Fletcher Bridge

By Bill Sykes (RhAF)

I have forgotten who was looking for the location of the Fletcher Bridge...

Alastair Hull, ex Nat Parks, has tried to locate its exact position, but no luck so far.

He does have the history of the missing plaque though...

“The granite plaque came to light in Ruwa quite some years ago when I was visiting some relatives. The plaque was  already on the property they were renting but they did not know how it got there. Later I heard they had moved down to SA and, wondering what had become of it, I took a trip out there to see if I could locate it. I went and saw the new tenants but they did not know anything about it so I made a few discreet enquiries with some locals in the area, and eventually tracked it down to a place a few hundred metres from the property, to a place on the side of the road in the long grass where a shoe repair guy was using it as a table! 

Fortunately it was not damaged so I gave the guy a few bucks and drove off with it in the back of my pick-up and took it to Patrick Mavros’s parents (Doc Mavros and his wife Boo) in Borrowdale where, as far as I know, it still is. The mystery remains as to how it ended up at that house in Ruwa.

As far as the actual location of the bridge is concerned, Boo did tell me its location and the name of the river it spans  but I have since forgotten I am afraid. It is near Belingwe and is on one of the tributaries to the Sabi.”

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Thanks to Bill and Alastair for sharing their memories with ORAFs.

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