South Africa
Our blog posts from South Africa
We lived in South Africa from September 2005 to December 2007.
In May 2010 we returned to run the Comrades Marathon, and to watch the FIFA World Cup.
We spent a further 3-months in South Africa in 2024 to train for the Comrades Marathon.
How (not) to qualify for the Comrades Marathon
How (not) to qualify for the Comrades Marathon If you want to know how NOT to qualify for the Comrades Marathon, The Ultimate Human Race, then...
My Comrades Marathon 2010
I don’t intend for this Comrades Marathon story to be a step-by-step account of the whole 89kms/56 miles because that is an awful lot of steps to...
Welcome to South Africa
Welcome to South Africa Our welcome to South Africa was not quite what we anticipated. We have now been in so called "sunny South Africa" for a week...
The longest day
The longest day Wednesday 28th September 2005 is now ranked up there as the longest day we've ever had, but more about that later. We are now in...
On the move again
On the move again! We are on the move again! Volunteering this time. As many of you know we had our first experience of volunteering back in 2003....