“Only if/when you have been in the deepest valley, can one ever know how magnificent it is to one day stand on the highest peak.“

Craig's Quotes

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“Only if/when you have been in the deepest valley, can one ever know how magnificent it is to one day stand on the highest peak.“

https://craigsbooks.wordpress.com/2018/03/26/only-if-you-have-been-in-the-deepest-valley-can-you-ever-know-how-magnificent-it-is-to-be-on-the-highest-mountain-3/

https://thedriverthenurseandthewriter.wordpress.com/2018/03/26/only-if-you-have-been-in-the-deepest-valley-can-you-ever-know-how-magnificent-it-is-to-be-on-the-highest-mountain-2/

“Sharing, supporting, informing,  enlightening, “entertaining”(??), encouraging, empowering, enriching, challenging, igniting, uplifting (and perhaps even) inspiring”

enough there for now, c!

“Together, one mind, one life (one small step at a time), let’s see how many people (and lives) we can encourage, impact, empower, enrich, uplift and perhaps even inspire to reach their fullest potentials…and strive for and perhaps one sunny day even achieve their wildest dreams.”

pictures from http://www.capetownmypictures.wordpress.com

www.itsnotthemountainbutourselves.wordpress.com

www.itsnotthemountainweconquerbutourselves.wordpress.com

and

http://www.climbingmountainsandchasingdreams.wordpress.com

from http://www.capetownmypictures.wordpress.com

http://www.mandelamadiba.wordpress.com

and

and http://www.onetaleoftwocities.wordpress.com

“Having pursued the goals, the dreams set before us and run the race with persistence and endurance, after giving it all. Then one day standing on the summit of life, breathing in the pure sweet oxygen of…

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Cry the Beloved Country

South Africa: "the Beloved Country"

https://www.facebook.com/mybelovedcountrysouthafrica/?hc_ref=ARQl2dVNIU3KIu5LRCYKybF10gcb7dKWN-8dMJVaCQdnezNUQ10y7CbDX6UN9sjltR8&pnref=story

https://www.facebook.com/journowriter/

and

https://www.facebook.com/craig.lock.31

“Explore, dream, discover”

from http://www.craiglockbooks.wordpress.com

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https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=south+africa+craig+lock

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Climbing Mountains and Chasing Dreams

picture from

https://onetaleoftwocities.wordpress.com/

and

http://www.climbingmountainsandchasingdreams.wordpress.com

“Sharing, supporting, informing,  enlightening, “entertaining”(??), encouraging, empowering, enriching, challenging, igniting, uplifting (and perhaps even) inspiring”

enough there for now, c!

Pictures (below great) by my old friend John (“the world’s third worst photographer”, so he calls himself), but whose photographic talents I definitely  do NOT possess)!

from

www.capetownmypictures.wordpress.com

https://capetownphotopictures.wordpress.com/

www.sawriter.wordpress.com

www.mandelamadiba.wordpress.com

www.onetaleoftwocities.wordpress.com

and

www.lifeisgodsnovel.wordpress.com

Shared by  craig

“Information and Inspiration Distributer”

but “the world’s fourth worst writer, absolutely worst photographer and worst selling author/writer ”,

“Explore, dream, discover”

http://www.craiglockbooks.wordpress.com

“Together, one mind, one life (one small step at a time), let’s see how many people (and lives) we can encourage, impact, empower, enrich, uplift and perhaps even inspire to reach their fullest potentials…and strive for and perhaps one sunny day even achieve their wildest dreams.”

SHARE, INFORM, IMPACT, UPLIFT, IGNITE, ENCOURAGE and (perhaps even) INSPIRE

 

Day Zero Party in Fish Hoek

Benson's Blog : The Blithing Biped...Army of One, Day Zero Hero

You invited to celebrate the Centary of our beloved Town. We the Residents of Fish Hoek, formally known as Rhodesia by the Sea, invite all of Cape Town to repent first then come down to our Day Zero Party. You will need suitable attire for swimming and showering. You will be required to supply ur own instruments and we have a wide range of whiskey on offer.

Once we know that the date we will bring it forward by a month.

See you there

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“It might be hard for you to understand this being an outsider; but South Africa holds the souls of its sons and daughters in an almost inescapable grasp… Once you have travelled, the voyage never ends, but is played out .”

BOOKS BY CRAIG LOCK

via “It might be hard for you to understand this being an outsider; but South Africa holds the souls of its sons and daughters in an almost inescapable grasp… Once you have travelled, the voyage never ends, but is played out .”

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and http://www.craiglockbooks.wordpress.com

“Explore, dream, discover”

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William (Billy) Sudell and the Invincibles

“THE JOURNALIST “… REVEALING AND INTERESTING "INTERVIEWS"

picture from

from
https://www.facebook.com/craig.lock.31

and

https://www.facebook.com/InvincibleBooks/

see

https://writercraig.wordpress.com/2010/09/10/sudell-family-tree-my-mothers-side-of-the-family/

https://foreigncorrspondent.wordpress.com/2017/12/29/sudell-family-tree-my-mothers-side-of-the-family/

https://craigsbooks.wordpress.com/…/sudell-family-tree-my-…/

Rise of the Invincibles

see www.journalistandwriter.wordpress.com

from
https://www.facebook.com/craig.lock.31

Also see

https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=_Hoqp2xO7OEC&pg=PT35&lpg=PT35&dq=Billy+Sudell+faced+down+the+Football+Association+in+1885.+We+left+him+boasting+that+…+He+was+born+in+Preston+in+1850,+the+son+of+a+warehouse+manager+who+was+determined+the+youngest+of+his+four+children+would+make+his+mark+on+this+world.+Young+Billy+…&source=bl&ots=-xkPwWzBj-&sig=A1TvaRwajDlwKhemUgXPdovNN-M&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwis_e-6pt3YAhUCwrwKHQXSAMIQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=Billy%20Sudell%20faced%20down%20the%20Football%20Association%20in%201885.%20We%20left%20him%20boasting%20that%20…%20He%20was%20born%20in%20Preston%20in%201850%2C%20the%20son%20of%20a%20warehouse%20manager%20who%20was%20determined%20the%20youngest%20of%20his%20four%20children%20would%20make%20his%20mark%20on%20this%20world.%20Young%20Billy%20…&f=false

and

https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=Billy+Sudell+faced+down+the+Football+Association+in+1885.+We+left+him+boasting+that+…+He+was+born+in+Preston+in+1850%2C+the+son+of+a+warehouse+manager+who+was+determined+the+youngest+of+his+four+children+would+make+his+mark+on+this+world.+Young+Billy+…&rlz=1C1CHBD_enNZ698NZ698&oq=Billy+Sudell+faced+down+the+Football+Association+in+1885.+We+left+him+boasting+that+…+He+was+born+in+Preston+in+1850%2C+the+son+of+a+warehouse+manager+who+was+determined+the+youngest+of+his+four+children+would+make+his+mark+on+this+world.+Young+Billy+…&aqs=chrome..69i57.10941j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

PPS

Interesting researching both sides of the family history

Thanks “diligent” m

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“After climbing a great mountain, you’ll find there are many more mountains to climb.”

BOOKS BY CRAIG LOCK

via “After climbing a great mountain, you’ll find there are many more mountains to climb.”

PS

“Climb those mountains, keep chasing your dreams and then one sunny day catch hold of them, but don’t forget to stop, rest a while…and admire the view along the way, seeing how far you’ve already come from the higher slopes of life’s long (and at times very hard, difficult) journey.”

from

https://craigsquotes.wordpress.com/2015/05/11/587/

“Together, one mind, one life (one small step at a time), let’s see how many people (and lives) we can encourage, impact, empower, enrich, uplift and perhaps even inspire to reach their fullest potentials…and strive for and perhaps one sunny day even achieve their wildest dreams.”

SHARE, INFORM, IMPACT, UPLIFT, IGNITE, ENCOURAGE and (perhaps even) INSPIRE

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