Shall we Sing a Song for you?

So SWS was plugged at GAC, so I’ve been told to keep things Christian…

Our South African adventures continued the day after our hike when we went on an organised tour in a landrover, up the Sani Pass (in the Drakensberg) to Lesotho (a country). There were two landrovers went up, us all in one of them, and a few randomers, including the chain-smoking medics (who were english – plus another english guy they’d met who was doing the Cape to Cairo) who we had hung out with (well, watched the football in the hotel with) the previous two nights.

Setting off

The other group got some guy who had Irish parents – and we got Rudi. Who in one day just about made my all-time heroes list.

Rudi kept reminding us that the Drakensberg is a World Heritage Site

Leaving South Africa – time to get our passports stamped! – 4 times in one day. G!

Rudi: “Oops, wrong gear” as he ‘accidentally’ puts it into reverse on the most dangerous corner on the Pass.

Passing people from National Geographic with their massive camera

Our machine

‘One of the safest roads in Africa’ – Rudi

Definitely in Lesotho now

It was so high up there was snow

…So obviously we had a snowball fight! We got Rudi to race round a corner and then we waited for the other landrover.

Rudi was loving it!

We had our lunch at the top of this

The highest peak south of Kilimanjaro. Or something.

The Jesster

Then it was back down to the village we had passed on the way in.

Sheep!

Inside this woman’s house

Not Rudi – however he did speak about 4 languages

Bread

Strob not impressed by the local beverage

Yoooooooooooooo

The view from the highest pub in Africa

Then it was home time –

Ice corner

Meeting other vehicles was ropey enough!

Some view

And finally, here’s a video of Rudi in action. For censorship reasons I’ve had to add a random music track so you can’t hear what he’s saying. However I think our reactions are entertainment enough.

On the Tuesday we got up early to pick up the two hire cars. They weren’t much to write home about. Then we basically drove all day till we reached the Drakensberg Mountains. The last good bit of the drive was in the dark, rain lashing down, met a horse coming down the side of a mountain in the pitch dark. When we finally arrived at the youth hostel it was completely pouring and we thought it was going to be a miserable stay and we would need to get out of there asap.

However the next day dawned bright and dry and we set off on a hike by ourselves to the Balancing Rocks.

Stevie took a picture of this punk near the start of our massive car journey. However the guy caught him doing it, and for the next 15 minutes or so as we kept passing each other the guy kept giving us the dirtiest look you ever seen

The cars the next morning

Pilgs

Bros

The baboons threw rocks at us!

Stroby

Simon scampers on ahead

Matt

Flat out

Joelerz

Lunch time

Strob and famous people

And again

Life on the edge for young Curry

Up at the top

Some view

Matt

The balancing rocks

Homeward bound

‘Arty’

The Waterfall

Making a quick exit back down onto the main road

And to round off a just about perfect day we went out for a meal at the local hotel

Ted Donnelly on Daniel: Singing the Lord’s Song in a Foreign Land

1. Daniel and Pressure
2. Daniel and God
3. Daniel and Worship
4. Daniel and the World
5. Daniel and Witness
6. Daniel and Commitment

They’re about 25MB each. Will send Jeff lower quality versions to put on rpc.org

Bid-Up: Gregg hammering in 20 nails in 63 seconds

Streets of London

I’ll Fly Away

A Day in the Life of Renwick

This was definitely the highlight of the concert. Mark should get an Oscar for his scarily realistic portrayal of Rosemary! Sadly the recording is in two parts and it’s not all there, but the only bit that’s really missing is the ending when Rosemary and Andy meeting on the stairs at 5am the next morning, when Andy is getting up and Rosemary is going to bed.

Senior Camp Video Compilation

Courtesy Andy M