Photograph by George Angus Wakkerstroom is in the middle. Not of South Africa. That spot is usually reserved for Bloemfontein. It is in the middle for us. Matilda loves the warmer, wetter northern part of our country. Tzaneen, Magoebaskloof with its mountains and forests. I am more of a plains person. The vast expanses and far off horizons of the Karoo stir my soul. We meet each other somewhere in the middle. Wakkerstroom is not warm, but it is wet. It does not have forests but we’ve discovered klofies 1 with beautiful streams, shady spots under big Ouhout 2 trees, larger than we’ve ever expected them to grow. Mist often covers the landscape, making everything silent and soft. On clear days you can see for miles on end, across vast valleys that are held by gentle mountains and hills on the edges. During the cold winters frost turns the delicate greens into all shades of brown, yellows. I have seen the grey gr...
The Restory is a Retreat Centre nestled against Tafelkop, a singular mountain head near Wakkerstroom, South Africa. Here we live a simple life as contemplatives. It is a place of re-connection: with ourselves, people, Nature, Silence and Creativity. Our retreats are aimed at this. Our conversations, writing and art centre around the univocity of life. We need a place that reminds us that we are all one. The Restory hopes to be such a place and space.