Sunday was fun-day. I got up at around 5am, packed the fly fishing kit into the Paj, and headed towards ‘Maritzburg (via a coffee shop of course) to pick up Nick. And then it was off to Mavela Dam for my first ever outing on club waters, as a member. We arrived at around 7am …
The month of August continued with its awesomeness. After a one day work week Sharon and I were on a plane (hopefully one that wouldn’t fall out of the sky) to Cape Town. Just to get us off to a rocky start it turned out I had a pocket knife in my camera bag. This …
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 …
It was a weekend of chaos, and therefor a weekend to be remembered… Bruce picked me up from the office on Friday and we headed straight for Newcastle to run the Donkey Pass Mountain Challenge. The drive flew buy, and after a quick chocolate milkshake stop we were in our chalet at Chelmsford dam. Although …
After many weeks of no running or squash, I decided I needed to sort my knee problem out once and for all. Although I have a lot of faith that the chiro will cure the pain, I wanted to know what was causing the knee to dislocate; So I headed to Norie Williamson, a running …
After a poor night’s sleep Sharon and I were up, and on our way, to her first 10kms – the Queensburgh 10km. She was nervous, but we got her to the starting line, and soon we were jogging casually down the road. It was an easy start and the first 4kms were all downhill. Sharon …
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 …