During the month of February we went through the alphabet and shared the things we love. O was for outreach! This is such an integral part of what we do. Our grandfather wrote in his letter of proposal about “leaving the world better”. We adopted this as our vision and helping has become part and […]
The 19th May was our paternal grandmother’s birthday. The Big5Hike has always landed close to this date and incidentally it was on her 103rd (heavenly) birthday that we did our first Big5 fundraiser. And our target was R103 thousand rand. Ruth has always been my ultimate warrior. She was widowed after 13 short years of
It’s 2023 and it feels as though we go from one crisis to the next. There seems little reprieve from the bashes and it’s hard to keep positive and upbeat. Surround yourself with positive people, take a walk in nature, shut out the gloom. All such good advice but properly difficult at the moment. How
Thank you. To the newbies, thanks for coming along with new enthusiasm and energy and to the oldies of the Big5Hike, thanks for your loyal and constant support. For the newbies, The Cavern has been our family home since 1941 and our grandparents’ vision was to leave the world better. Our thanks extend to everyone
Our Big5Hike took place this past weekend and we had almost 100 hikers summit the 5 peaks surrounding The Cavern. It was a weekend of incredible sunshine and was such a success with R1m raised to go towards educating the children from our rural amaZizi Village. We gathered on Saturday evening for our Home Coming
Marvellous May was always a peaceful, serene time of the year. That was until we started a school which needed massive fundraising so that we could provide a quality start to the little people… how things have changed. The worst part is that I keep wishing the weeks away. Once this is over, it will
Firstly I’d just like to start with a huge CHEERS to Megan, to the teachers, the porters, the guides, the waiters and all The Cavern staff and to Les, Hilton & Peter who all work incredibly hard to make today such an incredible event. So let’s just raise our glasses in a toast to them.
#Big5Hike How incredible to wake on Sunday morning to know that we had the most successful weekend and incredible support for our Big5Hike. It has been a fantastic weekend with an awesome team of people, all coming together to fundraise for Royal Drakensberg Primary School. Our thanks extends to every hiker, every supporter, every corporate
So I managed to convince my team that we’d rest on Thursday and hike again on Friday to give me one more day to fight the cold. Thankfully they agreed and much work was done in the office. This was rather a good thing since there was much to prepare before we welcomed 130 guests
What a disappointment to have the winter lurgies pounce and deplete my energy and just make me feel so dreadful! I have been trying to ignore a scratchy throat for about a week but after two good days of walking the bugs got the better! No amount of Echinacea drops would do the trick this
