22 to 24 March 2020
Just before lockdown. We had no idea that it was about to happen so soon. My sister Natasha and her husband Dick were heading north west of Pretoria to collect an off-road trailer that they had just bought. Sally and I decided to go with them and we all planned to camp at Pilanesberg for 3 or 4 nights before returning home. That was not to be however.
Sally and I arrived ahead and checked out both the campsites on the east side of the reserve. To start with Manyane which was quite busy. Then up to Bakgatla to see what it was like. Very hilly camp, busy also but what put us off was that the ground was very soggy. So back to Manyane.

As it happened we found a shady campsite close to the ablutions which had just been renovated. We set up…
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