On the recommendation of Ken Gillings I met up with Vincent Horn. a tour guide in Ladysmith to visit some of the less well visited sites relating to the Anglo Boer War. One site was to a monument to the 1 St Batt. Royal Irish Fusiliers who died in this conflict. I took a tumble on the rocky overgrown site and the results are depicted on this post. Vincent suggested that because I had a little Boer pedigree, that there was some justice in me shedding some blood, albeit 115 years after the event at this memorial.
If you want a tour by someone who knows this area intimately, you can’t go far wrong in engaging Vincent Horn (00-27-837810740)