Every year I get locked into my suburb for several hours by the cycle tour, and while it is normally an opportunity to catch up on work without heeding the insistent call of a weekend surf, this year I went walk-about in the immediate surroundings.

I had two aims: to get some panning, impressionistic-type, photos and to get some shots contrasting between the race and life going on in nearby Masiphumelele.

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