A mountain biker rides up a wall at The Playground, a free-riding area below the Afrikaanse Taalmonument in Paarl, South Africa.

A mountain biker rides up a wall at The Playground, a free-riding area below the Afrikaanse Taalmonument in Paarl, South Africa.

Joining a few members of our photo club and an energetic group of mountain bikers this morning for a shoot, I had great fun capturing panned shots of the riders against the background of the forest.
If you compare this photo to the one in my previous post, that was taken last night, you can see that the fires are closer. They must be getting quite close to the suburbs high up the mountainside.
There has been a fire around Stellenbosch for the past few days and last night it had spread onto Helderberg, above Somerset West. This photo was taken from my front garden in Strand.
People rocking along to the Jesse Jordan Band at a recent sunset concert at the Helderberg Nature Reserve.
The Jesse Jordan Band will be playing a sunset concert in the Helderberg Nature Reserve on Sunday 1 February 2009. We’ll be there.
A selection of IT related Chuck Norris facts that arrived by e-mail.