Buffalo Herder’s Diary: The Last Bus of the Season
The privilege of the last rider’s escort through the Baviaanskloof Reserve for RASA 2023 was assigned to me – a 6 am bus on a Wednesday....
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Mike Roy
Jun 275 min read
Buffalo Herder Ramblings | Burghersdorp | 27 June 2024
Us Buffalo Herders wait for something to do. We base ourselves slightly off course, waiting to assist where we can. Not too dissimilar...
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Aileen Kennaugh
Jan 319 min read
Klipfontein - Buckland's 500km ride - October 2023
So this adventure came out of the blue. You know of course I am sworn off many-hour, multi-day rides - chafe on my nether regions, a...
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Mike Roy
Nov 7, 20236 min read
Freedom Trail World Cup Rugby Tour October 2023
Eastern Cape, hosted by the Buffalo Herders Main tour 500km (seven days): Klipfontein (Stormberg) – Rietfontein (nr Hofmeyer) –...
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Mike Roy
Mar 15, 20235 min read
Race to Cradock 2023 | Race Report #1
The ninth running of the Race to Cradock is underway, the first event taking placed in 2015. RTC is generally regarded as the best event...
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Mike Roy
Jun 18, 20224 min read
News from the Trail
It’s Saturday 18 June, early morning, and the 2022 Race Across South Africa is well underway. Six batches are already on the route....
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Fiona Coward
Jul 18, 20212 min read
The day the Buffalo Herders needed some herding | Fiona Coward
Buffalo Herder John the Geologist in a race against time to herd the 13:00 bus from Cambria Buffalo Herding is just one branch of a...
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Fiona Coward
Jul 18, 20211 min read
Observations of a rookie Buffalo Herder | Part 3 | Fiona Coward
RASA Riders are inherently interesting. Everyone has a story. As a herder, it's like being in an elevator. The doors open, a rider steps...
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Fiona Coward
Jul 16, 20211 min read
Observations of a rookie Buffalo Herder | Part 2 | Fiona Coward
Buffalo Herding is a vortex. It sweeps us up into a maelstrom of memories, sights, sounds and smells to the point where we occupy a...
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Mike Roy
Jul 9, 20216 min read
Straws upon a camel’s back | Buffalo vignettes | Mike Roy
Gill Graaf (Freedom Circuit 400km 2021) is the most recent addition to the ever expanding clutch of Freedom Writers. Gill and her husband...
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Fiona Coward
Jul 9, 20211 min read
Observations of a rookie Buffalo Herder - Part One | Fiona Coward
Buffalo herding is hard. Very hard. That is all. Next installment soon.
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