Waylands Country House

06/06/2026

20/05/2026

The riders from Terra Khaya in Hogsback visited WAYLANDS again ……always good to have horse energy

05/05/2026

My Edwards first cousins at Rietvlei early 1960s Beverley , Mark , Simon and Andrew

01/04/2026

BEVERLEY EDWARDS our first born cousin passed away suddenly yesterday . Our attentive older sister figure Bembi grew up at Rietvlei and was an important part of our lives . We will miss her candid recollections of our childhoods and her laughter.
Our deepest condolences to Bev's son Luke Edwards and her three loving brothers

29/11/2025

The WoolShed at WAYLANDS is a magnificent space and a luxury to have a shed like this a hundred years ago and with electric lighting

21/11/2025

Last one in this series of photos of Joe Edwards wagon and span of oxen at WAYLANDS

Another great photograph of the span of trek oxen at WAYLANDS in the days of great grandfather Joe Edwards . Our Katberg mountain and its peak in the background

20/11/2025

Joe Edwards proud of his very impressive span of oxen at WAYLANDS with our Sphynx mountain behind.....
A professional studio photograph in the Sheila Scott Robinson album ...it it interesting to have these shots over 100 years ago to compare the vegetation ( bush encroachment ) to today

18/11/2025

Joe Edwards span of 16 red oxen on the road at WAYLANDS .....just look at their amazing horns ....this is one of the incredible photos in the Sheila Scott Robinson album I recently got from my cousins

11/11/2025

MAP- POST RETEIF(sic) by Major Charles Selwyn , commanding officer of the Royal Engineers the simple Barracks surrounding a 1 acre parade with have solid walls of stone and brick loop-holed at intervals and to be situated on a prominence with a steep bank down to the Koonap River below

08/11/2025

We do a cleanup at the Church and cemetery when we know we are having visitors and a cousin will visit later in November . Today seemed a good day it was my Mom's birthday 8 November