Easter Weekend choccie work off.

It is with a heavy heart that I have to miss WP Dinghy Sailing champs this Easter. For such a sh1twhole, Saldanha sure has some special memories. Who can forget attempted midnight sailing trips to the Casino on university boats, funneling an entire case of beer, 24hour home brew and raucous nights at Captain's with the navy crowd? Let's just hope the boys can come up with the goods and restore some fear into the local's eyes, last year was a decent effort with Rule69 coming into play.


Instead I'll be making my Two Oceans Half Marathon debut on the saturday. Now this one has come up out of nowhere to become a must-do local classic. The actual Ultra has been going for something like 40+ years, and this is just the fifth edition of the half. Look at the route profile carefully folks, what goes up must come down, so pace yourself slowly in the beginning.



I'll be lining up with 10 000 other fools, but there's no fool quite like this guy.
Ray is some dude on a serious mission, you might have seen him dragging 'Tony” around Cape Town before. Tony is his buddy, a 4x4 car tire, attached with a chain. He's done insane stuff like walking to Pretoria and setting up camp on the Union Buildings Gardens. All for shack awareness (and Habitat for Humanity – who I actually secretly despise, they burnt me years back, long story). Can you believe they won't take Herschelle's million dollars from his 6 sixes in an over, because it's from Johnnie Walker!

More importantly in the spirit of running fever it is time to pre-plan some events so get your diary out and tick 'em off. Now you don't see any cr@p events here, if I suggest them, they're worth doing. Click on the highlights for more info.

April 14 – Duesouth Xterra – Grabouw
April 22 – Milkwood Half – Kommetjie
May 18/19/20 – Montagu Muscadel Must-do Festival
June 1/2/3 – Wacky Wine Week-end – Robertson
July 7-14 – Knysna Oyster Festival – Run entries just opened

There'll be a bit more banter in the lead-up, but let me know if you are keen for Montagu and/or Robertson as I'll be booking budget accomodation soon (Robertson is actually already booked).

For those who are not hitting local's night at Captain's Cabin in Saldanha, can I suggest this Gypsey party at the biscuit mill, try keep me away, even Zolani form Freshlyground will be there(cue smashing plates).