Monday, 01 September 2008 I was standing in the corner of the operating theatre , sparkling new equipment filled the room, with wiring and piping leading to the nerve centre of each operating station. In front of me were the 2 operating tables, each covered with a

Thursday, 28 August 2008 55 children and adults arrived at the screening this morning. It was an incredible but heart wrenching experience to be in the company of so many people whose lives have been torn apart due to their disfigurement. The youngest child was only eight

Wednesday, 27 August 2008 I don’t think that I can really put these emotions down in words, but I will try to share them anyway. It was a long 10 hour drive to Mount Frere to the hospital, the whole way I have been milling over the thought

Wednesday, 27 August 2008 I can just imagine the multitude of reasons that have caused people to erect a barrier, wall or fence over the centuries and I can think of a few us. I am also aware that there is probably valid justification for the millions

Tuesday, 26 August 2008 The rain had been relentless the rocks now really slippery, there was a slivery moist layer glistening in the beam of my headlamp, the lichen and moss had come alive with all the moisture, oozing slippery droplets, running down the crevices and onto

Saturday, 23 August 2008 It’s been over six weeks on the road, weeks that have just evaporated along with the kilometre of coastline. Although it's winter, we have not escaped the harsh African sun, there is the winter reminder, a constant peppering of rain and the undertone

Saturday, 23 August 2008 It’s been a relentless build of day after day hammering away at the kilometres. The weeks have now become months and I can feel that my body is taking longer to recover. The terrain has also become less hospitable, from flat coastline to

Saturday, 16 August 2008 I have seen a few weird things during the journey thus far, but the other day’s sighting just seems to let most faze out into a mere haze in comparison. We were nearing the end of a really long beach day, coming over the

Saturday, 09 August 2008 Winter seems to have those special days that you just can’t explain the breathless beauty around you, and today was one of them, slowly jogging down the beach from Hermanus to Die Kelders. A stretch of 14 Km of flat sand as far

Friday, 08 August 2008 One of the reasons that we decided to do our coastal run during the winter was to avoid the Cape Doctor, The S/Easter. A wind known to drive up-country holiday makers home, push locals to the brink of insanity and just give you