Witbank Geloftefees 2015 planning started

**nkosi** · 10-12-2015, 01:48

Hi Gert

Thanks for the photos and updates.

Interestingly enough on my Father's maternal side of the family, one of our ancestors was a wagon maker in Swellendam and when I was last in the Museum in Swellendam as a teenager in the 80's, one of his (now restored) wagons was on display.

**Gert Odendaal** · 12-12-2015, 20:34

Nkosi, thank you for the reply. Yes..we were real busy today...from forging cable into knife blades to burning charcoal and making potjie kos for the hungry...Bok van Blerk sung today as well. A good turn out was in the order of the day..fresh bread baked in the termiet hoop as well..

Photos will follow...

**Gert Odendaal** · 13-12-2015, 10:36

Photos of activities around the Gelofte fees terrein:
Baking bread in a termite heap:

The Boer brood baking expert..Elbie Nel with Herman Nel as the assistant.

Knife forging and cable forge experiments:

Johan of Blixem Blades gave a demonstration to forge a knife and sell some of his knifes as well..we really did enjoy it very much to forge together and share a passion for the forge..
Johan from Blixem Blades came from Machado-dorp

Culture prevails as well: The Volkspele dans groep

Attendance was good:

Bok van Blerk was singing as well:

Making charcoal on site as well and some Dragon Bone scales..

The ash bucket in practice for annealing purposes:

Working the Trek saag...

**Gert Odendaal** · 13-12-2015, 10:47

Update:

Ivan Greyling working the forge:

Francois of The Beehive Embroidery company in Witbank making his first potjie kos pot:

This is the Melktert pan you bake a melktert on the coals:

This is the product:

Roasting coffee beans:

Coffee grinder and utensils of the ox wagon

More photos will follow:

**Gert Odendaal** · 16-12-2015, 15:11

A few photos regarding the camp fire cooking , it is possible to make food while thunder and lightning is all around you. Even rain is not a thread when cooking with these huge three legged cast iron pots. The bigger the pot the easier it is to control the temperature of the cooking ...

The bigger the better to cook in:

Afval/tripe was an attraction, even if the cooking process was during a heavy thunder storm with lightning all around...

A good breakfast was in order of the day:

I need to mention , we really did not get to all the activities planned for the Gelofte Fees this year..outstanding was "rieme brei", osse inspan , botter karring ect..I think there was too many items and not enough persons to see to it that specific items to be getting of the ground....

But there will be more time next year...