Bubbling through Champagne Valley
Writing about past trips is always great! You get to relive them all over again, as you scroll through and select photos to share. It’s like a gift that keeps on giving. A while ago,…
Day tripping to the Chain Ladders
My love for the Drakensberg mountains deepens each time I have the privileged to visit. It doesn’t matter which part of the Berg I see, it does my soul a world of good, just to be…
Home Mountain
The Zwartkops Mountain has served as the scenic backdrop for most of my life. It’s been like having a favorite oil painting hanging on the entrance hall wall. And the one icon I could always…
A river actually does run through it….
A mere 20 minute drive out of the hustle and bustle of ever-busy Fourways traffic, brings you to another world. As you step out of the car into the cold morning air, the unmistakable smell…
Magnificent Mountain Sanctuary
Some folk are sea people, their perfect holiday is spent on the beach, swimming, watching the waves, sand between their toes, eating ice cream and soaking up the sun. Other folk are bush people; they…
Where to buy camping essentials
(Where to get the best priced camping, hiking and outdoors equipment in the West Rand) Hands up! Who wants a 4×4 with a roof top tent? Me! Me! (Okay you can all put your hands…
The Place of Great Noise.
Early September, and the sun is baking down. When I say baking, think of 180 degrees in an oven. Ja! That kind of baking. Hot and dry as we make our way along the boardwalk,…
Golden Gate Highlands National Park
There is something different about the Free State air. It’s thin, but not just like high altitude thin, there’s something else about it, something indescribable. Maybe it’s subtly tainted with the rich smell of earth,…
The silent majesty of Giants Castle
(For those of you who don’t know about Giants Castle, it is a section in the Drakensberg mountain range in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. It gets its name from the mountain’s silhouette, which resembles the…