My ouma – my pa se ma – het my kleintyd basies grootgemaak. Ek was haar witbroodjie. Sy en Oupa het gewoon in Stockleyweg 75, langs die treinspoor, in die … (continue reading)
Author: Freddie Roux
Die Weskus… In my tweedelaaste hoërskooljaar het ons armerig en sukkelend verhuis (vir die soveelste keer) vanuit die Kaapse voorstede na hierdie onbekende, vaal ou winderige, vis-stink dorpie waar die … (continue reading)
When I was her age, shortly after finishing school, my first and furthest journey was tossing my Lejeune bike and little canvas rucksack onto the back of a flatbed fish … (continue reading)
We’ve come to see if there’s perhaps a river flowing to her future. We’ve found pretty patterns etched in water’s dreams falling from above. Tomorrow they will become a river… flowing … (continue reading)
(A post from Cecile's Facebook) 29 years ago we got married on a hot Upington Friday afternoon. A disastrous honeymoon with a few car accidents and an ER visit followed, … (continue reading)
Op die R46 op ‘n Sondagoggend. Abraham (68) is oppad van Malmesbury na die plaas Ongegund (teen Porseleinberg). Hy rus bietjie halfpad by sy kinders se huis. En op die … (continue reading)
It made my day when I spotted these two alongside the open road celebrating Sunday morning … or end of month… or just… celebrating life! Some of these farm workers … (continue reading)
30 Julie 2022 My pa verjaar vandag. Sy 4de weg van ons. Ek onthou hom vroeërjare… in sy 40’s en 50’s …. met sy rooi hare, sy flink regop stap, … (continue reading)
To stand alongside the infamous cobblestone sections of historic roads as the annual, epic one-day classic race from Paris to Roubaix flashes by… a lifelong dream for me! When sport, … (continue reading)
In Flanders, a “Koerskafee” or “Fietsbar”, is a THING! Basically a café or pub with bicycle road racing (“koers”) as its main theme. The decor will be drenched in cycling … (continue reading)
Dreams do come true… On a borrowed bike I spent a few weeks in Flanders – a haven of cycling religion… A proud, fit, athletically built Belgian guy, with a … (continue reading)