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| 31July 2008 | Life is a little rough sometimes... For the last month I have been parking my car inside Ian's garage, but after coming back from the paragliding club meeting I insisted he reclaim his garage. Woke up this morning to find my car window broken. I had stupidly left my camera in it with all the raffle money I had collected on Wednesday including that from the Overberg Paragliding Club. I had put it all safely in the side pocket to keep it all together. This money was special. People gave me this money in support. Now it is all gone - all together - with my Sony H5 camera and I have a broken car window to repair. Last month I stopped paying insurance on my camera because I could not afford to renew it and my car excess is quite high and I just don't have the finances to deal with this. The police were nice as they took down the report, but this is just an every day occurance. Life and times in South Africa. I can't even take photo's anymore..... | | 30July 2008 | Ian is back in South Africa and I will be moving out of District Six to house-sit in Stellenbosch for two weeks from tomorrow. Dominique, one of our Olympic sailors has offered her home to me whilst she is racing in China Ticket sales are slow - I just can't see enough people to sell all of them before my flight leaves for Spain in two weeks. That means those who have bought tickets are so far guarranteed of winning the prizes. I am happy that their support will reward them - it just means I won't have raised enough money for accommodation and transport at the competitions. I will just have to deal with it when I get there. I have two weeks left to go and I am starting to get stronger in the face of each rejection. There are times when it feels like it will break me down and I have to pick myself up after each negative encounter, but I have a goal and I have focus and at this stage, I have no other avenue to pursue for sponsorship so I am going for it. Besides, all it takes to lift me up is for the next person to buy a ticket or two. Rejection is something I am over sensitive about in my life. I take it to heart. This is a lesson I needed anyway and one that I am not cowering from like I have in the past. Well, not entirely :-). It is hard asking people to buy a ticket. I walk into a room and people are open and smile at me and are welcoming, then I ask if they would like to buy a raffle ticket or win boat cruises etc and their bodies physically turn away and their faces close up and they reply in the negative. It is an automatic reaction. It has nothing to do with who I am. I know that. It is just that I am nervous and clumsy in my approach and have not yet learned the key to disengaging the auto reaction. I making mistakes and having to re-evalute all the time. And that is ok - I am learning something about life. Better that than to learn nothing at all. Those who buy do so more often than not after we have engaged in conversation at length. It is more often the person they want to support, to realise her will to fly, than anything else and R100 is given with a certain dignity and caring which I find touching. I am such a girl ...... :-) I would love it if people bought tickets because they really believed they have a chance of winning one or two of these great prizes. People don't seem to believe that good fortune will come their way and I find that very sad. | | 28 July 2008 | Wednesday 30 July 2008, Waterfront Boat Company and CIVAIR have their weekly wine tasting, which will be in The Cockpit - CIVAIR offices on Quay 5 and starting from 5.30pm. As always, lucky draw prizes, great wine and cheese.
This week there are two award winning wine cellars: Grande Provence Estate from Franschhoek and De Krans Wine Cellar from Calitzdorp, which has a particularly delectable Port. I will be popping in before attending the Overberg Paragliding Club monthly meeting. |
| 28 July 2008 |  The Scream by Edvard Munch There was a young black man, about 17 years of age wearing an old tattered lightweight overcoat over his emaciated frame. His bony feet were bare upon the cold winter surface of the road, but it was his face and body posture that got to me. I don't normally give money to the roadside beggars. My belief is that if I did that and other people did it too, the beggar would be there tomorrow and the next day. We would be perpetuating a relationship of dependency and not encouraging him to learn how to 'fish' for himself. But there was something different about his young man. Only once in my life have I ever seen such intense misery. Such pain and fear and sickness. A life so wasted that it both fears and welcomes death. It was in Goma. Is our society so bad that there is nowhere people like this can seek out some comfort in death? Why is he not there? What makes him come out to the roadside when he can barely walk, when he can't even utter a word, trapped so deep is he in his tragedy... I was 'generous'. I gave him all of R2.00. How his face haunts me this evening......... |
| 27 July 2008 | Pretty exhausted after today :-) Hobby-X show at the Grand West Casino, 20 mins in a Medi Sage massage chair, (what a great invention) and just as I was about to watch the new Batman movie , I got a call from Mike Pace - gliders up on Lions Head! The lady in the Grand West ticket office kindly gave me a refund on my movie ticket and I was on my way. Raced up the trail to take off - much harder with a pack than when I walk the dogs and there I found three gliders in the air (Mike Pace, Carolina Rochinatti and her partner Steve) with Wayne packing up on take off. I have not taken off from Lions Head in easily a year, maybe more and hinted to him that I would not mind him seeing me off safely before he walked down. He kindly offered and held my glider up. It was an easy take-off with a breath of wind coming through just at the right time and Wayne urging me on. Air was smooth and buoyant and sunset was beckoning. I did not climb as high as the others because I noticed a rain squall to the South and wind trails on the water in front of it. I was worried about an increase in wind, even 5kms could make things unpleasant. Lions Head can be deceptive with its wind strength at the different altitudes. It would probably be all right, I thought, but probably is not good enough for my third flight in such a long time and Lions Head has been known to blow pilots backwards when trying to land after a lovely flight. Carolina and Steve were also heading out over the sea so I reckoned my call was good, if perhaps over cautious. Mike followed high above me. Pushed speed bar to get up wind of landing, just in case it was stronger on the field than I expected as it often is, then did some sharp 360's in alternating directions to give my lines a little stretch. I keep having dreams about my right break line parting from my trailing edge all along the cascades. Unfortunately Aerodyne never followed through with its promise of a new glider (proto FEEL) so I will be flying my old Aerodyne Shaolin again this year. It is fine I am sure, but it must be playing on my subconscious that I should be flying a new glider. On landing it was not quite a vertical affair, but the wind was strong and we hovered a lot before touch down. Turns out we had made the right decision as soon the wind increased enough for white caps to become obvious as the increase of a few kilometers per hour had the wind ruffling the sea. Good to know I am recognising the signs ahead of time. I need to reinforce good memories over the next few weeks as I test my judgement and flying skills and clear away the cobwebs of the last six months inactivity. Back at Ian and Mays house that I am house sitting, some friendly neighbourhood ladies were having a braai on their patio and invited me over for wine and a delicious meal as we watched the sunset on Signal Hill and the City and Harbour lights twinkle on and the first star come out from behind the clouds. I have met more people here in District Six than I did in my first 5 years of living in Llandudno. It's a lovely neighbourhood with such diverse people. Last night around 11pm, ok this might contradict what I just said about a lovely neighbourhood, but I was in bed, drifting on the edges of dreamland when I heard someone shouting 'Help, help!' At first I thought I was mistaken but then the cry came again. I threw on a gown and went outside with the dogs, unlocking the gate and stepping into the quiet dark street. Other people were also stirring and one man had a serious searchlight. Now in Llandudno you can shout until you throat is raw and the neighbourhood dogs are barking and NO-ONE comes out to see what is going on. I had a nightmare once which tested this theory. Anyway, turns out to be homeless people having a ding-dong. One said the other had stolen R100 of his, but at that point the 'thief' was long gone. Nothing we could do, but at least people came out to see and help if they could. In all of this, the dogs, Pluto and Phoenix showed their displeasure and got quite snappy. When it all quietened down and we dirfted back to our homes, I realised that Pluto was missing - he had taken himself for a walk close to midnight. The man with the searchlight had gone back inside to his home and I now had to find my naughty charge in the dark. Running down the street to search the nearby fields he loves to run in, I passed a young man closing up his car who offered to escort me around as I searched for Pluto. I thought his concern for my safety was sweet. Not something I am used to. We could not find Pluto and eventually I went back to the house at Leonard's suggestion to make myself a cup of tea and wait for him to return in his own time. Which he did. And boy was he in trouble. But like a was saying, nice neighbourhood this District Six. People actually interact with one another. There is a sense of community and watching out for your neighbour. I like it. I am considering finding a place here for the coming summer if the rent is affordable. | | 26 July 2008 |  Flygirl, Mike & Karen ground handling at La Med - photo by a Mum |  Flygirl at La Med - photo taken by one of my litle helpers | | Ground handling is an important part of flying for me and it is a lot of fun with other paragliding pilots. A little stronger wind and we could have played a little aerial warfare :-) Normally would train with a helmet but the conditions were very light today with no chance of dragging and no rocks around, only a soggy wet field. Looking forward to my next flight! Thanks to Mike, Tarique, Seth & one of their Mums for photos. |
| 21 July 2008 | Yesterday I enjoyed my first flight. Yeah I know, I was supposed to wait - supposed to log another 5 hours ground handling - but it was an exceptionally beautiful day - the sun was shining the birds were tweeting and the sky beckoned at Sir Lowry's Pass. Who am I to deny myself the pleasure ..... :-) The wind was light and pilots were not maintaining at first, but for my first flight in almost 6 months it was just perfect in my books. This is the moment I have been waiting for. The moment when I am excited to be in the air, not stressing about whether the conditions were right or not, whether I would suffer a panic attack or not - I just wanted to be out there. Took off, perfect launches..sigh, such pleasure to know I can pull up and guide my wing skillfully away from earth, gliding through the air, free... The thermals were light and chuckling, small and broken, but welcoming... This is where I am meant to be.... After my second extended foofie I landed feeling that secret delight, that bubbling filling my being. Happiness is too strong an emotion, contentment too bland an expression.... it was harmony, the feeling that all is right in the world and my place within it ... Thank you to Jaco, Lesley and Philip for retrieve...... |
| 20 July 2008 |  Rayana is the new WPMF World Muay Thai Bantamweight Champion of the World!
Congratulations Girl :-) Nongkarn went down in the second round with a blow to the solar plexus or ribs. It was heartbreaking to watch the champion trying to get up .... This is what I always dreaded - the day I would lose my title. These girls dare to win every time they climb into the ring knowing that only one can walk out with the title. That takes courage. Picking yourself up after being knocked down, standing up, dusting yourself off after disappointment and preparing yourself for the next round, your next fight. That takes strength of character. Last time Rayana had to do this after her loss in Thailand against Nongkarn and she has done well....now it is Nongkarns turn, so much harder when you were the champion ... 18 July 2008
Don't forget it is FIGHT NIGHT Saturday night at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Rayana, our local SA Fight Girl is taking on the Thai Champion Nongkarn. I will be there :-) For more information, look further down this blog. |  |  |
 |  |  Ramazan “The Punisher” Ramazanov from Russia won his fight. It never was in doubt. The guy is not only goodlooking and wowed the crowd when he took his shirt off (sorry, girl observation :-), but he is scary good at what he does in the ring. Cruised the first round, then slammed a knee into our local boy and it was tickets..... |
| 18 July 2008 | Another 20 minutes of groundhandling accounted for. 5 hours to go before lift off. Can I contain myself this weekend, I ask? Weather is looking pretty perfect for a winter weekend of exploration ..... On that note, I have worked up from no wind ground handling to stronger wind yesterday at Dolphin Beach where I was pulling up with two kite surfers. Too weak for them to go to sea and a bit on the edgy side for me to have fun. But I needed the practice. Almost forgot the power of the wind in the glider, especially when it comes through in little gusts. Wake Up. No dragging, but I really prefer going forward to backwards. The other day at La Med, my very first pull up had me in the air and going backwards a metre off the ground up towards the embankment and car park. Was good to know I had the presence of mind not to panic and was able to 'kill' the glider cleanly before I started ridge soaring. Yeah, I know some of you would have thought that was fun! | | 17 July 2008 |   Another lovely evening of wine tasting at the V&A, this time aboard the Sea Princess with Pulpit Rock Winery.
My sister Ange loves wine and joined me for the evening, getting stuck on the Sauvignon Blanc whilst I delighted in tasting everything before settling on the Chenin Blanc.
You really do get to meet the most interesting people at these evenings. The groups are small, 20 - 30 people at most, drifting in and out between 5.30pm and 7.30pm every Wednesday, so you can speak to at least half the people and they are all so relaxed and in a mellow mood - I just love it! |  |  |
| 15 July 2008 | More about Alexis, the young man flying the yellow Apco paraglider glider a few days ago. Like Louis he is a speed flyer and skydiver.
Remember the speed-flying Table Mountain crash September last year? News Articles below.
Alexis has turned to paragliding now, which is much slower than what he was flying that TM day. He is being more careful as promised ..... | 'Next time I'll be more careful'
13/09/2007 21:30 - (SA)
News24 Johannesburg - A Rhodes student who survived a 30m crash off Table Mountain on Wednesday has vowed to "speed fly" again. Speaking from his home in Stellenbosch on Thursday, Alexis McNaughton, 19, told Grocott's Mail that he was still walking with a bad limp, but would be back in Grahamstown for the start of the university term on Monday. And when he's fully recovered he'll be jumping again, only this time he'll be "a little more careful". McNaughton was attempting to win a competition offering R50 000 for charity by filming himself jumping and parachuting off the mountain. A team of 30 had to be airlifted in to carry out a rescue operation lasting almost nine hours. McNaughton says cloud cover prevented a Red Cross helicopter from getting near the Platteklip Gorge ledge where he landed. Instead, rescue workers had to be lifted halfway up the mountain and climbed the rest of the way. No serious injuries As conditions deteriorated an SA Air Force Oryx helicopter was called, but it too was unable to reach McNaughton. On the ground, rescue workers strapped him into a stretcher and carried him to the cable car - which re-opened specifically to help ferry him to the ground. McNaughton eventually reached the hospital at 22:00. Miraculously, he sustained only bruises, mild hypothermia, and two big cracks to his helmet. "It's amazing that I broke nothing, fractured nothing," he said. "It's really a miracle of God." An experienced skydiver, he has previously jumped off Table Mountain six times using a technique that used to be called speed flying. It's similar to para-gliding because one runs off a cliff with an inflated canopy, says McNaughton, but the chutes are smaller and the aim of the game is speed, not flight time. He thinks the reason things went wrong is because he didn't build up enough speed to get away from the cliff-face, hitting the rocks below and tumbling to a ledge where he lost consciousness for 20 minutes. When he came to, his phone had been ringing. He answered it and gave rescue workers his co-ordinates using a GPS he always carries when jumping. The next few hours were the worst, waiting in the icy wind chill to be rescued. He wrapped himself in his canopy to keep warm, and kept talking telephonically to friends below who were anxiously watching the rescue operation. |
'I didn't have enough speed'14 September 2007, 08:33
By Caryn Dolley It was a failure to build up enough speed before leaping off Table Mountain that saw a Rhodes University student plunge 30 metres onto a ledge in Platteklip Gorge while attempting a base jump. Alexis McNaughton, 19, carried off the mountain in a mission that took rescuers eight hours on Wednesday, had only a slight cough and a few bruises to show for his ordeal when he was discharged from hospital on Thursday. He said he was amazed he had not died or been seriously injured in the "big accident". A friend had been filming him "speed-flying", a form of base jumping, as an entry for a radio competition for R50 000. "The conditions for speed-flying were good. I've done it from Table Mountain at least six times," McNaughton said from his Stellenbosch home. "Looking back, I realise I did not gather enough speed before leaving the cliff. I never expected that could lead to such trouble. "I remember hitting the first rock. I was really scared and when I saw how far I still had to fall I thought: 'This is it.' "I don't know how it's possible I didn't die. I was unconscious for about 20 minutes after I landed." Speaking between coughs, McNaughton said his back ached, his feet were wet and he was freezing while waiting in the mist for rescuers, who were battling in cold, wet and windy conditions to reach him. "I was relieved to hear the (rescue) helicopters. And the rescue team were excellent. I'm so thankful to them. If it meant being uncomfortable for a while it was worth it because they ensured I was safe." McNaughton said he "had not bothered" to take a look at the footage of his fall, which included some by a camera attached to his helmet, because it was still too fresh in his mind. A second-year economics student and a skydiving enthusiast, McNaughton began base jumping last year and has completed 50 jumps. He said he would continue base jumping. His relieved father, Paul McNaughton, said it was "absolutely miraculous" his son had not been seriously injured. "He didn't even have a broken bone. Someone out there must have special plans for him." He hoped his son's accident would be a warning to others to be extremely careful. The Wilderness Search and Rescue team members were heroes, McNaughton sen said.
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- This article was originally published on page 3 of The Cape Times on September 14, 2007
| | 13 July 2008 | | Tandems were on Lions Head top take off today, plus a couple of solos and ..... a speed kite - or at least the parachute variation! |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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Louis assures me that his nic name PANIC has got nothing to do with his extreme sports, but more to do with his IT work. Hmmmm :-) |  |  | Sorry, no take off pics. Conditions were not right.
These speed parachutes require more wind than a paraglider to launch safely as their descent rate is hectic and clearing the path and rocks below is a bit tight even on a good day. |
| 12 July 2008 | Yes!! Another half hour of ground handling accounted for making it 5 hours and 20 minutes before lift off for this Flygirl. Met a young new pilot to the sport at the Lions Head landing zone in front of La Med. Name's Alexis and he is also a skydiver. He is from Stellenbosch but trained with Scot, an instructor in Grahamstown where he goes to university and works as a skydiver for EP Skydiving. He has 20 hours and handles his wing well, taking off from Lions Head alone and landing gently in one piece near where I was ground handling. Alexis is new to our sites having done almost all his 30 flights in Grahamstown so if you see a yellow Apco glider and harness, offer him a site briefing and maybe your number. Like me Alexis likes the flatlands which is unusual to find in one so new to flying, but it probably has a lot to do with his skydiving and love of great big open spaces. I look forward to introducing him to Koringberg this spring :-) On that note. Alexis, a new pilot to our sport reminded me of an age old pilot etiquette that has been lost, ignored or simply abused - contributing to fuel for recovery. He asked me if I could give him a lift up to take off where his car was and said he would contribute to fuel.
I was going over the neck anyway and said it was not necessary, that it would be a pleasure to take him up. On getting out of the car he absolutely insisted that I accept the R20. It was a total overpayment and I refused, but he would not take no for an answer and I got the impression that it would take a bulldozer to change his mind, so I gracefully accepted. How often does that happen? I have to tell you I was shocked...... Whoever you are Instructor Scot, you have imbued excellent paragliding traits in this young man and he takes them seriously. | | 11 July 2008 | My first day back in the harness in months. No, not flying although I watched one or two tandems I think fly Lions Head whilst I was walking the slopes of Table Mountain, working on my fitness. Why did I not fly on such a beautiful sunshiny day almost free of rain? Because I have 5 hours and 50 minutes of groundhandling still to do before I allow my feet to leave the ground. To that end I went to Moullie Point Light House Common earlier and familiarised myself with the Shaolin, checking everthing was still ok and if I remembered what all the bits of string and clips were for. After running around for 10 minutes in no wind on the ground, I came to the conclusion that I was in bad shape! Met up with film friends whilst I was there and had an excellent cappuccino at Bravo's Restaurant opposite the Light House. Then off to the mountains and waterfalls and birds. Lovely day! | | 10 July 2008 | So there I was about to compile a 'Dear Ian and May' letter. 'About your dogs. To be precise Pluto. You know how you said not to worry about the fact he always takes off and disappears for awhile on walks, but that he always comes back? Well everything has been fine for the last one and a half weeks, but today....he did not come back.' I dreaded writing this email. I am responsible for the safety of their home and dogs while they are away and now Pluto was missing on the mountain. Debbie and Greg were also walking their dogs and they helped me look for Pluto as darkness set in. It was they who found him, following his barks into the bush. He had fallen down a 3-4 metre pit with vertical sides. We could just see him as the last light left us, but could not determine if he was hurt or not. I could probably get down, I have been training at City Rock remember :-), but getting a possibly injured dog up and myself out was doubtful. It was too deep to pass him up. I went back to my car for rope whilst Debbie and Greg stayed by the hole to keep him company. Whilst at the car I asked around at the houses nearby if anyone had a ladder. Fortunately a gardener, Amos said he had a short ladder and knew of the hole Pluto had fallen into. He had pulled a dog out of there before. Sounds like something the National Parks Board need to be made aware of. Amos brought a flash light along as it was now dark. We lowered the ladder into the pit with the rope and I climbed down into the inky blackness. I felt Pluto wrap his paws tightly around me like I was the best thing he had seen all year. I checked for injuries, but surprisingly he seemed ok. The bush and feinbos which obscured the two metre diameter hole must have softened his fall on the way down. Fortunately he is a medium to small sized dog, a Cocker Spaniel, so he was easy to carry up the ladder and pass him to those above. Phillip, another dog walker stopped to help as well for which I am grateful. I am so looking forward to the next three weeks adventures...... | | 10 July 2008 | Thank you to Ulrich Prinz for requesting of his own accord and obtaining a correction on the Advance website regarding the winning lady of the XC Open World Series 2007. Thank you to Daniel Frutiger for implementing the correction. I do appreciate it. Advance | | | A lovely evening of wine tasting at CIVAIR last night. Riebeek Cellars were this weeks hosts and they had a fantastic selection of wines for us to try - all so very different from each other. Every week there is a lucky draw for those who drop their business cards in the fish bowl. This weeks prizes: a pair tickets for a sunset cruise aboard the Sea Princess, a CIVAIR T-shirt (oh man I hope they have a helicopter ride one of these Wednesdays) and a bottle of wine from Riebeek Cellars. There were people from all walks of life and I really enjoyed the conversation. What a great way to miss the rush hour traffic every Wednesday after work. |   | We finished off the evening with Riebeeks delicious Ruby Port and when I wanted to buy a bottle of my favourite - the Merlot 2006 from A Few Good Men I was told - 'Sorry, the wine is only for tasting not selling this evening.' Now that is like letting a child play with a toy and then saying give it back! I was distraught. I have had a interesting first week at Ian and May's. It has been lovely but I have had my blonde moments. I locked myself in the garage and a few days later I locked myself outof the garage with my car and the keys to the garage and house inside. And it was raining. Fortunately the Universe went easy on me and a neighbour happened to arrive just at that moment and had a spare set of keys I did not know about - for emergency purposes. Whew! So I was wanting to buy them a bottle of red wine from Riebeek Cellars as thanks. When I told the nice young man my sorry story he gave me the prized bottle of Merlot. I love these rural people from Riebeek Valley. So friendly - and they have great wines! Next week Wednesday is Pulpit Rock - another past sponsor of paragliding. |   |
| 08 July 2008 | 
Here is a blast from the past. Whilst waiting to listen to my snippet interview with Jeff Ayliffe on Cape Talk Radio regarding the XC Open, this lady Bantam Weight South African Champion Thaiboxer, Rayana Ameeroedien had a news snippet of her own. Ray is about to step into the ring with Nongkarn of Thailand for the WPMF World Muay Thai Bantamweight Title. The two have met before in Thailand. This rematch will be fought here in South Africa on Saturday 19 July at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. I linked to Rayana's website via my Events Calendar, but here is a direct link www.muaythaisa.com
An excerpt from this Fight Girl: In 2007 TRFC presented the country’s first all-women's fight event called FIGHT GIRLS SOUTH AFRICA which provides tough but feminine women fighters with a platform to show off their fighting skills. While the women fighters enjoy the much needed exposure, spectatorship has tripled since the event . The popularity of FIGHT GIRLS SOUTH AFRICA has resulted in an exciting reality series being produced which is currently in the making. Aahh...those were the days. I am proud of the fact that I was South Africa's first full contact lady kickboxer. It took awhile for me to wear them down and get the sport unbanned for ladies in the early 1990's, but the outcome was never in doubt :-) I will be watching this event. A little nostalgia over my hardcore days ... :-) | | | | Ok, so now I am getting nervous. This winter rain is going on a bit too long and now they say we can expect snowon the mountains! Flygirl wants to see if she can still fly but we are in deep winter!!!! One of the many beauties of living in District Six this month means I have a great view of Table Mountain and taking Ian and May's dogs for walks along the foothills in between down pours means I have front row seats to the waterfalls cascading down the cliffs and the proteas and tiny purple flowers blooming and everything is intensely green. Will take photos as soon as the clouds lift a bit and the light improves. The Namaqualand flowers are going to be simply breathtaking in August. | | 05 July 2008 |  I love taking photos of people and beautiful natural wonders along my path. When I receivephoto's it is always interesting for me to see what aspect of myself the person taking the photo captured. What did they see in that moment......
Gabby Gallo from Belgium made this video one day at the XC Open in Piedrahita, Spain 2007. The lyrics have special meaning to me this year. Paraglidetv.com
Thanks to Gabby, ParaglideTV and YouTube .
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Des Pansi is the blue and yellow Swing Arcus in the background and I think it was Frigga Bausenwein who took off first on the Orange Advance. | | |
Every Wednesday, during the Cape winter, CIVAIR and Water Front Boat Company invite you to join them for free wine tasting on Quay 5 at the V&A. Each week they showcase a different wine cellar or farm and they alternate between holding it on the quay at CIVAIR or on the Sea Princess, alongside the quay. We are not going to sea or into the air so you can join in and sample merrily and then leave anytime at your leisure from 17h30 and 19h30.
This Wednesday, 09 July 2008, Riebeek Cellars from that wonderful little country village that has supported paragliding in the past, Riebeek Valley, is providing a selection of wine from the area. Hope to see you there! | 
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