With four days to play with Sharon and I opted to take Emma to Mkhuze Game Reserve for her first ever Easter. We of course invited granny who loves the bush, and amazingly my sister flew out from the UK to join the adventure. So a family Easter in Mkhuze it was. Not knowing how …
Since we were unable to make it to Cape Town, my dad and Cassia decided to head up to Durban and pay us a visit (ok, it was probably to pay Emma a visit). So rather than sitting bored around the house we opted to take the Friday off and headed to Umlalazi for a …
Being a lover of anything fly fishing related, and having a wife who understands that (hopefully), we booked a cottage in the Giant’s Castle Nature Reserve for Valentines Day. Admittedly we’ve never really celebrated Valentines Day, but we are always looking for excuses to get outdoors and into the mountains. We left early on Saturday …
After spending a weekend at The Hatchery we decided to stop off at the uShaka (Addington) Beach on the way home. It was Emma’s first real beach trip and she absolutely loved it. The only nervous person was Sharon due to the piles of bluebottles being washed up on the shore. Pictures are worth a …
Sharon and I woke up on Saturday morning, relaxed in bed with our daughter for a while, and then realised that simply wasn’t going to cut it. We needed some excitement… So we quickly packed our bags, jumped into the car, and headed for The Prawn Shak. On route we phoned The Hatchery to confirm …
Sharon and I finished work early on Tuesday (being Christmas eve) so we picked up my mom at 2pm and began the the journey to Injisuthi. It was a relatively painless drive with Emma sleeping for the majority of the way. The last few kilometers however, where the road degraded to a pothole ridden mess, …
Emma and I are now officially ready to dominate the Drakensberg!
Our annual Midmar camping and bass pilgrimage got off to a rocky start on Friday afternoon when I received a photo of a decimated gazebo from Nick. He’d taken a half day and had headed up early with the family to get a small advantage over me with the bass bashing. Much to his dismay …