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Belated New Years post - we spent three days in Kogelberg Nature Reserve, away from LTE, 4G and most other humans and their noise and chaos. I will happily spend New Years here again, every year, for the rest of my life.

See @jess_blumenthal’s post for the grateful list. I’ll add rainbows, because this one was absolutely amazing. Merry Christmas everyone.

Bike and swim with @tinkminster in Kogelberg Nature Reserve. All the superlatives apply.

Lock ‘n load ☀️ 🏖 ⛰

Damp mountain in December, steel bike. Happiness level high. Thanks @mr_anderson1978 📸

Followed swiftly by a weekend trip to Joburg to see what @jess_blumenthal gets up to when she visits the 011. Great to see @owencook100, @timdunnett88 and @ems_whiting, albeit briefly. Spot the Christmas present under the tree...

Better late than never - Elliot’s awesome Tour de Park birthday party last week. Some guy asked if I was doing kids’ cycling lessons in the park. He wanted to sign up his son 😂 Thanks to everyone for coming.

For his seventh birthday party, Elliot wants to do a cycle tour with his friends. Having been to enough Tour of Aras and Eroicas, he knows the drill: each rider must get a bike sticker with his race number, and a map that must be stamped when each stage is completed. Sorry Stan, for shamelessly appropriating all of that, plus your legendary @tourofara brush script (or a poor copy) but that was my brief. ToA might be over, but here comes TdP...

@olimunnik with the salami stick power at the start of today’s @cable_station_hill_climb. Thanks @jerotz and @mother_amateur_bicycling_club - the blood in the back of the throat is always worth it.

Grade one. Nailed it. (With a little help from his village.)

🐆 and 🐈 and @jess_blumenthal hiding from the south-easter

Chappies cloud show on Italian steel. Sunday done right.

Wines2Whales Pinotage - three days of unforgettable mud, hills and overflowing everything. I have new respect for anyone who actually competes at the sharp end of these races. Thank you @mr_anderson1978 for the opportunity. Memories, bru!

Good for the 🧠 as much as the 🦵

This is my karate gi from when I was seven years old (@owencook100 will remember it). My name was embroidered by my ouma. It was the only black gi in the class and the sensei loved making fun of me. He called me Swart Jan. I can’t say I enjoyed the teasing, but when @suzetteminster dug it out of a cupboard and I offered it to Elliot for his judo lessons, he was elated. He loves being the odd one out. Humans are complicated.

Scenes from the youngest’s school camp-out. Man, I’m tired.

Highveld, somewhere on the N4. Smoke stacks, brittle grass, hairdryer wind. Everything just waiting for rain.

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