with any number of springer spaniels in tow then raced down, gathered up Brown, and headed back to the farmhouse.

The fields were filled with wild flowers which we picked and presented to a mother who graciously put the sometimes wilted offerings in vases where they stood as a testament to our love of these wonderful wild plants.

PIP PIP HOORAY Cherry Seasons on its way.

There simply cannot be anything more luscious than fresh succulent cherries, and the very best cherries in South Africa are grown in the Ficksburg/Clocolan districts not far from Amohela ho Spitskop.