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The Fossil (aka Des) says that I can wrap up this edition of my Walk 4 SOS Huskies journey from Plettenberg Bay to Cape Town. There are so many people (and Huskies) to thank, so if I’ve not mentioned you (or your Husky), leave a comment and I’ll update this post. First off, I’ve gotta […]

Today’s the last day of my Plettenberg Bay to Cape Town journey. I’ve gotta tell you ’bout the people, places, and Huskies that made my last day of walking so special. The Fossil (aka Des) and I hung around Hout Bay beach until 9 am, and when nobody showed up to walk with me, I […]

Yippee! Did I have fun today? You betcha! Today’s MushItUp was the best day of my entire Walk 4 SOS Huskies fundraising journey. And guess what? I’ve been made an Honorary Member of the Mush It Up Husky Sled Pulling Team! So we met up at Muizenberg’s Sunrise Circle (on the beach in front of False […]

Todays leg of my Walk 4 SOS Huskies journey starts from the Noordhoek side of Chapman’s Peak Drive and ends in Hout Bay. That’s the plan. How did it turn out? Read on… It was still raining in Kommetjie this morning. Around mid-morning the rain eased up, so The Fossil (aka Desmond) packed our stuff […]

We left Sartorial House Self Catering Studios in Simons Town this morning to drive to Kommetjie. We actually started todays leg of my Walk 4 SOS Huskies journey from the same Kommetjie Long Beach spot that we ended off at yesterday. Except that today it’s overcast and it started raining just as we arrived on […]

It’s a long walk from Craftart and Gallery Emporium at 128 Saint Georges Street in Simons Town to Kommetjie – sixteen kilometres (that’s about 10 miles to my overseas followers). But that’s OK ’cause it only took three hours and twenty minutes to get there, and I’m loving my Walk 4 SOS Huskies journey. We […]

The Cape weather is weird! Yesterday was sunny with clear skies, and today’s overcast and rainy. Well, we left The Yard, our pet-friendly host in Gordon’s Bay, and headed for Simons Town in the Mahindra PIKUP to continue my Walk 4 SOS Huskies journey today. I’m sure looking forward to seeing the statue of ‘Just […]

Wow, what a beautiful day for walking! Sunny, clear sky, no wind, and that unique fynbos smell in the air. Sadly, we have to leave the Frank Robb Hut at Kleinmond Caravan Park to continue my Walk 4 SOS Huskies journey today. We’re being hosted at The Yard in Gordon’s Bay tonight, but more about […]

The Fossil took over my blog yesterday (again), so today it’s my turn. Just ’cause he cancelled our Saturday walk along Clarence Drive doesn’t mean we’re cancelling my Walk 4 SOS Huskies journey. No way! This weekend I’m walking the hiking trails around the Hut where we’re staying in the Kleinmond Caravan Park. The Fossil […]

Hi Husky lovers! This is Des (aka The Fossil). Today, I’m taking over Jaxx’s blog to describe the Rooi Els to Gordon’s Bay section of his Walk 4 SOS Huskies journey. Yesterday, we drove our Mahindra PIKUP from Rooi Els all the way along the R44 to see the conditions under which Jaxx would need to walk […]

I had a grooming session today! The nice ladies at The Dog Ladies (that’s Nusca Michéla and Jenney Spykerman holding my leash outside their shop in Kleinmond) sponsored this for me after the Fossil explained my Walk 4 SOS Huskies journey. And they really are “Dog Ladies”! No, not in looks – I mean the […]

Today we walked another section of my Walk 4 SOS Huskies fundraising journey starting from Betty’s Bay. And we didn’t have to walk from the Hut in Kleinmond to get there. ‘Cause Gamat Van Eeden (that’s him standing next to the Fossil with Anecia from Kleinmond Tourism on the other side) drove our Mahindra PIKUP […]

So, the Fossil took over yesterdays post, but I’m not sulking anymore. ‘Cause today we walked another section of my Walk 4 SOS Huskies journey starting from Kleinmond main beach. The rain eased up around midday, so I took the Fossil for a walk from our Frank Robb Hut. We walked along a few Kleinmond […]

Special Report: Jaxx’s Fundraising Story Hey Husky Lovers! This is Des (aka The Fossil) writing todays post because Jaxx is sulking. Why? Because I told him yesterday that we’re going to walk along the beach today, and maybe along some hiking trails in the Hottentots-Holland mountain range behind the cottage. However, last night the wind […]

Wow – what a day! See those people holding my leash? Well, those are the friendliest and most welcoming people I’ve come across since my journey began (other than our pet-friendly hosts, of course! And a few others :-). Anecia Abrahams is from Kleinmond Tourism and Grant Cohen – he’s the Ward Counsellor for Kleinmond […]

What a beautiful sunny Sunday morning for a walkies along the famous Hermanus Cliff Path! We left our overnight spot in the Mahindra PIKUP at Grotto Beach picnic site and parked at the main Blue Flag Beach parking lot ’cause there’s more security there. In yesterdays post I mentioned that we walked the ‘Piet-Se-Bos’ section […]

This morning (Saturday) we woke up early at our overnight spot in the Mahindra PIKUP at Grotto Beach picnic site. Them we drove to Hermanus and the Fossil asked the owner of Cafe Blu if he can set up his iMac for me to catch up on my blog posts. We had to wait for […]

Today, my Walk 4 SOS Huskies journey came to a dead stop! That’s ’cause the Fossils cell phone battery went flat and wouldn’t charge. Thankfully, the rain had stopped so we left our sheltered overnight spot under somebodies holiday-home car port at De Kelders in Gansbaai and drove to Hermanus to find a mobile phone […]

This morning we sadly left the Cape Agulhas Backpackers – sadly ’cause it was really comfortable there. So, the Fossil (aka Des) packed our stuff into the Mahindra PIKUP and we headed off for Gansbaai to continue my Walk 4 SOS Huskies journey (we’re missing a long section of coastline ’cause ‘there’s “No Dogs Allowed” […]

Today is “walkies” day! We started day 13 of our Walk 4 SOS Huskies journey from Struisbaai main beach. Full low tide was at 11am, so walking on the compact sand closer to the surf edge made it easy going. After the sandy part, the Struisbaai coastline becomes pebble beach that’s kinda hard to walk […]

The Fossil’s sprained knee swelling is better now. So, we we can continue our Walk 4 SOS Huskies journey. But he wants to walk the coastline, so we’re sadly leaving the pet-friendly Arumvale Self Catering Country House in Swellendam and heading for Struisbaai today. The Fossil (aka Desmond) drove the Mahindra PIKUP along the R319 towards […]

Like I said yesterday, the Fossil (aka Desmond) sprained his knee in the early hours of Sunday morning during our “Still Bay Stalker Strikes” episode. So, we’ve taken a break in our Walk 4 SOS Huskies journey while we wait for his knee swelling to go down (kinda appropriate that we’re in SWELL-en-damn, right?). So […]

We got robbed last night! The story should hit the local news headlined “Still Bay Stalker Strikes While Sleeping Beauty Slumbers” and a subhead; “Husky Saves The Day!” (or rather, “Night”). So our Walk 4 SOS Huskies journey is turning out to be an adventure after all! Here’s how it went down (literally!). Remember I […]

Ho Hum. Another day spent on the backseat of the Mahindra PIKUP. And so our Walk 4 SOS Huskies fundraising journey continues. So, here’s how our day went. We left our pet-friendly hosts Cheetah Lodge Mossel Bay at 9am and drove down the R328 to Mossel Bay. Approaching Mossel Bay we saw a huge bank of […]

Today our Walk 4 SOS Huskies journey was mostly spent driving the Mahindra PIKUP along the coastline. I know, I know – this is supposed to be a walk for Huskies, not a drive for Huskies! But where the heck are we supposed to walk? We left Waterside Lodge Wilderness this morning and drove through George […]

Lucky us! We found a way to walk from Wilderness to George and stay away from the un-pet-friendly beach and N2 motorway. And so our Walk 4 SOS Huskies journey continues. Except we walked the other way – from George to Wilderness. Yeah, I know that’s weird when we’re actually heading for Cape Town. Here’s […]

Like I told y’all, and all (sorry – wrong province, that’s Durban) the Fossil wanted to continue our Walk 4 SOS Huskies fundraising journey from Wilderness beach. Well, you guessed it – ‘No Dogs Allowed – again! There’s even an acronym for it; NDA, which rhymes with “nada”, which is Spanish for “Nothing”. And the […]

Like I wrote yesterday, I can’t see our Sedgefield to Wilderness beach walk happening – and I was right! The Fossil and I arrived at Sedgefield beach to start Day 5 of our Walk 4 SOS Huskies journey and the first thing we saw is a sign. You guessed it – ‘No Dogs Allowed!’ See […]

The Fossil and I were supposed to start Day 4 of our Walk 4 SOS Huskies journey along the beach from Buffels Bay to Sedgefield. We’ll we did the B to S part. But not along the beach. Why? ‘Cause No Dogs Allowed! Like, really!? So humans can hike along the Goukamma Nature Reserve & […]

Today is Sunday and we’re taking a day off my Walk 4 SOS Huskies journey. The Fossil says I need a rest. No idea why. After all, we’re walking not running, so what’s the big deal? Anyway, our hosts Andre and Laurette Botha, the pet loving owners of Lakeside Accommodation Knysna, are really nice people. And […]