Cathie Rooyen
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Waking up in an art gallery trying to figure out where I am, can sometimes be a bit disorienting. But I quickly figured out what to do...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jan 22, 20222 min read
Dorpies and birds
I woke in Bloemfontein after a fairly good sleep but I didn't feel like touring in any way, so I ate the 'free breakfast' and left the...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jan 22, 20221 min read
Two tour day
I started the day trying to figure out where I was on waking, when I caught a glimpse of the river and remembered. I moved slowly out of...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jan 20, 20222 min read
Flying and road tripping.
After a rather painful night I sparked up early to get ready for my flight out of Durban. I didn't get to walk along the promenade, nor...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jan 19, 20222 min read
A peaceful goodbye
This morning I woke up conscious of my back pain and realised that today was the day. Dad's funeral. I was doing a short eulogy and I...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jan 18, 20221 min read
Eve
Sunshine. How nice to feel the heat at 6am. I went out early for my run to beat both the heat and traffic. I also wanted to see the...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jan 17, 20221 min read
Flying high
I left a damp, dull Johannesburg on a flight full of high school kids on a tour of sorts and laughed at the memory of my high school...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jan 16, 20221 min read
A Home
The rumblings around two hemispheres have started as the clan makes their way to honour my dad by means of his funeral. I am flying to...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jan 15, 20221 min read
Groggy
I woke up groggy and feeling like I had a hangover. But ginger beer shouldn't really do that to me so I put it down to the state of...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jan 14, 20221 min read
Yesterday
Yesterday. The fresh wound is the first thing I think of, which was annoyingly early at 3am. I'm usually quite good at not thinking...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jan 13, 20222 min read
Dad 💔
My wait is over. My dear dad died today around 1pm. Why am I writing, you might be thinking? It helps me access parts of my mind and also...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jan 12, 20222 min read
The weight of the wait
Waiting has a certain pressure to it. A physical heaviness which differs according to the outcome. I'm a very patient person. I was...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jan 11, 20221 min read
Eleven th
It was one of those lovely days that took a sharp downward twist. I picked up my running 'wife' to go walk in the Wilds which is a...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jan 10, 20221 min read
Mornings!
I woke Molly up so we could run before the traffic, which surprised my sister because I was dressed at 6am. Molly is a sprinter and lead...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jan 9, 20221 min read
Timings
Yesterday's sudden realisation about my pending road trip made me spark today. Although waking up after 6.30am was rather late for me....
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Cathie Rooyen
Jan 8, 20222 min read
Friends for life
I woke up confused with Molly needing a midnight pitstop and shaking her ears awake. My first thought was 'How did Rusty get in my...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jan 7, 20221 min read
Hound dawgs
On my last walk around the estate at 6am I made a point of going down streets that I hadn't been down. It had rained in the night so...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jan 6, 20222 min read
Cabin fever?
For the last three weeks, my travel blog became more of a canine adventure but it really has been all about the dog (the cats have been...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jan 5, 20221 min read
Muddy views
At 3am there was a lot of thunder and heavy rain which woke me up and I thought 'Well there goes Rusty's walk' But at 5.09am he scratched...
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Cathie Rooyen
Jan 4, 20222 min read
A touch of panic
Back in 2016, when I walked the Spanish Camino for 6 weeks, I had only pre booked 2 nights accommodation. I think it was on that trip...
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