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I drive through Dundee quite often. Never would have thought there are mtb trails in that area! My missus goes there for embroidery classes every now and again, perhaps I should tag along one day and go investigate them trails..

Wanted to go, but sadly have other commitments

Luckily nowhere, decided to rather get on my trainer bike. Otherwise I would've ridden straight into this crowd:

Holy sh*t!!!! Those are some hectic roads! Puts Sani Pass to shame

Roadies... This is why I ride a mtb. People shouting at each other doesn't sound like fun to me! yeah I know mtb'ers sometimes shout track, but I've noticed most of the time they will sit behind you for a little while to see if you would give track, and only if you don't they'll ask politely if they can pass. At least that's what they do at the back end of races!

And they scored a try with 8 men on the field with the last move of the match, to snatch a draw. How could they be allowed to continue and still go on to win the damn tournament? Also refs have been very inconsistent, as usual benefiting NZ.

Wahahahaha, good one! How pathetic is that hey.. And our coach thinks there's no problem with our youth structures? Jeepers, shows just how bright he is. Your predictions for the last 3 SA vs ENG games? I see Wiese is in for Rossouw. A really dumb move if you ask me! I dunno what has Rilee done wrong to not get a consistent run in the team. And I also don't know what has Behardien and Duminy done right to not be dropped. ENG will definitely take the series, it's just a question of clean sweep or not

Something that I've been wondering about, is how so many people are talking about "resting" some of our players. And that the workload is too much. Even AB hinting at dropping one format. How can they be playing too much cricket? I mean, the next test is only in August. yes there are plenty ODI's and T20's in between. But come on, these are professional sportsmen. Is it really that tough on the body playing cricket? Compare them to rugby players who bash their brains out every single weekend, for most of the year. Yeah there are lots of injuries, but it's a flippen contact sport. I just sometimes wonder if they don't wrap our players too much in cotton wool. Dale Steyn said something to that effect, he wants to play more cricket to stay strong and injury free. What also really irks me is how our batsmen, especially faf and AB, go down with cramps so often. Are they just not hydrating enough or is it a fitness thing? It just gives me the idea these guys just pitch up on game day, play the game, and afterwards they put their feet up in fear of "overloading".

My Merida XT dual sus At the start of my normal route. Sometimes I make it across, sometimes not. Last time I ended up on my back in the water.. Chop. If you carry enough speed/momentum it's easy. But I dont always feel like spraying myself and the bike so I try to take it slow and steady, which is more difficult

This is Spook, our Weiemeraner He loves swimming and digging for rocks under the water Then we also have Kira, the miniature worsie. Not my favourite dog in the world, I don't even have a proper photo of her on my phone! She's naughty as hell and won't listen to me Before these two we had pitbulls. Amazing dogs and still my favourite breed. We just decided we'd try some other breeds that are not such high maintenance. I miss them though

Now this looks lekker!

Sheez our batsmen are in poor form!! Van zyl is NOT an opener! Hash is in a terrible dip and it affects his captaincy too. He shouldn't be captain in the first place. Faf should be dropped and qdk brought in to open and keep. If duminy doesn't perform he has to go too

My normal route, house is faaar in the background somewhere: Pongola river in the background: Look closely for the ellie

We still have a good team, and I think if they make a change here and there we can stay at no1 for a little while longer. First change should be Q de Kock in place of Vilas. All of our batsmen, except AB, are terribly out of form. Duminy also there on reputation more than anything else. Faf should stop worrying about his image and concentrate on his batting. I just sometimes get the feeling that the Proteas don't really train or prepare as hard as they should. You so often hear that players are being "rested". I then always think to myself, why the hell does a cricket player need rest? Compare them to rugby players who put their body on the line week in and week out for most of the year.. They should harden the f#ck up, results don't come from resting all the time!

Absolutely pathetic today. AB looks like the only one interested in batting. Amla's captaincy has never convinced me. Shocking dropping a few sitters and his batting has been poor. The Stiaan and Vilas experiment failed miserably. Bavuma, hard to judge after only this one innings. I say bring back Quintin de Kock, let him open the batting and keep obviously. Maybe they all have one foot on the plane already