I had swum this part of the river thousands of times in my mind,  but always on a warm sunny day.  The final morning was anything but warm and sunny. A howling Westerly wind and rain was the way th…

Day 18 Napkysmond to Malgas Hotel Day 19 Malgas to Bush Pub So it was up at dawn on Day 18 – 5am Emile’s cheerful voice came through the haze of exhausted sleep. BUT it was a good reason that we we…

After a fantastic supper prepared by Barbie and her team from Felix Unite, the support crew and swimmers woke up after a restful night’s sleep at Up the Creek, to the smell of egg and bacon and tuc…

We woke to a perfect day at a picturesque Breede Bush Camp. By the time we hit the water however , the wind was pumping from the West. Mark’s first day as backup paddler was a very tough one. He al…

It was always going to be a tough day logistically as we only had 1 backup person for the day, Emile, he obviously paddled with us. This meant that we parked the Landy at the Bontebok Park for the …

By Sue TorrPaddling down the breathtakingly beautiful Breede River, inhaling the plethora of sights, sounds and smells of this majestic flow of water, there can be no doubt in one’s mind that our G…

This section of the swim started 3km’s before Bonnievale. Brad Grylls, our water based support crew,  spent 8 hours throwing a blunt stick at carp, without any success. This was our longest day of …

I’m probably not the right person to talk about today because it was rather miserable, but we did our distance and we’re proud of the accomplishment. The weather really let us down, wit…

After being spoilt rotten by Richard’s family and friends from Durbanville we set off reluctantly from Rivierzicht. Contrary to weather reports the sun was shining and stayed out all day. Thi…