As Sunday came to an end I showered and sunk into the couch, ready to relax. And just as I was complaining that my weekends needed some real excitement I got a phone call. It was my mom telling me that they neighbors cat was stuck up her tree. At first I thought she was …
Sunday was race day, so Sharon and I loaded the bikes onto the car and headed for Michaelhouse. This was a race I’d never done before and the route profile looked menacing – Fourteen kilometers of pure climbing following by 6 kilometers of downhill. Sharon had thankfully not seen the profile so I assured her …
A very successful Charleston trip left us wanting more time in the bush, so in September Sharon and I decided to head to Mkhuze for the long weekend. Mkhuze is located just over 300kms north of Durban, slightly further than Hluhluwe/Imfolozi, and is known more for its birdlife than its wildlife. That said it’s still …
At 6am on Sunday we were up and packing everything into the car. From Richards Bay we drove a further 45 minutes north to the Mtuba golf course for the Hippo Challenge. Although I only saw the last hole of the course it certainly looks well maintained and worth a visit sometime in the future. …
Sharon and I got to Howick at around 8am on Sunday morning. Much like Saturday morning, Sunday morning also started with a FAIL. My helmet had decided to fall to pieces at some point since our last ride. It was certainly fixable, but not in the one hour I had, especially without any glue. Eventually …
The next morning Nick picked me up at 5am, with the jet-ski, and we headed down to Blue Lagoon to try and bash a few Garrick. We dropped the ski on the beach, parked the car, and were ready to go. Thankfully we’d been given a 4-stroke ski and were looking forward to some smoke …
A trip to Charleston is a once in a lifetime experience that I’ve been lucky enough to experience thrice. Sadly with every up there must be a down, so it should’ve been no surprise to Sharon and myself that when we walked into our house at 7pm still needing to pack before our 4am departure, …
The annual Afriski trip started with a few weeks of nervous weather watching thanks to an unseasonably warm winter. Afriski’s website claimed they were making snow, but the fact that girls were wearing miniskirts made us both nervous and happy. None the less, we’d booked, and we were going… I picked Sharon up from the …
We pulled into Eston at around 9am on Sunday morning, took a few pre-race photos, and then headed for the start. Luckily we were there early since our 10:15 start became a 10am start. We were riding the 18km route which headed through Tala Game Reserve (please mind the Rhino). Things started badly when just …
It all started on Friday, which was Sharon’s 30th. On the way home I stopped off at Woolworths and picked up a huge bunch of flowers (my dad and Cassia had sent me money and asked to get her flowers as well as a gift). When I walked through the door carrying the flowers Sharon’s …