<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571</id><updated>2012-02-16T20:51:06.379-08:00</updated><category term='lectures'/><category term='lodge'/><category term='William Whitelocke Lloyd'/><category term='prints'/><category term='cottage'/><category term='renovations'/><category term='Fairview'/><category term='Get up close to the game'/><category term='A Soldier Artist in Zululand'/><category term='David Rattray'/><category term='Rob Caskie'/><category term='fugitives&apos; drift'/><category term='Natures Valley'/><category term='UK'/><title type='text'>Fugitives' Drift Lodge and Guest House</title><subtitle type='html'>The Zulu War of 1879 is famous for the great battles of Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift. The spectacular Fugitives’ Drift property overlooks both Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift, and includes the site where Lts. Melvill and Coghill lost their lives trying to save the Queen’s Colour. It was here that David and Nicky Rattray created an award-winning lodge for visitors to savour this extraordinary saga. Led by the finest guides in South Africa, tours are conducted daily to Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>32</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-1908561609625224319</id><published>2011-11-16T07:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-16T07:56:12.395-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dan with the breccia</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hbW46BwimUA/TsPcfMynAwI/AAAAAAAAANc/dViIo0ftt6M/s1600/P1010802.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" width="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hbW46BwimUA/TsPcfMynAwI/AAAAAAAAANc/dViIo0ftt6M/s320/P1010802.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-1908561609625224319?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/1908561609625224319/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/11/dan-with-breccia.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/1908561609625224319'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/1908561609625224319'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/11/dan-with-breccia.html' title='Dan with the breccia'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hbW46BwimUA/TsPcfMynAwI/AAAAAAAAANc/dViIo0ftt6M/s72-c/P1010802.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-7061507409095547614</id><published>2011-11-15T23:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-15T23:08:07.619-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ancient piece in the rock garden - by Dan Hathaway</title><content type='html'>I discovered four different types of interesting rock during my visit to Fugitive's Drift. All four of them tell very different stories.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;These are my observations about the rock I am holding in the photograph.&lt;br /&gt;It isn't often I get to hold a piece of import breccia in my hand. In fact, I have never done it before.&lt;br /&gt;This is so because impact breccia is formed by the collision of meteorite with the surface of the earth. This is a very rare occurrence.   &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;There are really only a few places in the world where this has happened.  &lt;br /&gt;So to be holding a piece of evidence of cosmic collision is all the more exciting.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;If you look closely at impact breccia you can see the shattered fragments of the earth's crust that the meteorite slammed into.  I was thinking that it looked like someone seriously tore into a rock pile with a sledgehammer. The whole thing is glued together in a matrix of something called melt rock. Melt rock is caused by the tremendous amount of heat liberated by the impact.  The breccia then cools and solidifies.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Did anything get hurt by the meteorite?  Probably not, because the age of a nearby crater is about 2 billion years old.  The only things living back then were single cell bacteria.  It was a really different world.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Who would have thought that a walk in your beautiful rock garden would extend back that far.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-7061507409095547614?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/7061507409095547614/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/11/ancient-piece-in-rock-garden-by-dan.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/7061507409095547614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/7061507409095547614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/11/ancient-piece-in-rock-garden-by-dan.html' title='Ancient piece in the rock garden - by Dan Hathaway'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-8545922305723560667</id><published>2011-11-14T06:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-14T06:08:09.021-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Guest feedback - the best advertising!</title><content type='html'>Dear Nicky,&lt;br /&gt;   It was a pleasure to meet you after waiting all these years.  &lt;br /&gt;Below is from Dan, for you to use on the blog. Rest assured he will have much more to say!&lt;br /&gt;God bless you,&lt;br /&gt;Alison&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Dear Nicky,&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;I want to tell you how much Alison and I enjoyed our stay at Fugitive's Drift. Your extraordinary&lt;br /&gt;effort and attention to detail made our stay memorable.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;When I travel I miss my pets at home.  Having the black labrador, Spud, meet us at our door made me feel so welcome.  There is nothing quite like enjoying morning coffee and a view of the African countryside with a sleeping dog at your feet.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are looking forward to our next stay.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Dan Hatheway&lt;br /&gt;Deep River Connecticut&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-8545922305723560667?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/8545922305723560667/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/11/guest-feedback-best-advertising.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/8545922305723560667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/8545922305723560667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/11/guest-feedback-best-advertising.html' title='Guest feedback - the best advertising!'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-8598574285192512856</id><published>2011-10-27T06:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-27T06:06:58.913-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Great feedback from Sally Kirby of Sally and Alice Travel Co</title><content type='html'>Sally kindly agreed to let me share her feedback on her stay at Fugitives' Drift last week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello Nicky,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Sorry not to see you at Fugitives during our stay, but rest assured we were very well looked after by your team.  Having heard so much about Fugitives Drift over the years, I am so pleased I finally got there to find out what all the fuss was about, it is a very special place.  I have listed in brief some of the highlights from my stay, thank you so much for arranging it and for suggesting Umzinyathi for our group, it was perfect:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fugitives Lodge – beautiful gardens, herb garden, pool area for midday lounging and freshen up before afternoon tour.  Dogs running around, family photos, press snippets – steeped in history yet very relaxing.  Lots of space for people to spread out and find there own little corner to relax and enjoy the views.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Harford Library – I could have spent days in here, such a wonderful building and full of so many fascinating books, comfy sofas – and views over to Isandlwana mesmerizing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Umzinyathi – beautiful setting, loved the views out the front.  We arrived in the dark to find all candles and fire lit, very atmospheric.  Breakfast under the trees, watching the giraffes nearby and cattle being herded.  Margaret and Keos were on hand to look after us, very warm, smiley and attentive.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rorkes Drift tour with Andrew – he was excellent, very natural, moving and an excellent storyteller.  I left with  a lot of soggy tissues, and a notebook brimming – and a fascination with Anglo-Zulu history&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Staff – all great but particularly loved Grace, she was the perfect hostess and had everyone clapping when she sang after dinner. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dinner – v atmospheric, we had two long tables, the 5 course dinner was delicious and lots of interesting conversation flowing across several different nationalities and age groups.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you again to you and the team for welcoming us into your beautiful home.  You have a fantastic set up and I look forward to working with you all. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With best wishes,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sally&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;e: sally@sallyandalice.com&lt;br /&gt;t: +44 7904 958 194&lt;br /&gt;s: sallykirby&lt;br /&gt;w: www.sallyandalice.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-8598574285192512856?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/8598574285192512856/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/10/great-feedback-from-sally-kirby-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/8598574285192512856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/8598574285192512856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/10/great-feedback-from-sally-kirby-of.html' title='Great feedback from Sally Kirby of Sally and Alice Travel Co'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-7901001531290245098</id><published>2011-10-13T04:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-13T04:38:40.887-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rattrace 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-7901001531290245098?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/7901001531290245098/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/10/rattrace-2011_13.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/7901001531290245098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/7901001531290245098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/10/rattrace-2011_13.html' title='Rattrace 2011'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-6274693965434255087</id><published>2011-10-13T04:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-13T04:21:07.945-07:00</updated><title type='text'>RATTRACE 2011</title><content type='html'>Last weekend we hosted the 5th Rattrace - we had a smaller field this year but nonetheless everyone had a great time, no injuries, no punctures and a beautifully cool day.  The winner of the bike this year was Thabani Ximba. Craig Carter was pipped at the post by his friend Klaas Meintjies (extraorindary win considering he took a wrong turn and caused a pile up near the gate!) and Tanya McKenzie, heroically retained her title. Tanya's win was dedicated to her beloved son Tegan who died tragically 3 weeks ago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brian Green and Andrew Murray, clearly needing more exercise than the rest of us rode to Isandlwana and back - and still managed to come in 5th and 6th! Not bad for two middle aged chaps!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chris Harvie in his inimitable style managed to part people with their money during the fining ceremony in such a way that they were more than happy to do it!  Thank you all for entering into the fun of things and for your incredible generosity. We raised just over R30 000 for The David Rattray Foundation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately the Quarmby's were not here to witness something that they instigated and that will probably never happen again - and that was me cycling the Rattrace.  Yes I did it, along with Marian Myers and most importantly finished it.  Contrary to my expectation it was much more fun than I thought it would be. Our pelaton brought up the rear, well, I guess someone has to do it! It was recommened and very quickly finalised during the fining (I hasten to add  recommended by Patrick's friends not by us ... although maybe the finalisation part was helped along by us ....) that the Quarmby's be severely fined in absentia for not being here to witness the bet they laid last year!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1st - Klaas Meintjies&lt;br /&gt;2nd - Craig Carter&lt;br /&gt;3rd - Rob Godlonton&lt;br /&gt;4th - Thabani Ximba&lt;br /&gt;5th - Brian Green&lt;br /&gt;6th - Andrew Murray&lt;br /&gt;7th - Dedrich Eicker&lt;br /&gt;8th - Sandile Magwaze&lt;br /&gt;9th - William Murray&lt;br /&gt;10th - Tanya McKenzie&lt;br /&gt;11th - Matthew Howarth&lt;br /&gt;12th - Chantal Carter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you to all of you who participated this year, we really appreciate your support&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-6274693965434255087?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/6274693965434255087/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/10/rattrace-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/6274693965434255087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/6274693965434255087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/10/rattrace-2011.html' title='RATTRACE 2011'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-2431793876120877019</id><published>2011-09-07T03:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-07T04:02:04.903-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fugitives' Drift - Newsletter August 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;table bgcolor="#000000" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="1" style="width: 100%;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; 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font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;August  2011 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;After  11 happy and highly successful years at Fugitives’ Drift, Rob Caskie and  Karen de Haan will be moving to Howick in October, but I am pleased to say that  Rob will still be available to us on a freelance basis and that he will be continuing  with his own inimitable battlefield tours in KZN. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;We  shall miss them both enormously for many reasons, not least for their overriding  passion for Fugitives’ Drift and all it stands for. Rob’s ability  to fix anything and his wicked sense of humour will be hard to replace as will  Karen’s extraordinary attention to detail and her organizational skills.  They have been an invaluable and integral part of this operation for many years  and never more so than in the past four years. We shall look back, as I am sure  they will, on their long period of service here with great warmth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;At  this crucial time in the development of our business, I am therefore very pleased  to be able to announce that David’s and my eldest son, Andrew, joined the  team at Fugitives’ Drift in July along with his partner Anel de Kock. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1" style="width: 100px;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td align="left" height="50%" valign="middle"&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;img align="left" height="225" src="http://www.fugitivesdrift.com/newsletter_aug_2011/photo.jpg" width="300" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#525252" height="50%" valign="middle"&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Joseph  Ndima and Andrew Rattray&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Andrew  has a B.Comm. degree, is passionate about all things wild and especially about  our beloved Fugitives Drift, where he grew up, and its flora and fauna of which  he has an intimate knowledge. He is a fluent Zulu speaker, an enthusiastic fisherman  and a not-very-enthusiastic horseman! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Andrew  spent his childhood sitting at David’s feet and listening to his stories  of the Anglo Zulu War and has always shared his father’s enthusiasm for  the history of our area and for the Zulu people. Indeed, at the age of nine, Andrew  took his first ‘tour’ to the site of the skirmish at Fugitives’  Drift when David had to rush off unexpectedly to fight an out-of-control veldt  fire! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Following  a ranger training course at Phinda, Andrew spent 14 months at Kwandwe Game Reserve,  near Grahamstown. He loved his time as a guide there and will bring this invaluable  experience with him as he returns to the fold at Fugitives’ Drift and follows  in his father ‘s impressive footsteps. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Anel  is a highly-qualified chef and was Executive Chef at Kwandwe. It will be a huge  bonus for us be able to benefit from her many years of experience and an injection  of her new ideas and flavours into our cuisine. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;These  are exciting times for us and we look forward with great confidence as a new generation  of Rattrays begins to make its mark on Fugitives’ Drift and to welcoming  both new and old guests to the Lodge as we embrace the future with relish, whilst  continuing to honour the past with our unparalleled history tours and exemplary  hospitality.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr align="center"&gt;  &lt;td height="50%" valign="middle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;img height="200" src="http://www.fugitivesdrift.com/newsletter_aug_2011/2.jpg" width="300" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="middle"&gt;&lt;img height="200" src="http://www.fugitivesdrift.com/newsletter_aug_2011/3.jpg" width="300" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#B9A77F" colspan="2" height="50%" valign="middle"&gt;&lt;table bgcolor="#000000" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="1" style="width: 100%;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" height="50%" valign="middle"&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fugitivesdrift.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;See our  website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;a href="http://www.fugitivesdrift.com/?contact"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;call  us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for our &lt;a href="http://www.fugitivesdrift.com/?specials"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;current  specials, including the &lt;br /&gt;‘Serious Summer Special’ for November and December 2011.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;Lodge R 1 500 pppd / Guest House R 950 pppd / Stay 3 Nights - Pay for 2.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fugitivesdrift.com/?contact"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Contact  us for more details.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 034 271 8051/ &lt;a href="mailto:reservations@fugitivesdrift.com"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;reservations@fugitivesdrift.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#B9A77F" valign="top"&gt;  &lt;td align="left" height="50%"&gt; &lt;table bgcolor="#000000" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="1"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#B9A77F" height="50%" valign="middle"&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;THE  DAVID RATTRAY FOUNDATION&lt;br /&gt;THE HISTORY, THE FUTURE, THE LEGACY&lt;br /&gt;By George Irwin &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;img align="left" height="77" src="http://www.fugitivesdrift.com/newsletter_aug_2011/david.jpg" width="100" /&gt;The  purpose of the book is not just to raise funds for the Foundation, but also to  raise awareness of the Foundation’s origins, goals and methods.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This book achieves this purpose through insightful text and stunning photography.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;The  patrons of the Foundation - HRH The Prince of Wales and Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi  - have generously written forewords to the book.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Available  from Fugitives’ Drift: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;R375 plus R50 postage &amp;amp; packaging (in SA)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tel:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;034-2718051  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;E-mail:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:nicky@fugitivesdrift.com"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;nicky@fugitivesdrift.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td align="left" width="50%"&gt; &lt;table bgcolor="#000000" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="1"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#B9A77F" height="50%" valign="middle"&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;FOR  QUEEN AND COUNTRY&lt;br /&gt;By Rodney Ashwood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;  &lt;em&gt;The Zulu war diary of Lieutenant Wilfred Heaton &lt;br /&gt;24th Regiment of Foot 1879&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;  Serving in the 24th Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant Wilfred Heaton kept a diary of  that year, which gives a fascinating insight into the life of a young regimental  officer on active service in South Africa. This second edition, includes a tribute  to the late David Rattray who was the world’s leading authority on the history  of the Zulu War&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;Tel:&lt;/strong&gt; (+44) (0)1874 611364 &lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E-mail:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:ashwood@delfryn.fsbusiness.co.uk"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ashwood@delfryn.fsbusiness.co.uk&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr bgcolor="#B9A77F" valign="top"&gt;  &lt;td align="left" colspan="2" height="50%"&gt; &lt;img align="left" height="90" src="http://www.fugitivesdrift.com/newsletter_aug_2011/logosml.gif" width="186" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Fugitives'  Drift Lodge · Rorke's Drift · KwaZulu-Natal · South Africa&lt;br /&gt;Reservations:&lt;br /&gt;Tel: +27 (0)34 642 1843 / 271 8051&lt;br /&gt;Fax: +27 (0)34 271 8053&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;a href="mailto:reservations@fugitivesdrift.com"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;reservations@fugitivesdrift.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr align="center" size="1" width="600" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-2431793876120877019?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/2431793876120877019/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/09/fugitives-drift-newsletter-august-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/2431793876120877019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/2431793876120877019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/09/fugitives-drift-newsletter-august-2011.html' title='Fugitives&apos; Drift - Newsletter August 2011'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-7095701269640277709</id><published>2011-08-29T23:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-30T04:05:05.221-07:00</updated><title type='text'>BATTLEFIELDS BY BIKE - sent by Lauren Lowry,one of our guests who did the ride</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b9wyy2KAyWc/TlzDz90EgmI/AAAAAAAAAJw/DHxi771Jmvg/s1600/Battlefields+by+Bike.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="231" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b9wyy2KAyWc/TlzDz90EgmI/AAAAAAAAAJw/DHxi771Jmvg/s320/Battlefields+by+Bike.jpg" width="320" xaa="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Fugutives Drift Mountain Bike Challenge&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 29, 2011 by laurenlowry &lt;a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="wlmailhtml:{366CA3EB-6479-401E-A6B3-3C7BB0EF1829}mid://00001552/!x-usc:http://wp.me/pHN5V-fP"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;http://wp.me/pHN5V-fP&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A while ago I received a brochure for a Mountain Bike Cycle Tour starting at the Fugutives Drift Game Reserve to Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift. As you know, my 2 passions are travel and mountain biking so this immediately ticked both boxes. And so it was with very little hesitation that we set off this last weekend for an area of KZN not that well known to myself. Fugitives’ Drift is renowned for its battlefield tours to all the Anglo-Zulu War battle sites in the region. Their flagship tours to Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift are led by registered tour guides Rob Caskie and Joseph Ndima and the weekend accomodation was in the Lodge so no complaints there! The Lodge is gorgeous and provides spacious, luxury en-suite cottages each with a private verandah affording views over the plains flanking the Buffalo River Gorge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The riding was tough to say the least and we had a few very interesting crossings where its fair to say, I said my prayers and hoped for the best! That aside – it was a great weekend and one I’d recommend to any MTB rider looking for something a little different. The beauty of this weekend is that non riders are welcome too. A support vehicle meets the riders with refreshments before the lectures begin so for those of you who are keen on history but dont fancy being in the saddle – its still a great weekend!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-7095701269640277709?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/7095701269640277709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/08/battlefields-by-bike-sent-by-lauren.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/7095701269640277709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/7095701269640277709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/08/battlefields-by-bike-sent-by-lauren.html' title='BATTLEFIELDS BY BIKE - sent by Lauren Lowry,one of our guests who did the ride'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b9wyy2KAyWc/TlzDz90EgmI/AAAAAAAAAJw/DHxi771Jmvg/s72-c/Battlefields+by+Bike.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-3934960336444433493</id><published>2011-07-30T02:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-30T02:34:26.882-07:00</updated><title type='text'>FAIRVIEW IN JULY</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--CG7T34uxzE/TjPKvzsXfQI/AAAAAAAAAJY/gKkEE55dq-Q/s1600/Fairview+to+Nature%2527s+Valley+12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--CG7T34uxzE/TjPKvzsXfQI/AAAAAAAAAJY/gKkEE55dq-Q/s320/Fairview+to+Nature%2527s+Valley+12.jpg" t$="true" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3UtUx4R1c1M/TjPMLlqvbsI/AAAAAAAAAJg/8RhjUGnkdc8/s1600/Fairview+to+Nature%2527s+Valley+14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3UtUx4R1c1M/TjPMLlqvbsI/AAAAAAAAAJg/8RhjUGnkdc8/s320/Fairview+to+Nature%2527s+Valley+14.jpg" t$="true" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_65ceN1y1k8/TjPN3jhhe_I/AAAAAAAAAJo/Ikn3_0py1vo/s1600/Fairview+Sunset+45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_65ceN1y1k8/TjPN3jhhe_I/AAAAAAAAAJo/Ikn3_0py1vo/s320/Fairview+Sunset+45.jpg" t$="true" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;While parts of the country were under siege by unusually low temperatures and snow earlier this week, we were housebound at Fairview for two days in driving rain.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;We weren't complaining however, the fire was warm, the coffee hot and the conversation good!&amp;nbsp; Lucikly the third day dawned clear and sunny and we were able to get out and show my American friends the sights which prior to that were invisible!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-3934960336444433493?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/3934960336444433493/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/07/fairview-in-july.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/3934960336444433493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/3934960336444433493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/07/fairview-in-july.html' title='FAIRVIEW IN JULY'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--CG7T34uxzE/TjPKvzsXfQI/AAAAAAAAAJY/gKkEE55dq-Q/s72-c/Fairview+to+Nature%2527s+Valley+12.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-1070632231007383473</id><published>2011-07-30T00:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-30T01:11:56.206-07:00</updated><title type='text'>DAWN AT FUGITIVES' DRIFT</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BmZX06oSOL0/TjOxQv5vSoI/AAAAAAAAAIo/jGFB6FJwxxo/s1600/FDL++sunrise+34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BmZX06oSOL0/TjOxQv5vSoI/AAAAAAAAAIo/jGFB6FJwxxo/s320/FDL++sunrise+34.jpg" t$="true" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tSufcGyQZjA/TjOyJIw6haI/AAAAAAAAAIw/RuG7qg5R7mk/s1600/FDL++45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tSufcGyQZjA/TjOyJIw6haI/AAAAAAAAAIw/RuG7qg5R7mk/s320/FDL++45.jpg" t$="true" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YTEIxM6tJs0/TjO1OUiFKkI/AAAAAAAAAI4/eL82luxGb1g/s1600/FDL++49.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YTEIxM6tJs0/TjO1OUiFKkI/AAAAAAAAAI4/eL82luxGb1g/s320/FDL++49.jpg" t$="true" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a81hzzzkmuE/TjO2_tabVDI/AAAAAAAAAJA/TsS2sWTslGk/s1600/FDL++30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a81hzzzkmuE/TjO2_tabVDI/AAAAAAAAAJA/TsS2sWTslGk/s320/FDL++30.jpg" t$="true" width="213" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f1MnLTEtThI/TjO3-DjbQmI/AAAAAAAAAJI/GjRqdKB2VFw/s1600/FDL++sunrise+28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f1MnLTEtThI/TjO3-DjbQmI/AAAAAAAAAJI/GjRqdKB2VFw/s320/FDL++sunrise+28.jpg" t$="true" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c6S2RIMeQIw/TjO5_ZRa5KI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/wYZWhVugk20/s1600/FDL++sunrise+58.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c6S2RIMeQIw/TjO5_ZRa5KI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/wYZWhVugk20/s320/FDL++sunrise+58.jpg" t$="true" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I wanted to share these gorgeous photos of the winter dawn taken last week&amp;nbsp;by my friend Mae.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-1070632231007383473?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/1070632231007383473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/07/dawn-at-fugitives-drift.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/1070632231007383473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/1070632231007383473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/07/dawn-at-fugitives-drift.html' title='DAWN AT FUGITIVES&apos; DRIFT'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BmZX06oSOL0/TjOxQv5vSoI/AAAAAAAAAIo/jGFB6FJwxxo/s72-c/FDL++sunrise+34.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-3964287385339789456</id><published>2011-07-17T01:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-17T01:47:58.150-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Aloes</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0EouOW3PQA4/TiKefFPed4I/AAAAAAAAAIQ/HD5W1CFciGM/s1600/FD+Aloe+and+thorn+bush+lr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;July is a fabulous time of the year to visit KwaZulu Natal and Fugitives' Drift in particular.&amp;nbsp; Escape the dreary Cape&amp;nbsp;winter for our&amp;nbsp;warm, dry,&amp;nbsp;sunny&amp;nbsp;days. Chilly mornings and evenings&amp;nbsp; remind us that it is in fact winter!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Most importantly the hills are ablaze with the colour of flowering aloes.&amp;nbsp; It's amusing to see the monkeys scampering about with bright orange faces!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-3964287385339789456?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/3964287385339789456/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/07/aloes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/3964287385339789456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/3964287385339789456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/07/aloes.html' title='Aloes'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0EouOW3PQA4/TiKefFPed4I/AAAAAAAAAIQ/HD5W1CFciGM/s72-c/FD+Aloe+and+thorn+bush+lr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-4299743079896396039</id><published>2011-06-07T23:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-08T00:49:37.740-07:00</updated><title type='text'>BIKES AND BATTLEFIELDS</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Following on the success of last years mountain biking weekend,&amp;nbsp;at the instigation&amp;nbsp;and with the help of&amp;nbsp;David Evans who recruited his fellow bikers,we decided&amp;nbsp;to hold another one, but this time to do the whole battlefield tour by bike-&amp;nbsp;on Saturday morning at 7.30&amp;nbsp;49 lycra clad men and women under the able command of Rob Caskie, who had plotted and planned a fantastic route,&amp;nbsp;set off from the Lodge to&amp;nbsp;cycle to Isandlwana and back,&amp;nbsp;predominantly on single track.&amp;nbsp; It was a chilly winters morning, but the first hill banished all feelings of cold.&amp;nbsp;Crossing the river&amp;nbsp; at Masondo was an interesting&amp;nbsp;challenge, and very cold for those gallant enough to get into the water to help ferry bikes across (not many volunteers for this job!).&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z_yOpQezupg/Te8iXanRXkI/AAAAAAAAAH0/JIkXMDH9EA8/s1600/Tour+De+Battlefields+%252813%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z_yOpQezupg/Te8iXanRXkI/AAAAAAAAAH0/JIkXMDH9EA8/s320/Tour+De+Battlefields+%252813%2529.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Everyone made it safely across the ladder bridge.&amp;nbsp; After the Isandlwana lecture the group headed off again on single track to Rorke's Drift where a picnic lunch awaited them, followed by the Rorke's Drift lecture.&amp;nbsp; Some chose to ride home along the road while those who still had the energy took the single track around the back of Shiyane Mountain to get home.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gYrK_KUQZkY/Te8ingUGY6I/AAAAAAAAAH4/IvRZr_rNA1s/s1600/Tour+De+Battlefields+%25284%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gYrK_KUQZkY/Te8ingUGY6I/AAAAAAAAAH4/IvRZr_rNA1s/s320/Tour+De+Battlefields+%25284%2529.JPG" t8="true" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;It was a very happy and weary group of cyclists who returned in the late afternoon having ridden 45km!&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A great evening followed -&amp;nbsp;many restorative drinks and lots of&amp;nbsp;banter&amp;nbsp;about the ride, and&amp;nbsp;in the morning&amp;nbsp;a few heads were taking more strain than the legs!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;The weekend was a great success, best described by comments we received from the guests:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aahte5IfsBI/Te8nBI2h3BI/AAAAAAAAAII/-8al4WNkN34/s1600/Tour+De+Battlefields+%252837%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aahte5IfsBI/Te8nBI2h3BI/AAAAAAAAAII/-8al4WNkN34/s320/Tour+De+Battlefields+%252837%2529.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;Memories of last weekend are etched into our souls and include the most humbling and thought provoking lectures by Rob, the warm and genuine hospitality at both Kwa George and the lodge, the great riding, and the wonderful bunch of people we got to do it all with&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Thank you again for an incredible weekend, it was a true and unique privilege to have your immense knowledge imparted on us, especially in the manner in which you deliver your lectures. I have yet to enjoy a historical experience quite as much as I enjoy touring the Isandlwana &amp;amp; Rorke’s Drift battlefields with you.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;A roaring success and one which will fly your flag in many places. Already this morning I have had calls from people who have heard from others. We already have another trip for 2012 one which will be similarly full.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FeaaVWl_S8A/Te8ivuYQLMI/AAAAAAAAAH8/HWW9qClvzEw/s1600/Tour+De+Battlefields+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FeaaVWl_S8A/Te8ivuYQLMI/AAAAAAAAAH8/HWW9qClvzEw/s320/Tour+De+Battlefields+%25282%2529.JPG" t8="true" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-goLB4KIggQ8/Te8i3YbFjQI/AAAAAAAAAIA/lzZbmtsftj0/s320/Tour+De+Battlefields+%252899%2529.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Thank you all for coming and we look forward to doing this again next year!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-4299743079896396039?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/4299743079896396039/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/06/bikes-and-battlefields.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/4299743079896396039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/4299743079896396039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/06/bikes-and-battlefields.html' title='BIKES AND BATTLEFIELDS'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z_yOpQezupg/Te8iXanRXkI/AAAAAAAAAH0/JIkXMDH9EA8/s72-c/Tour+De+Battlefields+%252813%2529.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-7418273640181209018</id><published>2011-05-29T03:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-29T04:01:04.596-07:00</updated><title type='text'>London Gala Dinner for The David Rattray Foundation/Memorial Trust</title><content type='html'>Conceived by Robin Woodhead and&amp;nbsp;executed by an incredible committe&amp;nbsp;under the leadership of Linda Grosse, The David Rattray Memorial Trust last week held a Gala Dinner&amp;nbsp;at Sothebys in London.&amp;nbsp; The&amp;nbsp;committee together with Sasha Weld Forester worked tirelessly for months putting this event together.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The success of it far exceeded our expectations, &amp;nbsp;and between the live auction, the silent auction and personal pledges we raised the unbelievable sum of £650 000.00.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are so appreciative of the&amp;nbsp;generosity of the committee who gave of&amp;nbsp;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!&amp;nbsp; This injection of capital into the Foundation is going to make an enormous difference to what we can do for our schools.&amp;nbsp; Thank you all for your generosity and support of The David Rattray Foundation/Memorial Trust.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-7418273640181209018?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/7418273640181209018/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/05/london-gala-dinner-for-david-rattray.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/7418273640181209018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/7418273640181209018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/05/london-gala-dinner-for-david-rattray.html' title='London Gala Dinner for The David Rattray Foundation/Memorial Trust'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-7449044991394462019</id><published>2011-05-27T03:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-27T03:24:14.124-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The David Rattray Foundation</title><content type='html'>&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; 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The History, the Future, the Legacy&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; has finally taken place and the book is &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;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. 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margin-left: 82.35pt; margin-top: 151.25pt; position: absolute; width: 245pt; z-index: 251658240;" type="#_x0000_t75"&gt;&lt;imagedata o:title="George book cover" src="file:///C:\Users\Nicky\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.jpg"&gt;&lt;/imagedata&gt;&lt;wrap type="square"&gt;&lt;/wrap&gt;&lt;/shape&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-7449044991394462019?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/7449044991394462019/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/05/david-rattray-foundation.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/7449044991394462019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/7449044991394462019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/05/david-rattray-foundation.html' title='The David Rattray Foundation'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-2119355310158917170</id><published>2011-05-01T03:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-01T03:24:15.396-07:00</updated><title type='text'>From Fugitives' Drift to the Richtersveld</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--2tV3O_mkh0/Tb00KqLRsDI/AAAAAAAAAHs/_T07jYru1B0/s1600/P1030624.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" j8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--2tV3O_mkh0/Tb00KqLRsDI/AAAAAAAAAHs/_T07jYru1B0/s320/P1030624.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;From one extreme to the other other - from the Acacia trees and aloes&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp; Rorke's Drift to the stark mountains flanking the Orange River just over the border into Namibia.&amp;nbsp; My first camping expedition and canoeing - all rolled into one!&amp;nbsp; 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,&amp;nbsp;ghastly dinner in Upington, 3 hour wait at the Namibian border&amp;nbsp;and potholes to have 4 days paddling on the very full and strong flowing river.&amp;nbsp; Full river meant the paddling wasn't very hard work, and a&amp;nbsp;couple of&amp;nbsp;rapids kept the adrenaline levels up!&amp;nbsp; Beautiful scenery and good company, it was a happy bunch of campers that came off the river.&amp;nbsp; I am now looking at the Buffalo River with renewed interest!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-2119355310158917170?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/2119355310158917170/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/05/from-fugitives-drift-to-richtersveld.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/2119355310158917170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/2119355310158917170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/05/from-fugitives-drift-to-richtersveld.html' title='From Fugitives&apos; Drift to the Richtersveld'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--2tV3O_mkh0/Tb00KqLRsDI/AAAAAAAAAHs/_T07jYru1B0/s72-c/P1030624.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-3456078121262986849</id><published>2011-04-05T00:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-05T00:02:31.532-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Be careful what you wish for!</title><content type='html'>As you will have read in previous blogs, we have been waiting for rain, anxiously waiting&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;well, we got it on&amp;nbsp;Saturday, 40mm in half an hour accompanied by terrific wind and hail!&amp;nbsp; A tree outside the kitchen blown over, the garden shredded, the newly resurfaced road&amp;nbsp;to the river&amp;nbsp;washed away, a huge mess everywhere - not quite the gentle soaking rain we were hoping for!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-3456078121262986849?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/3456078121262986849/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/04/be-careful-what-you-wish-for.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/3456078121262986849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/3456078121262986849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/04/be-careful-what-you-wish-for.html' title='Be careful what you wish for!'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-7433198986841249390</id><published>2011-03-31T00:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-31T00:03:07.329-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rattrace 2011</title><content type='html'>The 2011 Rattrace is on the weekend of 23/24 September.&amp;nbsp; A great weekend for young and old, 32km ride from Isandlwana to Fugitives' Drift.&amp;nbsp; Some take it seriously but the majority just have fun.&amp;nbsp; Bring your family and come and ride to help us raise money for The David Rattray Foundation.&amp;nbsp; Rumour has it that Nicky maybe riding this year!&amp;nbsp;Yes, that is true I am, you will need no more entertainment than watching me labouring up the hills!&amp;nbsp; I am calling for volunteers to ride with me, my very own pelaton! (a few secret pushes up the hill will be very welcome indeed, but do not tell Chris Harvie the finemaster)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-7433198986841249390?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/7433198986841249390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/03/rattrace-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/7433198986841249390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/7433198986841249390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/03/rattrace-2011.html' title='Rattrace 2011'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-2969118007455199218</id><published>2011-03-29T00:24:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-29T00:24:27.164-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Natures Valley'/><title type='text'>Natures Valley</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cfFgQkHN6v0/TZGJIR5Xw1I/AAAAAAAAAHk/10AYyzZEmxU/s1600/Fairview+aerial+beach+lr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" r6="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cfFgQkHN6v0/TZGJIR5Xw1I/AAAAAAAAAHk/10AYyzZEmxU/s320/Fairview+aerial+beach+lr.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-2969118007455199218?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/2969118007455199218/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/03/natures-valley.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/2969118007455199218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/2969118007455199218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/03/natures-valley.html' title='Natures Valley'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cfFgQkHN6v0/TZGJIR5Xw1I/AAAAAAAAAHk/10AYyzZEmxU/s72-c/Fairview+aerial+beach+lr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-5222943446159911746</id><published>2011-03-29T00:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-29T00:22:22.157-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fairview'/><title type='text'>FAIRVIEW AND NATURES VALLEY</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bbL0m1drplA/TZGInYqgJdI/AAAAAAAAAHg/84nYa_hByuY/s1600/FV+house+front+lr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" r6="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bbL0m1drplA/TZGInYqgJdI/AAAAAAAAAHg/84nYa_hByuY/s1600/FV+house+front+lr.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;visit our website &lt;a href="http://www.fugitivesdrift.com/"&gt;http://www.fugitivesdrift.com/&lt;/a&gt; and follow the links to Fairview and Natures Valley for accommodation options when visiting the Garden Route.&amp;nbsp; Fairview is situated in the hamlet of The Crags, a beautiful Cape Dutch Manor House with splendid views over the Outeniqua Mountains and Natures Valley a luxurious beach cottage, ideal for all ages, from those looking for a bucket and spade holiday to those who just want to walk on an unspoiled quiet beach.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-5222943446159911746?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/5222943446159911746/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/03/fairview-and-natures-valley.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/5222943446159911746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/5222943446159911746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/03/fairview-and-natures-valley.html' title='FAIRVIEW AND NATURES VALLEY'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bbL0m1drplA/TZGInYqgJdI/AAAAAAAAAHg/84nYa_hByuY/s72-c/FV+house+front+lr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-2471219103865222236</id><published>2011-03-29T00:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-29T00:13:44.430-07:00</updated><title type='text'>It nearly rained last night!</title><content type='html'>We may sound obsessed with rain, that's because we are!&amp;nbsp; After a great rainy start to the year, the tap has been turned off.&amp;nbsp; Last night there was much thunder and lightening and we eagerly anticipated some rain - it sounded and looked so promising - 5 minutes of heavy downpour was all we got!&amp;nbsp; To sustain the game through winter, we need good summer rains otherwise the quality of the grazing is severley compromised.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-2471219103865222236?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/2471219103865222236/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/03/it-nearly-rained-last-night.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/2471219103865222236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/2471219103865222236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/03/it-nearly-rained-last-night.html' title='It nearly rained last night!'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-5029804919524527392</id><published>2011-03-28T06:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-28T06:05:32.519-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Horse Riding and Mountain Biking at Fugitives' Drift</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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A couple of weeks ago&amp;nbsp;one of our guests was&amp;nbsp;on,&amp;nbsp;we think her&amp;nbsp;15th visit (neither of us could remember exactly how many times she has been here, Lynn has been coming here for 20 years!)and her sister on her 4th - at the same time we had the pleasure to once again host the 'Raucous Drifters':&amp;nbsp; Colin, Neil and Mark on their 9th visit - the amount of gin they have consumed on 9 visits here, would more than likely fill the swimming pool!&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to you all for your incredible support&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-5379339416260781378?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/5379339416260781378/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/03/repeat-guests.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/5379339416260781378'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/5379339416260781378'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/03/repeat-guests.html' title='Repeat Guests'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-3269380237339479221</id><published>2011-02-04T05:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-04T05:33:59.270-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>February 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fugitives’ Drift has received very heavy rains over the past 6 weeks. The Roads Department has been very busy repairing roads and bridges. On 4 occasions the Buffalo River ran over the bridge at Rorke’s Drift.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Reserve is looking wonderful – everything is very lush and green, and large numbers of young animals everywhere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please take note of the wonderful Winter Specials – a great time to visit Fugitives’ Drift Lodge and Guest House.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U9EVsuHPsjA/TUv_qpcNHiI/AAAAAAAAAG4/ZgMsb7IeYl4/s1600/167254_190505607627126_100000030656499_738920_428075_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" h5="true" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U9EVsuHPsjA/TUv_qpcNHiI/AAAAAAAAAG4/ZgMsb7IeYl4/s320/167254_190505607627126_100000030656499_738920_428075_n.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-3269380237339479221?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/3269380237339479221/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/02/february-2011-fugitives-drift-has.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/3269380237339479221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/3269380237339479221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2011/02/february-2011-fugitives-drift-has.html' title=''/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U9EVsuHPsjA/TUv_qpcNHiI/AAAAAAAAAG4/ZgMsb7IeYl4/s72-c/167254_190505607627126_100000030656499_738920_428075_n.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-4524492126101153876</id><published>2010-09-06T02:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-06T02:26:25.336-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Renovations to Lodge Rooms</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Over the last three weeks, the older Lodge rooms have been updated and given a "face-lift", particularly in the bathrooms. Lighting has been improved and the bathrooms have been updated to match our ever-lifting high standards.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U9EVsuHPsjA/TISygnihCjI/AAAAAAAAAGY/FSsMho05dOI/s1600/_GRI3628.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="308" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U9EVsuHPsjA/TISygnihCjI/AAAAAAAAAGY/FSsMho05dOI/s640/_GRI3628.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Room 4&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U9EVsuHPsjA/TISys5JCZlI/AAAAAAAAAGg/WtqwZ-HyCNI/s1600/_GRI3646.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="318" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U9EVsuHPsjA/TISys5JCZlI/AAAAAAAAAGg/WtqwZ-HyCNI/s640/_GRI3646.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Room 5&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-4524492126101153876?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/4524492126101153876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2010/09/renovations-to-lodge-rooms.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/4524492126101153876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/4524492126101153876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2010/09/renovations-to-lodge-rooms.html' title='Renovations to Lodge Rooms'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U9EVsuHPsjA/TISygnihCjI/AAAAAAAAAGY/FSsMho05dOI/s72-c/_GRI3628.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-5535449624879956564</id><published>2010-07-22T01:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-22T01:42:52.899-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>As a rather bold move, Fugitives’ Drift decided to host a mountain biking weekend. What a wonderful occasion it turned out to be. Thanks largely to the efforts of David Evans and Francois Reyneke the Lodge and Guest House were full.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U9EVsuHPsjA/TEgDyJkwtyI/AAAAAAAAAFs/sKW-x4v8uLs/s1600/DSC07464.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U9EVsuHPsjA/TEgDyJkwtyI/AAAAAAAAAFs/sKW-x4v8uLs/s640/DSC07464.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Craig Gillies, true to form, was beautifully organised. He arrived in a helicopter; his bicycle kindly transported by Gillies Senior and Evans Carriers. Little wonder Craig had the energy, along with Craig Carter, to pedal all the way up a demanding ascent at the end of both days’ rides.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U9EVsuHPsjA/TEgD-lBHxyI/AAAAAAAAAF8/ihjJepM-muA/s1600/DSC07511.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U9EVsuHPsjA/TEgD-lBHxyI/AAAAAAAAAF8/ihjJepM-muA/s640/DSC07511.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saturday morning saw the cyclists departing at 8.00am with the temperature at 3°C. We all warmed up quickly, particularly Craig Carter who towed his 6 year-old son, Aidan, up all the hills! There were four “casualties” before the 7km mark - some riders opting to return to the Lodge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U9EVsuHPsjA/TEgD5m4o0BI/AAAAAAAAAF0/oHxXYNkNclM/s1600/DSC07500.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U9EVsuHPsjA/TEgD5m4o0BI/AAAAAAAAAF0/oHxXYNkNclM/s640/DSC07500.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once the group left the gravel road, the cycling was glorious, passing through farmland. David Creasy, who had come all the way from Nelspruit, had a pin fall out of his suspension. Fortunately, we were able to find the pin, secure it with cable ties and resume cycling. David Evans cycled off alone at this point and put in some serious extra training for Tour de Tuli by taking a long circuitous route back to the refreshment vehicle. Needless to say, we were all very relieved when David finally turned up!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U9EVsuHPsjA/TEgEGVTNrzI/AAAAAAAAAGE/UXiQVzQbZiI/s1600/DSC07523.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U9EVsuHPsjA/TEgEGVTNrzI/AAAAAAAAAGE/UXiQVzQbZiI/s640/DSC07523.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All in all, a 43km ride and great fun was had by all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Sunday we cycled 25km through the Isibindi Game Reserve, thanks to the kindness of the owner, Dennis Gehren. Wonderful game viewing and some demanding descents through valley thorn-veld. Special thanks to Craig Carter and Francois Reyneke for their help in plotting both our routes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It must be a testament to the difficulty of the riding the most cyclists chose to return home via the road?! The atmosphere around the dinner table was fantastic with a great deal of banter and recollections of a wonderful weekend together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A sincere thank you to all involved for a magic experience.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-5535449624879956564?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/5535449624879956564/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2010/07/style-definitions-table.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/5535449624879956564'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/5535449624879956564'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2010/07/style-definitions-table.html' title=''/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U9EVsuHPsjA/TEgDyJkwtyI/AAAAAAAAAFs/sKW-x4v8uLs/s72-c/DSC07464.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-5579110394764012670</id><published>2010-01-22T05:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-22T05:15:46.361-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The David Rattray Foundation Cycle Team</title><content type='html'>Riding on the success of the annual RattRace, my son, Peter Rattray and a group of his friends have decided to form a cycle team in order to raise money for The David Rattray Foundation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The team members are: Peter Rattray, Trent Key, Matt Kiely, Alain Walker, Hadley Finnucane and Steve Boraine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Team’s first challenge is the Argus, taking place on the 14th March 2010. The race follows a 110km route around the Cape Peninsula, beginning and ending in Cape Town’s CBD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Team’s sponsors are: &lt;a href="http://www.evsolutions.biz/"&gt;Envirovision Solutions&lt;/a&gt; (main sponsor), &lt;a href="http://www.mccarthylimited.co.za/"&gt;McCarthy&lt;/a&gt; (secondary sponsor), &lt;a href="http://www.fugitivesdrift.com/"&gt;Fugitives’ Drift&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.investec.com/"&gt;Investec&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.moonlighting.co.za/"&gt;Moonlighting Filmmakers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.ioec.co.za/"&gt;The Indian Ocean Export Company&lt;/a&gt; and Testerion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, the individual team members are hoping to raise further sponsorship for their valiant efforts in the Argus. This sponsorship will go directly to the Foundation and will go a long way to helping the Foundation’s remarkable efforts in the communities around Rorke’s Drift and Isandlwana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please sponsor Peter and support the efforts of this enthusiastic group of youngsters who have taken the initiative to make a difference, by going to his page on DoIt4Charity:-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.doit4charity.co.za/fundraising/peter.rattray"&gt;http://www.doit4charity.co.za/fundraising/peter.rattray&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alternatively, you can make a deposit into the Foundation’s account. The details are:-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;David Rattray Foundation&lt;br /&gt;Standard Bank&lt;br /&gt;Acc No: 060148330&lt;br /&gt;Branch Code: 057725&lt;br /&gt;SWIFT CODE: SBZAZAJJ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please put: “yourname/Argus” as the reference.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-5579110394764012670?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/5579110394764012670/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2010/01/david-rattray-foundation-cycle-team.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/5579110394764012670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/5579110394764012670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2010/01/david-rattray-foundation-cycle-team.html' title='The David Rattray Foundation Cycle Team'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-3950865711878313838</id><published>2009-12-21T00:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-21T00:39:23.578-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New Cottage Pictures</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The newly renovated cottage at the Lodge is complete; here are some pictures:-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U9EVsuHPsjA/Sy8ySS3iWEI/AAAAAAAAAEE/oAGeyQ_cKIY/s1600-h/FDL+Cottage+14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U9EVsuHPsjA/Sy8ySS3iWEI/AAAAAAAAAEE/oAGeyQ_cKIY/s320/FDL+Cottage+14.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U9EVsuHPsjA/Sy8zkWWY70I/AAAAAAAAAEU/7LMuxt6uTao/s1600-h/FDL+Cottage+43.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U9EVsuHPsjA/Sy8zkWWY70I/AAAAAAAAAEU/7LMuxt6uTao/s320/FDL+Cottage+43.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U9EVsuHPsjA/Sy8y-ZYanKI/AAAAAAAAAEM/tqS-76jcuCE/s1600-h/FDL+Cottage+27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U9EVsuHPsjA/Sy8y-ZYanKI/AAAAAAAAAEM/tqS-76jcuCE/s320/FDL+Cottage+27.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more information, please contact &lt;a href="mailto:reservations@fugitivesdrift.com"&gt;reservations@fugitivesdrift.com&lt;/a&gt; or see our website: &lt;a href="http://www.fugitivesdrift.com/"&gt;www.fugitivesdrift.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-3950865711878313838?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/3950865711878313838/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2009/12/new-cottage-pictures.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/3950865711878313838'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/3950865711878313838'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2009/12/new-cottage-pictures.html' title='New Cottage Pictures'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U9EVsuHPsjA/Sy8ySS3iWEI/AAAAAAAAAEE/oAGeyQ_cKIY/s72-c/FDL+Cottage+14.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-3581344332943218036</id><published>2009-12-11T23:17:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-11T23:18:26.408-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='renovations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cottage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lodge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fugitives&apos; drift'/><title type='text'>Cottage Renovations Complete</title><content type='html'>Renovations to our cottage at the Lodge are now complete. The cottage now consists of two beautifully appointed, larger en-suite bedrooms and a sitting room. One one bathroom has a bath and a shower, the other is a smaller shower-room. The cottage is ideal for small families or two couples travelling together. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pictures of the cottage will follow soon. For more information, please get in touch with the Lodge via email: &lt;a href="mailto:reservations@fugitivesdrift.com"&gt;reservations@fugitivesdrift.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-3581344332943218036?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/3581344332943218036/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2009/12/cottage-renovations-complete.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/3581344332943218036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/3581344332943218036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2009/12/cottage-renovations-complete.html' title='Cottage Renovations Complete'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-5730985146316943787</id><published>2009-11-02T04:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-02T04:48:43.803-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='William Whitelocke Lloyd'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='prints'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='David Rattray'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='A Soldier Artist in Zululand'/><title type='text'>Limited Edition Prints Now Available</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;After much demand, Fugitives’ Drift is now pleased to offer for sale prints of William Whitelocke Lloyd’s remarkable watercolours, painted during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. There are six limited edition prints available – 500 prints of each painting will be produced. All these paintings are featured in David Rattray’s last book &lt;i&gt;A Soldier Artist in Zululand&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt; William Whitelocke Lloyd was an officer of the 1st Battalion of the 24th Regiment of Foot and saw active service during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. After leaving the army, he served as the official artist for the P&amp;amp;O and Union Castle Lines and serveral books were published of his artwork. His artwork from the Anglo-Zulu War lay unpublished for more than a century until they were found in an attic in England and shown to David Rattray. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt; Prints can ordered through Fugitives’ Drift Lodge, as can David’s book. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-5730985146316943787?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/5730985146316943787/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2009/11/limited-edition-prints-now-available.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/5730985146316943787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/5730985146316943787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2009/11/limited-edition-prints-now-available.html' title='Limited Edition Prints Now Available'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-1330794811657216122</id><published>2009-11-02T02:17:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-02T04:49:39.680-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UK'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lectures'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rob Caskie'/><title type='text'>Rob Caskie Returns From A Very Successful UK Lecture Tour</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Rob Caskie, our Senior Lecturer, has returned from yet another very successful lecture tour in the UK. This time he gave 5 lectures at Bisley, Chobham, Cumnor House School, Bramdean and Harrods in London, all in aid of various charitable endeavors. The lectures were extremely popular and every venue was filled to the rafters. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Three more rounds of talks are planned for 2010, in June, September and November. For more information, please get in touch with the Lodge: reservations@fugitivesdrift.com.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-1330794811657216122?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/1330794811657216122/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2009/11/rob-caskie-returns-from-very-successful.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/1330794811657216122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/1330794811657216122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2009/11/rob-caskie-returns-from-very-successful.html' title='Rob Caskie Returns From A Very Successful UK Lecture Tour'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958858519662441571.post-7242415738469861368</id><published>2009-10-26T05:23:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-26T05:23:44.469-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cottage Renovations</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We at Fugitives’ Drift continue to concentrate on offering our popular and fascinating lectures on the Anglo-Zulu war, delivered by our world-class guides. While the newly completed Harford Library now forms the centre-piece of the Lodge, attention has now turned to our Cottage.&amp;nbsp; The Cottage, or Annex, at the Lodge is an ideal choice for families or small groups and has always been popular. However, it has always been felt that the Cottage did not quite meet our high standards.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In that light, the Cottage is currently closed and will remain closed until the middle of November 2009 in order to renovate and improve upon what has always been sought-after accommodation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: smaller;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;When the Cottage reopens, it will be made up of two luxury twin rooms, both en-suite, and a sitting-room. This improvement will be accompanied by an increased rate of R1290pppn as of November 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more information, please contact us at: &lt;a href="mailto:reservations@fugitivesdrift.com"&gt;reservations@fugitivesdrift.com&lt;/a&gt; or visit our website at: &lt;a href="http://www.fugitivesdrift.com/"&gt;www.fugitivesdrift.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958858519662441571-7242415738469861368?l=fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/feeds/7242415738469861368/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2009/10/cottage-renovations.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/7242415738469861368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3958858519662441571/posts/default/7242415738469861368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fugitivesdrift.blogspot.com/2009/10/cottage-renovations.html' title='Cottage Renovations'/><author><name>Fugitives' Drift</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07121327263281623508</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
