London Gala Dinner for The David Rattray Foundation/Memorial Trust

Conceived by Robin Woodhead and executed by an incredible committe under the leadership of Linda Grosse, The David Rattray Memorial Trust last week held a Gala Dinner at Sothebys in London.  The committee together with Sasha Weld Forester worked tirelessly for months putting this event together.  The success of it far exceeded our expectations,  and between the live auction, the silent auction and personal pledges we raised the unbelievable sum of £650 000.00.

We are so appreciative of the generosity of the committee who gave of their time so willingly and of course it goes without saying how grateful we are to the guests who attended the dinner for their incredible support!  This injection of capital into the Foundation is going to make an enormous difference to what we can do for our schools.  Thank you all for your generosity and support of The David Rattray Foundation/Memorial Trust.

The David Rattray Foundation

 The long-awaited release of George Irwin’s The Foundation. The History, the Future, the Legacy has finally taken place and the book is  now available for sale. The proceeds from the sale of the book goes to the Foundation and will be used to enhance education in the local communities. A copy of the book is available from Reception – R375.00

 

From Fugitives' Drift to the Richtersveld

From one extreme to the other other - from the Acacia trees and aloes of  Rorke's Drift to the stark mountains flanking the Orange River just over the border into Namibia.  My first camping expedition and canoeing - all rolled into one!  We drove just under 3500km there and back for our 4 day river trip, it was worth every stop and go, bad Wimpy breakfast in Senekal, ghastly dinner in Upington, 3 hour wait at the Namibian border and potholes to have 4 days paddling on the very full and strong flowing river.  Full river meant the paddling wasn't very hard work, and a couple of rapids kept the adrenaline levels up!  Beautiful scenery and good company, it was a happy bunch of campers that came off the river.  I am now looking at the Buffalo River with renewed interest!