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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Waiting has a certain pressure to it. A physical heaviness which differs according to the outcome. I'm a very patient person. I was...

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...

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...

Yesterday's sudden realisation about my pending road trip made me spark today. Although waking up after 6.30am was rather late for me....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...