Irene Dairy Farm – ‘where cows milk themselves’ Posted on 2 April 2017 Irene Dairy Farm, a working dairy farm 45 minutes from Liz at Lancaster, has been in the Van Der Byl… Read more Tourism Grading 2017 81% First class pass! Posted on 21 March 2017 Every year establishments that are graded by Tourism Grading Council of South Africa [TGCSA] get inspected by an assessor. Liz… Read more Where can we buy Shweshwe? Posted on 15 March 20175 June 2024 This was the first question I was faced with recently at the breakfast table. Guests wanted to buy Sheshwe cloth… Read more It might not be the Comrades but Bruce was there! Posted on 9 March 2017 With only 3 of us ‘on duty’ over a week-end at Liz at Lancaster, instead of the usual 4, I… Read more 2016: The Year of the Fossil Posted on 24 February 201727 May 2024 MUST- SEE JOZI SITE – CRADLE OF HUMANKIND Guests who stayed at Liz at Lancaster recently visited Origins Museum and… Read more A Johannesburg Victorian jewel in the midst of high rise flatland – the Windybrow Posted on 20 February 201727 May 2024 Jozi heritage site: Windybrow A few months ago I set off to Doornfontein on the edge of Hillbrow, to join… Read more Kliptown: the forgotten stepchild of Soweto Posted on 4 February 201727 May 2024 Kliptown: Soweto’s Cinderella Candice Madondo outside Mighty Evolution Kids Nursery Preschool Liz at Lancaster 2016 I wrote last year about the… Read more Chinese New Year in Jozi Posted on 25 January 201727 May 2024 Chinese New Year  For many who don’t know the history and context of Chinese New Year it seems to be… Read more January 2017 Newsletter from Liz at Lancaster Posted on 20 January 201727 May 2024 2016 rushed to an end like a huge high-speed train on steroids so this newsletter comes with belated good wishes… Read more The Big Five on Liz at Lancaster’s doorstep! Posted on 12 January 201727 May 2024 RAINS TRANSFORM THE PILANESBERG NATIONAL PARK Before the rains Source: Liz at Lancaster Guesthouse Kudu drinking at a puddle Source:… Read more