The 40 Series ~ 40 days ~ 40 hikes ~ Walking 4 Education Our first hike set off on the most perfect day. Our party of 15 assembled on the lawn at around 9:15am and headed off for the little pimple on the skyline, Sugar Loaf. Hiking for 40 days was always going to be
Planning for 40 days requires a lot of thought. How fit will I need to be? Will my good old trusted boots do the trick? And what food would be the most nutritious and energy enhancing? Food is a big one. I associate food with happiness, family and good times. It is no wonder that
TWO! more rarities at The Cavern on consecutive days Grey-headed Kingfisher This is a tropical migrant, rare in South Africa, and “confined” to the Kruger Park, with a couple of records in northern Zululand. Imagine the surprise when one appeared on the bare branches of the big gums not 60 metres from the hotel. It
40 days – 40 hikes – 4 Education – An attempt at the planning It is always a great idea to have all things in life mapped out. To know where you are and to have an idea about where you’re going can be extremely helpful. I plan. But I do prefer to have a
Hi All, Another year has begun and Daphne and I have been at the Cavern for the last few weeks during which time we went to Johannesburg to purchase goods for the pre-schools, visited the schools to deliver porridge and school supplies, sorted jumble and held two jumble sales. Please read on to see what
40 days – 40 walks – 4 Education – An Intro… Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world ~ Nelson Mandela This past week I celebrated my 40th birthday. This is an enormous milestone and time for a midlife crisis perhaps? There are several things that I hold
Yet another new, and fairly unlikely bird has turned up at the Cavern. The Terrestrial Bulbul is confined to damp evergreen forests, being common at the coast, but increasingly rare inland. Only once or twice has it ever been seen in Berg forests. It is difficult to see anyway, being plain dull brown except for
News Update – October 2013 Hi All, Daphne and I have just spent three weeks at the Cavern, primarily to spend time visiting the twelve crèche/pre-schools that form the Khanyisela Project. Our objective was to assess each school’s progress and their needs. On the most part we are very pleased with the progress and now
The weather was about as bad as it could get without closing the show down altogether. Fierce hot winds all Saturday, freezing cold and heavy cloud on Sunday. But the birds always do something. It’s Spring, as the weather suggested, and the tropical migrants have arrived. Not full voice yet, but the Red-chested and Black
New birds turn up at the Cavern all the time. Often they are uncommon species that we have not noticed before, but occasionally something very out of its normal haunts arrives. Imagine our amazement when perched on a chimney on the hotel roof was a Red-billed Oxpecker. Just to make sure it was noticed it
