Balmoral, Journeying to Our Past
23/09/2018
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Slaying the Ghost – Double Century Cycle Race 2014
22/11/2014
What a day! The ghost of 2012 Coronation Double Century has firmly been slain. The monkey is off our back. The NH team rode strong and well despite punctures and a mechanical failure. Each member was forced to dig deep. The reward was a double medal – one for completing and the other for completing together. Stunning stuff. The 202 km was completed in 7 hours 40 minutes.
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L’Alpe d’HuezFeatured
26/06/2013
We rested the day after climbing Mont Ventoux and spent time in the beautiful town of Annecy with its magnificent lake and scenic surrounding mountain range. Annecy on the south eastern part of France is also close to the Swiss border and a definitive place to place on ones itinerary with it’s old town with cobbled streets, winding canals, quaint cafes and colourful houses.
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Les Homme Fols de VentouxFeatured
24/06/2013
After successfully completing the Hotchillee London to Paris tour, elated, we departed the next morning south towards the Alps. We divided into three groups with a large sprinter taking our bikes and some bags and another vehicle the remaining luggage. Four of us left on the train with the aim to meet the rest in Lyon where we stayed overnight before tackling the mountain we romanticised about from the minute we were hooked onto cycling.
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Hotchillee London to Paris Cycle TourFeatured
22/06/2013
The Stabus Rhino peloton team comprising Riaz “Modster” Paruk (captain), Owen “Cutesee” Coetzee, Miriam “Momster” Desai and Fazel “Charles” Mayet, and the Faitz Rhino Peloton team comprising Arshad “Cherry“ Tayob (Captain), Zahid “Brandster” Moola, Ismail ”Isco” Ebrahim and Zunaid “Gangster“ Tayob departed for the not so warm island town of London on 16th June 2013. Their aim was to complete the Hotchillee London to Paris Tour followed by some climbing in the French Alps (Mont Ventoux and Col du Telegraph, Col du Galabier and L’Alpe d’Huez). In accomplishing this feat, the team agreed to raise funds for Rhinos who are being decimated by poaches for their horns.
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Tail Between our Legs – Double Century Cycle Race 2012
24/11/2012
The Coronation Double Century of 2012 will go down as the most humbling event that I rode. Much will be spoken, thought and written and much more will be offered in explanation. But, it will go down as an ‘away hiding’ or a ‘fishing trip with no fish caught’ or a return with our ‘tail between our legs’ for a club like New Horizons.
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Undignified Non-expression
03/11/2012
Brett Murray’s satirical and provocative 1.85m portrait of President Jacob Zuma titled “Spear” part of a body of political work entitled “Hail to the Thief II”, which was displayed at the Goodman Gallery in 2012, caused much mayhem as well as philosophical debates.
The portrait depicts me in a manner that suggests I am a philanderer, a womaniser and one with no respect. It is an undignified depiction of my personality and seeks to create doubt about my personality in the eyes of fellow citizens, family and children – Jacob Zuma
I was inspired to write this poem as I watched the event and debates unfold.
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26/06/2011
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