Just before the holiday season, I was sent out to a rather dodgy corner of the world called Brakpan. For those who don't know, it's in a corner of Johannesburg known for being a little bit weird and probably

Living in Africa, there's a common misconception that wild animals are free to roam through our gardens and dodging wildlife on the way to work is a daily occurrence. Most seasoned travellers know better

Saturday morning: I hear the telltale sound of gusting wind bashing against my window. It's fine, Windguru promised it would only be 20-25kph. It bloody wasn't. Double that is what it was. I had some nasty

Over the holiday season I decided it was time for a serious upgrade to my mtb steed. My options were vast, I test rode lots of bikes and I liked all of them in different ways. In the end I decided to pick

I gotta be honest when I created the post yesterday trying to reach out to people who's also into cycling just like me I didn't expect much response! But it does turns out there's even more people than

Over the holiday season I decided it was time for a serious upgrade to my mtb steed. My options were vast, I test rode lots of bikes and I liked all of them in different ways. In the end I decided to pick

Every Tuesday our provincial club organises an hour of uninterrupted track time at our local race circuit - Killarney Raceway. It's run for fun but in a sort of criterium way where you do as many laps

It's starting to become a bit of a Sunday routine to put in some good miles out to Chapman's Peak. The road will be familiar to anyone who has seen a Porsche or Audi TV advert in the last decade. It's

The heat in Cape Town is seriously picking up. A few days in succession of over 30degC and I don't know what it is about the sun here, but it just feels hotter than any of the other countries I've been

Hello Steemians I've put out a few posts prior to this in order to try and get a feel for the platform, but it feels time to introduce myself officially. By day, I'm a motoring writer, specifically with

It's fitting that the intro to The Wattage Cottage should be about the FTP test. For those wondering why a file sharing acronym is embedded in a cycling blog, let me explain. FTP or functional threshold

The latest Audi RS3 is an absolute beast out of the blocks so we have decided to put it up against one of the best launching cars in the business, the Merc AMG A45. The drag race was conducted at reef

Audi has taken the wraps off its new A7 Sportback featuring a striking design and a lavish interior. Let’s take a closer look. The all-new Audi A7 Sportback has been revealed and by all accounts, it looks

Mercedes-Benz's double-cab bakkie will be launched in SA during the first half of 2018. We've seen the concepts, we rode shotgun in the pre-production units at the international reveal in Cape Town and