Kathleen Pedals and Writes

If Rwanda is the “Land of One Thousand Hills”, then I think I cycled at least half of them. Terraced for maximum farming efficiency, the...

I am sitting in a cafe in Kigali, Rwanda drinking a gorgeous cappuccino and counting the hours until my life becomes extremely intense....

I took a gamble after much deliberation to enter the 2022 Summer Race to Rhodes. The 582-kilometer endurance cycling race from...

After years of either avoiding or skirting the edges of the Race Across South Africa, I finally committed to participating in the Race to...

As I look at my calendar, I see that nearly two weeks of chronological time have passed while I have immersed myself in a Cederberg...

A few months have gone by since I last wrote. So much has happened. Everyday life on the road has many variables. Weather, logistics,...

I make the drive from Badplass/Emanzana to Waterval Boven/Emgwenya. I keep traveling short distances between campsites and realize that I...

I gravitate towards hot springs. To me, hot springs are one of the greatest miracles in nature. Ancient water from deep aquifers is...

The town of Barberton in the Mpumalanga Province has appealed to me ever since reading the epic South African novel, The Power of One by...

I also found myself nearly overcome with grief, doubt and anxiety as I let go of the familiar to strike out on my own.

It has been a wet summer, early autumn in Johannesburg. Clouds and dampness hug the low-lying areas, especially along the spruit....

On an early autumn Sunday morning, I decided to explore the mountain biking trails at Thaba Trails to the south of Johannesburg. I...

Something very interesting happens on Sunday mornings at the corner of Smit and De Beer at the Mangrove Restaurant in downtown...

On the first Thursday in March, I had the rare opportunity to careen wildly through the streets of the Central Business District of...

While cleaning my aluminum Momsen mountain bike after a moderate cycle along Bronkmanspruit, a greenbelt in Johannesburg, South Africa, I...

Cycling from Hoedspruit to Three Bridges is a popular route for road and off-road cyclists alike. The R40 from Hoedspruit has a decent...

One of the joys and occasional terrors of cycling in and around the greater Hoedspruit area is the likelihood of seeing South African...

The Blyde River Dam is a popular day trip from Hoedspruit. For the intrepid explorer, mountain biking in the mouth of Blyde River Canyon...

Residents and visitors to Hoedspruit looking to cycle the lowveld terrain can take advantage of the unpaved service road that parallels...

Nestled between Hoedspruit and Tzaneen, on the outskirts of Ofcolaco, down a red-dirt road populated with cows and subsistence farms,...