In 2022, as we were coming out of COVID, I took part in  an ultra endurance bike “race” across South Africa. The event is a Mountain Bike...

Trouthaven is the final support station on the Freedom Trail. It’s a cute cluster of self catering cottages set halfway up a valley, in...

Today Tim has the final task of pushing through Stettynskloof. Arriving at Diemersfontein he will have been on the road for a continuous...

As per the narrative, the distance from Trouthaven to Diemersfontein is 51km. Only 51km – that is less an average coffee ride for a group...

By the time you reach Prince Albert on the Freedom Challenge RASA pilgrimage, the routine of waking up long before it gets light,...

In 2019 I made a bike harness so I could carry the bike hands free. I strapped on the bike at the bottom of Lehana and made good progress...

The violent gust of wind on the tin roof awoke me abruptly. I honestly thought the roof might blow away. I rolled over and looked at my...

Why are you walking? I thought this was a bike race? My non Freedom Challenge riding friends are often amazed at the many photos they see...

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...

[Scratched! Part 2] Winter’s nearly over. It’s Spring. Time to keep our promise to ourselves, to return to finish our Race to Rhodes, to...

I have sometimes been described as a gregarious person. Whilst generally shy, I do like to meet and find out more about the people and...

A looong time ago, when I was young, my grandmother had a domestic lady by the name of Rachel. I was not at school yet, when she used to...

Anyone who enters the freedom challenge will spend a lot of time considering the appropriate equipment to take on the journey across the...

Kim Ward, RTR 2023 When you start a Freedom Challenge event, you know you are going to get scratched – rocks and branches are part of the...

Here's to strong women. May we know them. May we be them. And may we raise them. Sandy Maytham Bailey Sarah van Eerden Mandy Joyce Janine...

Years ago, Intelligence Quotient (IQ) was the measurement of potential. But then Emotional Quotient (EQ) was added to the mix of...

Lazily basking in warm Cotswolds summer weather, I feel a world away from the Freedom riders preparing for RASA 2023. Scrolling the...

The RASA riders will be in the vicinity of the town of Molteno, closing in on Romansfontein, Gunsteling, Hofmeyr and Elandsberg. The...

The Freedom Challenge is a strange beast. For most it’s a journey physically, mentally and philosophically. It’s hard, very hard but...

Naudesnek is the roadway over the Drakensberg on the Freedom Trail, it has to be traversed for riders wanting to reach Rhodes and it is...