40 days – 40 hikes – Walking 4 Education It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness ~ Eleanor Roosevelt Having just returned from three nights in Durban we decided to spend a few hours in the office catching up with emails and a few other bits and bobs. Our walk departed […]
40 days – 40 hikes – Walking 4 Education Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one ~ Malcolm Forbes Local knowledge is key. There was much discussion with the Durban North ladies about our Monday morning walk, traveling, being stuck in traffic for hours and was Greyville really the right
40 days – 40 hikes – Walking 4 Education The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom ~ Henry Ward Beecher What a happy way to begin Mother’s Day – a lovely walk along the beachfront with my mum and my children! Rain brings a change but when you are surrounded by people you love it
40 days – 40 hikes – Walking 4 Education When learning is purposeful, creativity blossoms. When creativity blossoms, thinking emanates. When thinking emanates, knowledge is fully lit. When knowledge is lit, economy flourishes. ~ A.P.J. Abdul Kalam It is easy to wake up early in Durban. The weather is always warm, even when it is
40 days – 40 hikes – Walking 4 Education All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind ~ Martin H. Fischer We departed just before 7am on a very windy morning with just 3 of us and the faithful hound, Moya. We had to move quickly to warm-up but in no time we
40 days – 40 hikes – Walking 4 Education All of life is a constant education ~ Eleanor Roosevelt Our party of five left the front lawn just after 9. We headed through the Fern Forest, along the Echo Cave path, marched up the log steps and arrived quite quickly at Rustler’s Gap. This is
40 days – 40 hikes – Walking 4 Education There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats it’s children ~ Nelson Mandela We woke to a sunny start at Montusi Mountain Lodge. Montusi offers peace and tranquility in a gorgeous setting with uninterrupted views of the
40 days – 40 hikes- Walking 4 Education Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace. ~ Confucius We awoke to a very misty morning at Drifters Drakensberg Lodge. After a scrumptious breakfast we met our guide Justice and decided that we’d head off in the direction of the Bushman Paintings and decide our
40 days – 40 hikes – Walking 4 Education Do your little bit of good where you are. It’s those little bits of good put together that can overwhelm the world – Desmond Tutu We woke early at Sungubala Camp, sent the children off to school and then headed off in the direction of Bishop’s
40 days – 40 hikes – Walking 4 Education Children must be taught how to think, not what to think ~ Margaret Mead There was a slight change to the programme following the Big 5 Hike which had resulted in a set of rather stiff knees and so we opted for something easy and level,
