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The 5th rattrace was held at Fugitives’ Drift Lodge in typical cool and pleasant weather… 1st place – Klaas Meintjies 2nd place – Craig Carter 3rd place – Rob Godlonton 4th place – Thabani Ximba 5th place – Brian Green 6th place – Andrew Murray 7th place – Dedrich Eicker 8th place – Sandile Magwaze …

After 11 happy and highly successful years at Fugitives’ Drift, Rob Caskie and Karen de Haan will be moving to Howick later in the year, but I am pleased to say that Rob will still be available to us on a freelance basis and that he will be continuing with his own inimitable battlefield tours …

The annual RattRace, in aid of the David Rattray Foundation was, yet again, a huge success. While there were slightly fewer riders this year, there were a number of new faces, which is fantastic. We also managed to raise the highest amount ever at a RattRace: just short of R63,000. A huge thank you to …

Over the last three weeks, the older Lodge rooms have been updated and given a “face-lift”, particularly in the bathrooms. Lighting has been improved and the bathrooms have been updated to match our ever-lifting high standards.    Room 4 Room 5

As a rather bold move, Fugitives’ Drift decided to host a mountain biking weekend. What a wonderful occasion it turned out to be. Thanks largely to the efforts of David Evans and Francois Reyneke the Lodge and Guest House were full.  Craig Gillies, true to form, was beautifully organised. He arrived in a helicopter; his …

Dear All, On behalf of the David Rattray Cycle Team, I would like to thank you sincerely for your generous sponsorship. Thanks to your kind donation, the Team raised an incredible R56,000 in private sponsorship and R15,000 from corporate sponsorship. This is a truly remarkable figure. The money will go a long way to helping …

After much demand, Fugitives’ Drift is now pleased to offer for sale prints of William Whitelocke Lloyd’s remarkable watercolours, painted during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. There are six limited edition prints available – 500 prints of each painting will be produced. All these paintings are featured in David Rattray’s last book A Soldier Artist …

The 2009 RattRace was, as ever, a resounding success. With the support of SATIB, this year’s main sponsor, the RattRace went off without a hitch and R42,806 was raised in support of the David Rattray Foundation. The race was won by Craig Carter in 1 hour exactly. He was heavily fined afterwards, not only for winning, but …

On the 15th April 2008, Dr. Peter Rattray received an honourary Doctorate from the University of KwaZulu Natal on behalf of his son. Dr Rattray said the degree was one of the best tributes to a man “..who loved South Africa unreservedly. David had lived among Zulu people most of his life and was steeped …