Trouthaven and Its River of Emotions for RASA Riders
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...
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Mike Woolnough
Jul 64 min read
Tim James - The Final Chapter
Today Tim has the final task of pushing through Stettynskloof. Arriving at Diemersfontein he will have been on the road for a continuous...
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Andrew Cromhout
Jul 46 min read
Stettyns, or is it Satyns, (Afrikaans for Satin’s)
As per the narrative, the distance from Trouthaven to Diemersfontein is 51km. Only 51km – that is less an average coffee ride for a group...
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Greg Fisher
Jun 304 min read
Winter Wonderland - Swartberg Pass
By the time you reach Prince Albert on the Freedom Challenge RASA pilgrimage, the routine of waking up long before it gets light,...
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Liehann Loots
Jun 252 min read
Good Idea? Bad Idea?
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...
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Greg Fisher
Jun 215 min read
Lehana’s
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...
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Rebecca Sands
Jun 182 min read
Too posh to push
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...
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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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Kim Ward
Sep 27, 20233 min read
Finished business!
[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...
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Andrew Cromhout
Jul 5, 20234 min read
The Unfamiliar faces of the Freedom Challenge…
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...
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Andrew Cromhout
Jul 1, 20237 min read
Memories, Musings and Abusings of a Below Average Rider from the Trail……
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...
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Craig Bosenberg
Jun 30, 20233 min read
Bike Quandries
Anyone who enters the freedom challenge will spend a lot of time considering the appropriate equipment to take on the journey across the...
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Kim Ward
Jun 27, 20235 min read
Scratched!
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...
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Ingrid Avidon
Jun 27, 20232 min read
Women on the trail
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...
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Fiona Coward
Jun 27, 20232 min read
Why RASA is good for you.
Years ago, Intelligence Quotient (IQ) was the measurement of potential. But then Emotional Quotient (EQ) was added to the mix of...
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Graham Denny
Jun 25, 20235 min read
View from the Cotswolds
Lazily basking in warm Cotswolds summer weather, I feel a world away from the Freedom riders preparing for RASA 2023. Scrolling the...
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Andrew Cromhout
Jun 22, 20234 min read
I Love The Karoo….
The RASA riders will be in the vicinity of the town of Molteno, closing in on Romansfontein, Gunsteling, Hofmeyr and Elandsberg. The...
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Steven Burnett
Jun 21, 20236 min read
The Who's Who of RASA 2023
The Freedom Challenge is a strange beast. For most it’s a journey physically, mentally and philosophically. It’s hard, very hard but...
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Charl Van der Spuy
Jun 20, 20233 min read
Naudesnek – a monumental pass and potentially a place of broken dreams
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...
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Nigel Payne
Jun 19, 20233 min read
Brothers in Arms
THE FREEDOM CHALLENGE Race Across South Africa 2023 - Why we are Doing it Again - Nigel & Adrian Payne. Reflections as we are about to...
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