It’s time to start
The last few weeks have been madness, I can’t believe that all these months have evaporated and it feels that I have not achieved anything. There are so many loose ends, will I ever get it together. Suddenly everything hits you, all the months, actually years of
A farewell
Saturday 21 November The wind was gusting over the dunes, spraying the beach with a shimmer of millions of sparkling grains of sand. The turquoise ocean heaved to and fro as the waves climbed into the wind releasing a shower of white spray as they surged forward
Madagascar: chapter 1
The Chinese Great wall chapter has been closed and I have now brought closure to the South African coastal run with the release of my 2nd book, Hope in Thyme. But in a weird way the closure of one gives a crack of an opening to that
A Challenging Year
It's been a rough past year for everyone, I hardly think that there has been any exceptions. It's forced one to sit back and reflect, find ways to survive, innovative options to get over the hurdles that have been thrown at us on a daily basis. Those
Funding
The biggest challenge of my life now lies ahead of me, the multi-disciplined solo event from Africa to Madagascar. The aim is to paddle the Mozambique Channel, run the length of the island and then paddle and Kite surf back to Africa a distance of some 4000
Reality
The training has been relentless, trying to get myself fit for 3 different disciplines. This poses a bigger problem. During the event the 3 disciplines will be spaced over a 4 month period and none overlapping. How do you keep fit for each of the stages as
‘Where do all the tomatoes come from?”
During the earlier part of our run we have seen an ever growing stream of tomatoes in the villages and towns we passed. Out in the dessert we would come across a small farming hamlet and there would be a barrow being pushed by an old farmer
What came first? Noodle or pasta
Running through the Northwest of China two things are really prominent with regard to food, the first is noodles and the second is rice, the 2 main sources of starch or “Carbs”. From the mega city to the smallest little farming hamlet in the mountains or the
The slaying of the Dragon
For hundreds of years The Great Wall has stretched sprawled out across the Northwest of China, across deserts, mountains, forests and some of the harshest terrain known to man. Like a giant dragon it has lain as a protector and deterrent to the ferocious foes of the
The miles for smiles foundation
The foundation was set up prior to the run of the Great Wall of China. Since my return from the run we have raised some 600 000 00 rands which have all gone to our sole beneficiary, operation Smile South Africa. While running the great wall I was
