http://verlorenkloof.co.za Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:44:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://verlorenkloof.co.za/uncategorized/the-kwena-basin-education-trust http://verlorenkloof.co.za/uncategorized/the-kwena-basin-education-trust#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:24:57 +0000 admin http://verlorenkloof.co.za/?p=589     THE KWENA BASIN SCHOOLS PROJECT, 2011 – 10 YEARS ON   Background   The Kwena Basin Schools Project, now in its 10th year, developed through a partnership between the Kwena Basin Conservancy, a group of like-minded landowners, and [...]]]> http://verlorenkloof.co.za/uncategorized/the-kwena-basin-education-trust/feed 0 http://verlorenkloof.co.za/general/verlorenkloof-is-12-years-old-this-year http://verlorenkloof.co.za/general/verlorenkloof-is-12-years-old-this-year#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:38:18 +0000 admin http://verlorenkloof.co.za/?p=615 Verlorenkloof is 12 year old this year. Sometimes it feels like a moment, but when we see teenagers at Verlorenkloof who were babies when their families visited for the first time, the passage of time is all too real. One also then experiences [...]]]> http://verlorenkloof.co.za/general/verlorenkloof-is-12-years-old-this-year/feed 0 http://verlorenkloof.co.za/uncategorized/mountain-call-1-of-2011 http://verlorenkloof.co.za/uncategorized/mountain-call-1-of-2011#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:21:16 +0000 Erica http://verlorenkloof.co.za/?p=562 Dear Verlorenkloof Owner & Friend If we have not yet spoken to you yet this year – Happy 2011 – may this turn out to be a good year for you and yours. As you can see from the header [...]]]> http://verlorenkloof.co.za/uncategorized/mountain-call-1-of-2011/feed 0 http://verlorenkloof.co.za/the-lodge/a-mountain-to-call-your-own http://verlorenkloof.co.za/the-lodge/a-mountain-to-call-your-own#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:30:55 +0000 Erica http://verlorenkloof.co.za/?p=550 When a Pretoria family, the Johnsons, bought a small farm in a secluded valley south of Lydenburg 40 years ago this month for a weekend retreat, they could never have dreamed that the property holding would expand and become Verlorenkloof, [...]]]> http://verlorenkloof.co.za/the-lodge/a-mountain-to-call-your-own/feed 0 http://verlorenkloof.co.za/activities/the-story-of-a-trout-river http://verlorenkloof.co.za/activities/the-story-of-a-trout-river#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:21:59 +0000 Erica http://verlorenkloof.co.za/?p=546 Trout were introduced to rivers around Lydenburg in the 1940’s through the dedication of the German born jeweler F C Braun. He made it his business to breed fingerlings and distribute them, driving out to rivers in the vicinity over [...]]]> http://verlorenkloof.co.za/activities/the-story-of-a-trout-river/feed 0 http://verlorenkloof.co.za/uncategorized/open-day-verlorenkloof-23-october-2010 http://verlorenkloof.co.za/uncategorized/open-day-verlorenkloof-23-october-2010#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:56:31 +0000 Erica http://verlorenkloof.co.za/?p=534     You are invited to an OPEN DAY – on Saturday 23 October 2010 – @ Verlorenkloof Estate in the beautiful foothills of the Steenkampsberg, Mpumalamga. We are hosting this event for owners, friends, neighbours, amicable media folk & [...]]]> http://verlorenkloof.co.za/uncategorized/open-day-verlorenkloof-23-october-2010/feed 0 http://verlorenkloof.co.za/activities/new-midweek-breaks http://verlorenkloof.co.za/activities/new-midweek-breaks#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:21:18 +0000 Erica http://verlorenkloof.co.za/?p=523 Verlorenkloof now offers a fully catered, special package in the form of midweek breaks. Available out of school holiday periods from Monday to Thursday nights weekly. The package includes croft accommodation, brunch at the lodge and dinner at you croft. [...]]]> http://verlorenkloof.co.za/activities/new-midweek-breaks/feed 0 http://verlorenkloof.co.za/the_crofts/midwinters-day-verlorenkloof http://verlorenkloof.co.za/the_crofts/midwinters-day-verlorenkloof#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:58:30 +0000 Erica http://verlorenkloof.co.za/?p=508 Winter only hit us a week ago. Like everywhere else in the country we had become spoilt by the mild autumn temperatures caused, I understand, by a protective blanket of moisture in the lower atmosphere resulting from summer with it’s [...]]]> http://verlorenkloof.co.za/the_crofts/midwinters-day-verlorenkloof/feed 0 http://verlorenkloof.co.za/the-lodge/the-lodge-verlorenkloof http://verlorenkloof.co.za/the-lodge/the-lodge-verlorenkloof#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 20:51:15 +0000 admin http://verlorenkloof.co.za/?p=409 The Lodge at Verlorenkloof is built, fitted, furnished and we moved in early in March. It replaces the old farmhouse which used to house reception, offices, laundry, stores, TV facility and a small shop. From the time the building was [...]]]> http://verlorenkloof.co.za/the-lodge/the-lodge-verlorenkloof/feed 0 http://verlorenkloof.co.za/the_crofts/summer-verlorenkloof http://verlorenkloof.co.za/the_crofts/summer-verlorenkloof#comments Sun, 02 May 2010 12:28:54 +0000 admin http://verlorenkloof.co.za/uncategorized/379/ A new year is like turning a page, a mixture of recollection and expectation. One always hopes the story is just going to get better, and I think it invariably does, if only because the bad recollections fade away quietly. [...]]]> http://verlorenkloof.co.za/the_crofts/summer-verlorenkloof/feed 0