Hi Friends!
How did I go from being a daily posterin 2014 to a monthly one in 2015?
Well, there are a lot of reasons… one being: South Africa is in the dark. Our wonderful people at our electricity company fired all their maintenance engineers a few years ago, and paid out huge bonuses to the top management for all the cost savings… and nobody ever maintained a power station ever again. Everybody at the top drove brand new Mercs and Beemers, and had wonderful parties with the performance bonuses. And now our power system is collapsing. “Load shedding” is the new buzzword around here- why so many jobs are lost because factories can’t run, and businesses can’t sell…
A lot is going wrong in our beloved country, and I tried my best not to be negative on my blog. So I have been quite quiet…
I am also training hard- the Pick ‘n Pay Argus Cycle race around Table Mountain is in 3 1/2 weeks time. I have been training by bicycle or swimming 6 days a week now. I am slowly getting there- to almost be fit enough to survive my 20th Argus race…
Wonderful news- my daughter got her first job as graphic designer. It is at a leading cycling clothing manufacturer- Anatomic- my favorite riding gear for the past 20 years. They also are the company responsible for the Ride Magazine, for our country’s cycling community. So my daughter will be designing my sportsgear… cool!
And lastly- the weather. It is hot in South Africa at the moment. We clocked 42 degrees C today at the resort where I do my swimming training.
I also had a lot of weddings to officiate the past few weeks.
Saturday’s wedding was quite memorable. It was an outdoor wedding on top of a cliff. And while we were doing the ceremony, the thunderstorm was approaching very rapidly. And when I said the final Amen, the storm broke loose. I finished just in time. On my way back home I took this photo on my cellphone- it is just so good when it rains in our drought prone region… we almost always enjoy the rain, just not when you are the bride at an outdoor wedding…
So: still surviving, still trying to keep my head above the water… Soon… there will be more to blog about. I am planning to take my motorcycle wrecking son with me on a road trip to Cape Town when I go down there for the Argus. That will most probably result in a blog entry or two.
PS- The blue BMW was lovingly restored to almost perfect ratbike specifications, will take some photos and post soon…
Keep well!
Rider!
The Rider 
Al daai oefening kan seeker nie te goed wees nie!! geniet die Kaap en jy maak my jaloors!! Lekker ry!! 😉
Have missed hearing from you, so thanks for the update.
Van nou af kan jou dogter SPESIAAL VIR JOU klere ontwerp, jy hoef nie meer die een te dra wat ‘ALMAL’ dra nie. 🙂
Maar eintlik is ek die blyste oor die reën.
Yip, at this side of Limpopo also very hot. But at least not a 42. Thats too near to hel.
Lovely photo.
What great news about your daughter! I’ll bet she is super excited. Love seeing that rain too. Good job on wrapping up the Amens in time for people to get their fancy clothes out of the weather. 😉
I’m always too busy to post in December but usually bounce back in January. However this year I’ve been rather lazy.
So good to hear from you my friend. Our two countries are both suffering from appalling mismanagement right now, albeit in very different ways. I feel for you guys and hope in time things will improve. Good to hear the bod is getting in shape – well done mister!