The Guy in Pink

My missus posted this on FB. She applies the same applies sentiments to her horses.

I love the two tone eyes!

Oats and Bran, with the "2" grated carrot. A Horsey treat

My wife's baby Mirage turned two today, and is already 15 hands high. She bought him as a foal as she wanted a decent big horse. with another two years of growing he is certainly going to be a biggie.

Looks like solid tires used once for wheelchairs. With finger grips in the tread.

This fella was in our bedroom this week , and our maid wanted it dead. My wife however relocated it upstairs to the Gym. She would rather have the spider than Geckos. So I guess its our latest pet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palystes (Our maid thinks we are plain crazy - when last home I relocated a snake from the linen cupboard to the veld down the road)

More new Bikes than new people?

I think this is the best Topic to post this under. During the two years I was flying Paramaribo - Amsterdam - Johannesburg every 3 months I was always greeted at Schiphol on arrival from Paramaribo(South America)in the link between the aircraft and the Airport buildings by a sniffer dog. It seems they have increased their uses for the dogs.

And Marsie, Chilling in the Den while the Missus is working on some artwork nearby.

Marsie, with an "In your Face" request to come and play with me please.

A series of Trails have been laid out and marked in Hanglip Forest on the Soutpansberg. The Start point for all the Trails is about 2km From The CBD of Louis Trichardt. In addition to the marked trails there is many Kilometre of Road , jeep track and single track in the Forest. The 60km Akkedis was fitted into Hanglip this year. In addition to the 5 marked trails there is a 5Km XCO course with A B & C options on some of the technical bits. For a fuller report go to : http://www.zoutnet.co.za/articles/sport/26491/2014-08-28/cycle-routes-a-gift-to-community For campers, Camp Africa is available in the middle of the Forest with , and has huts as well as kampong and caravanning facilities

An interesting take on cycling http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/recreational-cycling/11073649/Has-cycling-overtaken-golf-as-the-way-to-get-a-promotion.html

Playtime, with Marsie and the Missus. Marsie manages a good percentage of clean catches, when the throw is good.

They have then at several one stops. This was my photo in July 2010 on the N3 northbound outside Heidelberg.

I will be home on R & R next week and I want to try and get some pictures of Marsie catching her Frisbee, which she does with about 50% of throws. However here are two pictures of a panting Marsie after this morning's playtime.

My memories of Basil Cohen and Deale & Huth go back to Main street to the shop where the Carlton Hotel was, before they moved a block down Main street when the old shop was demolished to make way for the Carlton Centre. The Shop on DF Malan was a later branch managed by Harry Bloomfield.

There will be a splash of orange all over this event again this year as the local community newspaper the Zoutpansberger has donated 100 cycling shirts to entrants to create awareness about MS.

Event Name: Akkedis Mountain Bike Marathon When: 9 August 2014 Where: Schoemansdal Enviromental school Louis Trichardt, Limpopo Category: MTB A Mountain bike race on a real mountain. Main event 60km with some 1650m of ascent going up to the top of the Soutpansberg and back down. Also a 35km race and a 10km event. Below is last years 70km route Go to Event Page

Sometimes if they suspect fraud they have automatic system to decline. Once I had it with CRC and had to phone the Bank credit card division and they then added them to my vendor list or something

Cloud 9 Disco anyone? Was the scene of my first date with my wife.

My daily Dharma email to-day from Tricycle.com was a Koan from my favourite poet, songwriter and singer. Only one thing made him happy and now that it was gone everything made him happy. Leonard Cohen, "Leonard Koan"

Cock-eyed?

When the valve stem broke on my bike here at work in the Congo, I used Pratley's putty to glue the valve into the stem. This left the stem too short and the airway half blocked so my pump and C02 fittings would not work to re-inflate the tubeless tyre . I solved the problem using the CO2 fire extinguisher conveniently located outside my room to re-inflate.

A late afternoon take off flying over Bakavu from Lake Kivu

I have been flying about in the chopper more than usual lately so I have taken the opportunity to fit m GoPro onto the nose and take some Videos and stills. This here are some pictures of the approach and landing spot at the Orchid Hotel in Bakavu on Lake Kivu.