# data[].attributes.body
Your darling wife's pampering treatments have been booked for 10am on Saturday.

And we hope your pamperings are just as delicious.......

# data[].attributes.body
There's something alluring about staying in a guest house with a long, romantic history; and the grand house of Welgelegen Manor has a rich and fascinating past.... It is testament to the incredible life, ambition & dedication of Andries Mostert, who was passionately committed to keeping his family’s history alive – and to preserving the heritage of a bygone era.....

# data[].attributes.body
Look out at those lawns; perfect for a picnic. And yours has been booked for Saturday lunchtime.

# data[].attributes.body
Tried and tested by Limitless, we highly recommend a dining experience in the little courtyard, as opposed to the small, yet grande dining-room: take your pick.

# data[].attributes.body
Enjoy :-)

# data[].attributes.body
"Andries Mostert was born in Paarl in 1868 – but due to bad health, was schooled in Beaufort West. As a teenager, he began his working career in Kimberley – working for his brother who owned a butcher shop. It was

at this young age that his ambition was first born – to buy back the much loved
Mostert Estates of Rondebosch, which his forefathers had owned.

His grandfather had sadly gone bankrupt when the Pheloxera ravaged the vines – and was forced to sell off the land which included a beautiful house named Welgelegen. Andries’ great ideal was to see his family back in their family seat – so he set off for Barberton to mine gold and build a future.

Discovering that the life of a miner was a difficult and low-paid one, he joined his brother at the Ferreiras Camp (Johannesburg) to build the railway line from Braamfontein to Elandsfontein. This resulted in him forming the A. M. Mostert Construction Company – which went on to build many famous landmarks, including the Church Plain Pretoria, a canal in Doornfontein and numerous reservoirs – while he also sub-contracted on the Union Buildings.
Now earning real money, he saw that his ancestral home ‘Welgelegen’ was for
sale – but unfortunately he was beaten to it by Cecil John Rhodes who decided
to renovate the house ‘for the premiers of the future’ – using architect Sir
Herbert Baker.

Although he never realised his dream – fortune fell on Mostert in other ways. In 1911 when the Coronation Mine went bankrupt, Mostert – now reasonably well-off – bought the land between Balfour and Nigel – and called the farm Rietbult Estate. The first thing he built and developed was a grand orchard – and then in 1912 he asked Sir Herbert Baker to design a house for the farm – and gave it the name of Welgelegen, after his ancestoral home. He was ‘home’. Andries went on to make a name for himself in many business arenas – from taking up directorship of The National Bank of South Africa to his involvement in the founding of Iscor. He died in 1939, his being a life well lived."

# data[].attributes.headline
It's so quick to get there.... but be sloooow once you're there

# data[].attributes.subject
It's so quick to get there.... but be sloooow once you're there

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
DIRECTIONS TO WELGELEGEN MANOR Balfour new

# data[].attributes.body
For your last DW of 2015, we'll transport you to a bygone era.  Awaiting you is Welgelegen Manor, exuding Olde charm and romance - built by Sir Herbert Baker in 1912. You'll stay in the best suite, personally and arduously recce'd by Limitless. Rejuvenation for mind, body and soul.