My hoërskooljare by Grey was goeie tye. I do not believe that my rugby team had a name other than “Die Vyfdes”, but do recall enjoyable games against Tralies and Saints.
Ná skool is ek Tukkies toe vir siviele ingenieurswese waar ek later in water- en omgewingsingenieurswese gespesialiseer het. Om uit die moeilikheid te bly, het ek ook LLB by Unisa gedoen.
I’m married to Helét and we have three great kids. Michelle is an architect in Cape Town; Philip, a civil/environmental engineer, recently moved to New Zealand; and Louw, the youngest daughter, is a marine biologist in Knysna working on the sea horses. A bonus daughter, Kuscke, was added when my brother passed away. She is in the beauty business. We are blessed with four granddaughters.
In 1973 het ek as raadgewende ingenieur in Pretoria begin werk. In 1981 verhuis ons na Sasolburg waar ek ‘n raadgewende ingenieursfirma gestig het saam met vennote. Ek is steeds betrokke by die firma, maar het intussen na Parys verhuis.
At an early age, I realised that my natural state was holiday and work a necessity to finance it. When possible, we are either at Glentana or somewhere in the bush. Soos almal met bike-gene het ek teruggekeer na my motorfietsliefde. Something special was climbing Kilimanjaro in 2005 along the western breach route.