Fitness, Walking and Travel Blog
Fitness, Walking and Travel Blog
Intro Trust that you all had a good Valentine’s Day. We had an enjoyable walk and brunch followed by a brief visit to Casa das Natas at Bedford Crossing. Some of the ladies in our group had decided to rather do the ‘Gal-entine’s 5.1 km Walk’ around Essexwold🩷❤️. We had brunch at Bem Bom and
An Adventure Across South Africa’s Untamed Shores Photos courtesy of Isabel Teixeira. Intro Isabel and her hiking group have just returned from an amazing hike in the Pondoland in the wild coast, South Africa. Nestled along the Eastern Cape’s rugged coastline, Pondoland is a hidden gem that offers some of South Africa’s most spectacular hiking
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Intro – Bedfordview Walking or Rucking – 2025 Nov 16 Not particularly pleasant weather conditions. It wasn’t just raining, it was pouring… unrelenting rain the entire route. Small rivers both side of van Buuren. Does anyone remember the pavements? Well I didn’t see any pavement this morning… that bad! But all’s well that ends well.
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Intro Each spring, usually from October to November, a sea of purple petals from thousands of jacaranda trees bloom above Johannesburg and Pretoria/ Tshwane’s suburban streets. There are over 50 000 jacaranda trees in Johannesburg. Johannesburg – the World’s Largest Human-Made Urban Forest Johannesburg is known as the worlds’ largest human-made urban forest, with estimates
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Intro Heritage Day in South Africa, celebrated annually on September 24th, evolved from Shaka day, a holiday honouring the Zulu King Shaka, into a national day promoting cultural diversity. The holiday aims to encourage all South Africans to embrace and share their unique cultural traditions, languages, and histories, embodying the spirit of the “Rainbow Nation”. The
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Intro – Bedfordview Walking or Rucking – 2025 Sept 14 Thank you to everyone who participated on the walk, brunch and social today. Read more: Walking or Rucking Bedfordview > Distance, the Route and other Stats Vitality Points Got 300 Vitality points. Just checking, did anyone else get 300 points? Read more: Health Benefits of
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Intro – 97 Year Old Grace Chambers Breaks European Parkrun Record Grace Chambers, aged 97, has become Europe’s oldest Parkrunner to reach the 250 run milestone. She has just completed the 5k run at Ormeau Park in south Belfast. Grace had heart surgery four weeks ago but that didn’t stop her taking part in the
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Intro – Bedfordview Walking or Rucking – 2025 May 11 Sunday the 11th May was Mother’s Day. Trust that all Moms had a lovely day. Our walk: 7,51 km, 9904 steps, 630 calories.👍 A cool (11C), sunny day just made for an enjoyable walk with friends and meeting new friends.😎😎 Some ladies in our group
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Intro – Bedfordview Walking or Rucking – 2025 March 9 In summary: 7 km, 9108 steps, 556 calories and 300 ‘Vitality Points’.👍 A glorious Autumn day. 18C and sunny. Thanks to all who joined and a warm welcome to first timers. Following the walk we had an enjoyable brunch and social. Thank you to Corne
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A very pleasant social accompanied by tasty food. I had a Portuguese meal starting with Caldo Verde (a soup from the Minho region that’s made with potatoes, onions, garlic, kale, olive oil, and chorizo), a prawn and a half chicken combo (very nice) and a decadent chocolate mousse delicious beyond measure😋. Oh yes a glass
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