He wrote the most beautiful articles and columns for his newspaper The Pretoria News and others while in transit. But he rode and rode and rode. One of the newcomers to the 1965Ride. He had some idea of what to expect having done a 100km ride on the route a couple of weeks preceding the event. However, he was unprepared for the magnitude of the 850km tour but he stuck with it and savoured the journey. His ability to laugh at himself and still push pedals carved for himself a special place on the tour.