One of the reasons we moved to Folkestone was the accessibility of Europe: the 35 min shuttle departs from Folkestone while the 90 min ferry leaves from Dover, a 15-minute drive from our front door.
We visited in August 2024 with Romy only 3 and Maggie not yet 1 so with the girls...
Almost two years ago now in late March 2024, we headed to Lanzarote in the Canary Islands for our first holiday as a family of four. Lanzarote is sunny all year round so after a long winter some sunshine was needed. We found cheap mid-morning flights – great times with a...
As I’ve said in many a ‘November Rugby’ blog, Autumn in the UK means a month of rugby and following the Springboks around the UK and Europe with close friends is one of my favourite times of the year....
(I am only six months late writing this)…
It was 13 years ago now that I first saw the Springboks at Murrayfield. That match in 2011 was in fact the last time we lost to the Scots though we would recover that tour with a win against the English the following week.
It’s been 33 years of World Cup heartache. 33 – over 3 decades.
Like many South Africans of my age and older, I can remember them all:
– The rain in 1992 when Dave Richardson (Swinger) and Brian McMillan were on the cusp of steering us into our maiden...
The blogs I usually write are travel and sports related but this was such a magical experience that I wanted to write about it. Romilly has learnt to ride a bike – and she’s 3! I can still vividly remember learning to ride a bike myself when I was five – we had a short wall along...
Four years on from the inaugural BURTSandBORTZ adventure following the Springboks around Japan, we were back on...
A few months ago now we headed off to Cyprus for a 10-day holiday. We had read the weather at the end of February should be good and found cheap mid-morning flights to Paphos on the west coast – great times with a 2 and a half year old toddler.
November is always a wonderful month of the year here in the UK with the Springboks visiting on their annual (formerly) end of season tour. Every November they play three or four Tests against a combination of the four home unions – England,
