SEPTEMBER 2016 -- CATHY MOVES TO THEIR OWN HOUSE; WEDNESDAY WALKS; TOURS AND GUIDING;

Peter Giddy Guided Tours offers you a variety of active and vehicle tours from the Beautiful Cape Peninsular; the Garden Route and Tsitsikamma to the spectacular Wild Life reserves of Port Elizabeth. Addo; Kragga Kamma; Schotia
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SEPTEMBER 2016
Wednesday Hikes
Various Tours
Nippers season starts
Injury stops me from running. doing a bit of cycling.

SACRAMENTO TRAIL -- THURSDAY HIKING GROUP -- 2 - 3 HOUR EASY WALKING.

WEDNESDAY HIKING GROUP -- CANON AND FYNBOS TRAIL AT SCHOENMAKERSKOP

Great Are You Lord"
You give life, You are love
You bring light to the darkness
You give hope, You restore
Every heart that is broken
Great are you Lord.

It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
We pour out our praise
It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
To You only

 

All the earth will shout
Your praise
Our hearts will cry
These bones will sing
Great are You, Lord


 It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
We pour out our praise
It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
To You only

CLARENDON BOYS -- DANIEL AND JOSHUA -- GRADE 5 & 6.  SCHOOL UNIFORM AND SPORTS CLOTHING. JOSH HAD AN OUTING TO A WIND TURBINE FARM TODAY.

Spring day. 
I am not feeling that well and definitely not a spring in my step.  Meeting with Craig and then Tourism Month Meeting at the Tramways building.

Maura and Sean (Mary and John) from Ireland with Ongezwa at Human Dignity Centre

My group on Saturday Addo Tour... Henrick; Shanar; Manuel; Mathias; Greetje.
Start the month with a few tours -- Township and Addo.
Nippers season opens with a bang --- over 100 Nippers join in for fun and a bit of practice getting used to the beach.

 TODAY WE HAD GOOD ELEPHANT SIGHTINGS. ALSO TWO SIGHTINGS OF LIONS AND BUFFALO PLUS LOTS OF KUDU ETC.

SEBASTIAN AND JONAS AT MAIN CAMP. ELEPHANT IN THE BACKGROUND.
Monday 5th. I have an Addo Tour with Jonas and Sebastian from Germany.

 BARBARA WORKS WITH TWO STRAY BIRDS -- FEEDING TIME

CYNTHIA AND DONALD ON A TOWNSHIP TOUR. .

SCHOENMAKERS KOP -- BEHIND THE HOUSES IS RETHA'S TRAIL.
Tuesday I have a Township Tour with Donald and Cynthia from New Zealand.
Wednesday -- Schoenmakerskop / fynbos trail hike. 

SACRAMENTO TRAIL WITH SAARP -- 51 WALKERS.  14 TOOK THE LONGER ROUTE AND THE REST OPTED FOR A SHORT WALK WITH NO HILLS. HERE ARE SOME OF THE SHORT WALKERS ON THE BEACH BELOW US. MEANWHILE THE SARDINIA BAY CLUBHOUSE IS BEING DEMOLISHED AS IT IS RUSTING AND CRUMBLING.

TOP SECTION OF THE SACRAMENTO TRAIL

HYOBANCHE ROBUSTA

LEAVING THE PICNIC SPOT WITH ALAN IN LEAD.

 DROSANTHEMUM

 HEATH-LEAF STRAWFLOWER

RANKMAGRIET

MOTSHABI & THABANGA -- CITY TOUR
Thursday -- Sacramento hike with SAARP then City and then Township Tour

Friday -- Full day Addo Tour with Maxime and Marie.
Saturday -- No running.  I have had such pain the past week in my knee that I was unable to walk or run.  Barbara tries Ally's knee guard and it seems to work immediately. 
Sunday 11th; morning -- Nippers with over 100 Nippers on the beach.
Monday -- Bank; Dole; Rubbish

CARLOS AND DENISE (FROM BRAZIL) AT DOMKRAG -- FROM THERE WE WENT TO KRAGGA KAMMA TO END OFF A GREAT SAFARI
Tuesday 13th.  Full day tour -- Addo and then Kragga Kamma.
Wednesday -- Township tour with Anna and Theresa -- students at NMMU -- they loved HDC and will apply to volunteer here in preference to Maranatha.

CHRIS AND STEFF CYCLING -- RECIFE AND BACK -- MY FIRST CYCLE IN AGES AS I AM BATTLING WITH SORE KNEES AND LEGS. TODAY WAS FINE.

 SCOTT WAS OUR GUIDE IN SCHOTIA THIS EVENING

 MY GUESTS -- CAROLINE AND ILIJA

 SCOTT LIKES TO TAKE THE GUESTS WALKABOUT. HERE WE WERE LOOKING FOR THE GIRAFFE WITH THE OPEN VEHICLE IN THE BACKGROUND. IT WAS A CHILLY EVENING AND EVERYONE WAS USING THEIR PONCHO'S.

SCHOTIA HAS THREE LIONS: MALE, FEMALE AND THEIR SON. HERE IS THE MALE OF THE SMALL PRIDE WITH HIS KILL OF A WATERBUCK.

Saturday -- Schotia tour with Ilija and Caroline. Scott Rollo is our guide.
Sunday -- Township Tour with Lisanne; Imi and Malena. Nippers.

A GREAT AFTERNOON TOWNSHIP TOUR. THIS IS AT KWAMAGAXI WITH THE TOWNSHIP SWEEPING BELOW.
Monday -- Car in for service. Township tour with Louisa. Vicky and Leanna join us for the Walmer Township section of the tour. It is Leanna's 21 birthday. She is staying at the Summerstrand Hotel while studying Psychology at NMMU.

 ISHMAEL AND CHANA AT ST GEORGES CRICKET GROUNDS -- CITY TOUR.

RABI AND USCHI -- TOWNSHIP TOUR OVER LOOKING THE SPREAD OF HOMES BELOW
Tuesday -- City and Township tours.
Some family matters.

 JACQUI IS NOW AN ISRAELI CITIZEN -- WHOOOO HOOO.

 SOLDIERS SEARCHING (NOT SURE WHAT FOR) IN THE VALLEY BELOW JACQUI

SPOT NICKY -- A HOLIDAY CAMP PHOTO -- CHURCH GROUP PROBABLY ABOUT 20 OR MORE YEARS AGO.

Wednesday hiking group -- Maitlands forest walk

 DEBBIE ENJOYS VIEWS ACROSS THE VALLEY

 EVERLASTINGS ON THE TRAIL TODAY

 THE TRAIL EMERGES INTO A BIT OF A CLEARING JUST BEFORE THE END

 ROBIN; JULIA AND JENNY AT THE SWITCHBACK

THE TRAIL BECOMES QUITE TRICKY AFTER THE BREAK.

The Maitlands forest walk is not the easiest of the Wednesday walks. But it is certainly worthwhile with amazing views and some stunning plant life to be seen on the trail. Today we saw a bushbuck in the valley below next to the dunes.
Thursday 22nd.  This is my first run in over three weeks.  The pain in my legs and knee has been too much for me to walk let alone run. So this morning I was happy to be able to be out. Anti Inflammatory helped.
Friday morning -- Adrienne has this walking group with Gay; Angela; Almarie; Michelle and Liesl. So I join them. But I must jog otherwise I will not be able to keep up and I will get chin Splints. Just 5k but a great morning.

OUR GROUP -- FRANCISCO - BICYCLE MECHANIC (COLOMBIA); RACHEL CONFLICT RESOLUTION RESEARCHER (CANADA); KIRSTIN PEADIATRIC NURSE AND FLO - SURGEON (GERMANY). WHAT AN AMAZING COMBINATION OF PEOPLE.

I have a full day Addo Tour with Francisco; Rachel; Flo and Kirstin.  A great tour with amazing sightings of Elephant.

COFFEE AND HOT CHOC AT JACKS WITH KATHERINE; THYS; TINA AND BASTIEN.
Saturday.. another successful day.  Lions; Elephant; Buffalo; Jackal; Bush Buck and another unidentified buck in Mbala Loop.

 GOLF COURSE CYCLE TRACK THIS MORNING

TOWNSHIP TOUR WITH YANA; PHYLLIS; WIPKE; KIARA & LIZANNE.
Sunday --  Golf Course cycle in the morning and Township tour for 5 in the afternoon.

MORNING CYCLE AROUND THE GOLF COURSE.
Monday.  I am starting to enjoy the Golf Course Cycles.  At this stage I do twice around which is probably about 10k. Afternoon cycle with Chris and Alwyn.

No running or cycling this week.  Just rest -- trying to get my knees and legs back into condition.

 MONDAY CYCLE WITH CHRIS AND ALWYN

 ALWYN AND I AT RECIFE

 JOSHUA ON HIS WAY TO HIS KIRKWOOD CAMP OUT. HE REPORTS BACK LATER THAT THERE WERE SOME REALLY TOUGH ACTIVITIES -- OVERALL HE LOVED IT.

 IRENE AND DAVID -- CANADA... ADDO TOUR.

 BEST EVER SIGHTINGS TODAY

 CROSSING THE ROAD IN FRONT OF THE CAR

 SAME ANIMAL -- JUST DIFFERENT LIGHTING

 ANJA AND ROWLAND AT THE START OF OUR ADDO TOUR. HE IS HERE FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TROPICAL DISEASES.

 UP CLOSE WITH AN ADDO ELEPHANT

ALEX; LEONI AND LUKA AT DOMKRAG DURING THE ADDO TOUR TODAY
Three Addo tours this week.

 JACQUI AT A VARIETY CONCERT

 CAMPSIDE FIRE IN RIEBEEK KASTEEL

 

DANIEL CLASS ON A BUSH CAMP OUTING
Joshua and Daniel are both on overnight outings with the school this week. 

 JOSHUA -- CLASS CAMP OUT IN KIRKWOOD

 EMILY HAS GLASSES... AFTER YEARS OF BATTLING WITH READING

 MIA HAS A RECITAL AT THE KULTUURAAND IN RIEBEEK KASTEEL

MIA -- MY LITTLE HEN.... AND SHE GAVE A BEAUTIFUL RECITAL.