“Eight Days a Week”, the famous Beatles song (number one in February 1965, sixty years ago) must surely be the inspiration for the RASA...

The privilege of the last rider’s escort through the Baviaanskloof Reserve for RASA 2023 was assigned to me – a 6 am bus on a Wednesday....

Us Buffalo Herders wait for something to do. We base ourselves slightly off course, waiting to assist where we can. Not too dissimilar...

So this adventure came out of the blue.  You know of course I am sworn off many-hour, multi-day rides -  chafe on my nether regions, a...

Eastern Cape, hosted by the Buffalo Herders Main tour 500km (seven days): Klipfontein (Stormberg) – Rietfontein (nr Hofmeyer) –...

The ninth running of the Race to Cradock is underway, the first event taking placed in 2015. RTC is generally regarded as the best event...

It’s Saturday 18 June, early morning, and the 2022 Race Across South Africa is well underway. Six batches are already on the route....

Buffalo Herder John the Geologist in a race against time to herd the 13:00 bus from Cambria Buffalo Herding is just one branch of a...

RASA Riders are inherently interesting. Everyone has a story. As a herder, it's like being in an elevator. The doors open, a rider steps...

Buffalo Herding is a vortex. It sweeps us up into a maelstrom of memories, sights, sounds and smells to the point where we occupy a...

Gill Graaf (Freedom Circuit 400km 2021) is the most recent addition to the ever expanding clutch of Freedom Writers. Gill and her husband...

Buffalo herding is hard. Very hard. That is all. Next installment soon.