Exiting the Belmont Station road, we cross over the N12 (the Diamond Way or N12 Battlefield Route in old language) and head onto the dirt track on the other side. My cursory look at the road map earlier made me believe it would take us on an all-dirt safari to the Mosu gate at Mokala National Park. But before we hurtle westwards, I check the map once more.

It’s a good thing I do as I’ve overlooked a much more direct route to the north; even though it means travelling another 30km on the boring blacktop. Strangely, the correct turn-off is opposite the Graspan Station turn-off, which, like Belmont, is another historic old main line station that no trains stop at any more — if and when they’re running, that is...

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