Off to France

I am off to France at sunrise. Follow the blog for some photos.

Surround yourself with serenity - Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens

Halloween Jam - Gumtrails

Gumtrails hosted its first sponsored competition in its 10 year existence with prize money totaling R5000.
Sponsors DC, Fox, Red Bull and OSP got involved to make this event happen along with the organizing and hard work of Wayne Reiche.

The day was a great success as both riders and spectators dressing to the Halloween theme. Riders from across the country came down to Cape Town for the event and it was an awesome get together.
The riding was on levels with some crazy stunts performed. The trick of the day had to go to Wayne Reiche for his in rhythm Front Flip on the sideline.

View the web edit I filmed and Colin Loudon put together.

Halloween Jam from The Riot on Vimeo.

Results
1st Place: Wayne Reiche
2nd Place: Greg Illingworth
3rd Place: Colin Loudon

Milnerton Market Merchant

On the weekend while driving through Milnerton I stumbled onto the Milnerton Market. I’ve heard about this market before and decided to stop and see what was on offer.

You can buy the strangest things at this market. From old books, tools, plants, boerewors rolls, coins, videos, antiques, artwork and many more useless and useful goods.



Rowan is one of the many vendors at the market. I walked past his store and did not pay much attention to the Parow Renaissance artwork on display. What caught my eye was him sitting relaxed next to his bakkie almost as to show off the broken door and taking pride in his stall.

I asked Rowan if I could take a picture of him and his broken down bakkie. He was the friendliest guy and asked me just as many questions about my camera as I asked him about his bakkie and the market.
Rowan told me that he had all the tools behind the seat and the necessary skill to fix his bakkie, but chose not to fix it as this would mean his bakkie would look good and criminals would want to steal it. The broken door also acts as a dustbin and only gets emptied when he goes to the dumb. Rowan is a handy man and has been coming to this market for many years.



There are some real bargains to be found at this market. By the time I left most of the stalls started to pack up their goods. The seagulls started to hover over us as they were the next lot of bargain hunters to move in.

Critical Mass

Critcal Mass is a cycle event held on the last Friday of each month. Cyclists get together in Cities around the world to cycle together as a group. The aim is to create awareness for cyclists and the use of cycling as a more environment friendly mode of transport.

In Cape Town cyclist meet at the Baxter Theatre in the early morning to cycle into town with the morning traffic. My friend Toby Groenewaldt is a strong supporter of this event and on Friday I joined him for my second Critical Mass. We met up with the group at the CTICC and cycled to Seapoint where we grabbed a coffee at Vida before heading back to Cape Town CBD.

It was an enjoyable event and the morning fresh air with the adrenaline of dodging cars and taking gaps filled me with energy for the whole day.