Address of writer: Droogeputs, P.B ag 202, Carnarvon.

Address on envelope: Personal. Ronnie Watt, Esq., PARATUS, Private Bag X158,

Pretoria, 0001.

Mentioning: Fook Nook, Fook Alphabet, Double-headed Fook, Fook note complete with foreskin print,

From GOOGLE:

Drooge Puts is a farm and is located in Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa. The estimate terrain elevation above seal level is 1288 metres.

Droogeputs is located in the Karoo Hoogland municipality (Northern Cape) and situated on the R63 road between Carnarvon and Williston. The farm, also known as Droëputs (the name of the old railway siding on the farm) comprises of typical flat Karoo veldt of 7 906 hectares. The farm has a good stable income from wool and sheep meat secured from its 800 Döhne Merino ewes. The beautiful sandstone homestead (see picture) dates back to the 1930s, one among the many to be seen in the Sutherland and Nieuwoudtville districts. Droogeputs also has one of the few remaining corbelled houses in South Africa (see picture). The nearby farms Stuurmansfontein, Schuinshoogte, Arbeidersfontein and Goraas are home to more examples of corbelled houses, built between 1825 and 1875 by Khoi labourers. The “Korbeel” on Droogeputs was recently renovated and is now open for guests passing through this wonderful part of our country.

There are some interesting Afrikaans literary connections to Droogeputs. Johan van Rooyen, who in 1985 established the glossy Afrikaans magazine, DE KAT, farmed here for some years with his late father. When Johan died in 2004 the famous Afrikaner writer, Hennie Aucamp wrote the following poem in memory of Johan van Rooyen.