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Ford Trailseeker MTB Race I have not been posting a lot lately, but as some of you might know, I am taking part in Mountain Bike Racing here in South Africa. I am competing in the Grand Master age category,

My first Trail Run As some of you may know, I am actually a cyclist taking part in Mountain Biking. I however tried my hand at Trail Running yesterday afternoon. At 61 years of age this was my first ever

Morning Cycling Practice. I was taking some time to get going again, with my Mountain Biking, after the festive season. I was also too busy to really put in sufficient time in the gym. This morning my

OKX Bot trading Like most of you know, I am an older person and not really big on crypto trading, although I do try my hand at it now and then, but mostly I am just holding. Recently I stumbled onto the

Splintelands Battle: Two players choose the same team. How often does it happen that you and your opponent chooses the exact same team for battle. This happened to me today, when @ruthar and I had the

Jolly Monk: Rauchbier by Drayman's Brewery. I am very lazy to post recently and although I have done a few posts in the last year, it is over a year ago that I last posted on BEER!! It is not that I have

Karoo to Coast 100 km Mountain bike race. Lately, I am quite lazy posting, so this events of this post already took place on 21 and 22 September 2024. On 22 September the Karoo to Coast 100 km MTB race

Betta (Siamese Fighting Fish) Spawning: I do love my tropical fish and one of my favourite species is Betta Fish, also known as Siamese Fighting Fish. They normally have beautiful colours. The photo above

Featherbed Nature reserve. While on vacation in Knysna, we decided to visit the Featherbed Nature Reserve. To get there, one needs to take a ferry across the Knysna Estuary. After the short trip with the

Brenton on Sea Beach. During the Easter holidays, my wife and I visited Knysna, which is a town in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Brenton on Sea, is just a short distance, outside the town.

Knysna Trip: During the Easter Holidays, in the end of March / start of April my wife and I went for a short break to the coast, more precisely to Brenton on Sea, which is part of the town of Knysna, in

Short Road trip with my dad and brother. As some of you may know, I do have a classic VW Fastback, and my brother an old VW Beetle. My brother and I decided to take our elderly father on a short road trip,

Race to the Sun: 165 km (100 Mile) This past Saturday, 11 May, I took part in Race to the Sun. This race is a 165km (100 mile) gravel race, running from Hartebeespoortdam to Sun City. As it is a gravel

Sabie Classic MTB Race This past weekend, two of my friends and I took part in the Sabie Classic MTB Race. Sabie is a small forestry town in South Africa. It is about 1066m above sea level. Image Source

Trail Seeker: Cradle Moon MTB Race The Trail Seeker Mountain Bike Series, consists of 6 racing events, across South Africa. Each event has various distance races, 20km, 40km, 65km. I tool part in the Marathon

Today was race day again, and I took part in the Jackal Dash MTB race, over 65km. It was quite a tuff race, with 80% single track and over 800m elevation. It was a hot day with midday temperature reaching

When I looked at my step count and it showed 11111, I just had to post, what are the chance that it will ever happen again I did not take any photos of today's activities, but most of the day was spent

Zwakala River retreat: Magoebaskloof In my previous post, I wrote about the Zwakala Brewery, which we visited. There is also a Zwakala River Retreat, which is a camping site for people with 4x4 vehicles,

My steps for today is an amazing, 47000 steps. This however is not a true reflection, as I took part in a Mountain bike race, and the shaking was counted as steps. According to my watch, my actual steps

Zwakala Brewery: Magoebaskloof Zwakala means Come Closer, and that is just what we did, we went to visit the Zwakala Brewery. This is a small Craft Brewery situated on a hill in the Magoebaskloof. You