Ladybrand #7

Description

Platberg on the road to Ladybrand – in Summer

The road from the border post at Maseru climbs a hill to the main road in to Bloemfontein. People bustle.  About a kilometer from the border though, there is a turn-off  ‘S708 – Ladybrand’.  The route follows the Caledon river.  The road is lined in places with Apricot trees and passes through lush farmland, through some flat topped hills before turning away towards Ladybrand. When I work in Lesotho I like to take a short detour on this road on the way back to Bloemfontein to catch my flight to Cape Town.  There is a termite mound next to the road just before it crosses a little stream.  I like to sit on this termite mound to paint the valley and a hill called “Platbergpunt”.

Watercolour on 300gm Arches Cold Pressed
Size: 190 x 280 mm