40 days – 40 hikes – Walking 4 Education All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind ~ Martin H. Fischer We departed just before 7am on a very windy morning with just 3 of us and the faithful hound, Moya. We had to move quickly to warm-up but in no time we […]
40 days – 40 hikes – Walking 4 Education All of life is a constant education ~ Eleanor Roosevelt Our party of five left the front lawn just after 9. We headed through the Fern Forest, along the Echo Cave path, marched up the log steps and arrived quite quickly at Rustler’s Gap. This is
40 days – 40 hikes – Walking 4 Education There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats it’s children ~ Nelson Mandela We woke to a sunny start at Montusi Mountain Lodge. Montusi offers peace and tranquility in a gorgeous setting with uninterrupted views of the
40 days – 40 hikes- Walking 4 Education Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace. ~ Confucius We awoke to a very misty morning at Drifters Drakensberg Lodge. After a scrumptious breakfast we met our guide Justice and decided that we’d head off in the direction of the Bushman Paintings and decide our
40 days – 40 hikes – Walking 4 Education Do your little bit of good where you are. It’s those little bits of good put together that can overwhelm the world – Desmond Tutu We woke early at Sungubala Camp, sent the children off to school and then headed off in the direction of Bishop’s
40 days – 40 hikes – Walking 4 Education Children must be taught how to think, not what to think ~ Margaret Mead There was a slight change to the programme following the Big 5 Hike which had resulted in a set of rather stiff knees and so we opted for something easy and level,
40 days ~ 40 hikes ~ Walking 4 Education Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of man. ~ Horace Mann The Big 5 is a hike that goes along the skyline of the mountains surrounding the Cavern Farm, to the top of 5 peaks. It
40 days ~ 40 hikes ~ Walking 4 Education Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand. – Albert Einstein It may be Autumn and it is the month of
40 days ~ 40 hikes ~ Walking 4 Education on May Day Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farmworkers can become the
40 Days – 40 Hikes – Walking 4 Education It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. ~ Confucius We were a bit late getting going but managed to head off just before 9. We headed up past Cowslip Falls, Pascoe’s Pool on to the top of Surprise
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