The first of the Easter-time, long weekends has sadly come to an end. The good news is that it wasn’t wasted, as Sharon and I join Western and Karen for an awesome three days at Lotheni. Unfortunately, since we both have new jobs, we had to drive up early on Saturday morning rather than the …
On Saturday morning we were on the road just after 4am, coffee at the ready. The trip went by relatively quickly with just a short stop to grab a Red Bull. Just before 7am we pulled into the “complex”, La Rochelle, where everybody was waiting. After nearly two years of dating Sharon I finally met …
At 3:30am my alarm went off, Sharon I made a flask of coffee, packed the car, and were on the road by just after 4. On the drive to Umfolozi we had a good breakfast of egg mayonnaise sandwiches and filter coffee. We had decided to enter the park through the Hluhluwe gate and make …
After a dismal trip to Afriski earlier in the year I was excited to be heading back for another try. Sharon picked me up from the office and we headed through Golden Gate to the Mountain Kingdom. We made it through the border quickly, and soon we were in Lesotho and on our way to …
After much planning and deliberation our epic Lesotho weekend finally arrived. I swung via Western’s place on the way to work and picked up all his kit. After he’d loaded my car to the point where it was nearly bottoming out on the freeway we headed to the office. In just 6 hours we’d be …
After another 5 days in the office, half of them spent moving to another section of the building, it was time to get out there and have some fun. So after work on Friday, Western and I hopped in the car and headed straight for Cobham to do a bit of camping, and maybe even …
Finally Tuesday was upon us and we headed out to Lotheni. Woohoo, I’d been looking forward to this for a long time. Lotheni was fantastic!! Over the 3 days/2 nights we were there I managed to get in a mornings fishing, and do a few walks. For those of you who are interested, Jacob’s Ladder …
Finally Friday morning arrived and we teamed up with my dad and Cassia, and headed for the berg. We arrived prior to check in, so we headed for the Midlands Meander where we bought some cheese and wine, and then had a great lunch at the Lavender Trout, which I would highly recommend. Sadly we …
After a fantastic 10 days I’m back from my business trip to London. The good news is that it was both highly successful and productive. Of course I have to open with the line in case anyone from the office actually reads this blog. I left Durban on Friday afternoon with a short hop to Joburg, …
After a few weeks of no exercise due to malaria, I decided I needed to take up another pastime to see me through the lull. So I picked up my old fly fishing rod and Sharon and I headed to Kamberg for the weekend. Much to Sharon’s disgust we were on the road by 5am …