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Camping in Magaliesberg
magaliesberg our camping site

leon gork tour guide
Feb 123 min read
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Raymond 8th Nov 2021
I was proud of my brother and tried to emulate him

leon gork tour guide
Nov 10, 20245 min read
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Movie Interpretations Gallery
Movie interpretations

leon gork tour guide
Oct 24, 20248 min read
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Our House
Boulders of ice rolled down the corrugated iron roof

leon gork tour guide
Sep 16, 20242 min read
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My Father-in-Law
To his great surprise, he became a grandfather for the third time

leon gork tour guide
Aug 6, 20241 min read
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A story of childhood.
Childhood anger

leon gork tour guide
Aug 4, 20243 min read
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Robinson Lake
fun in a dinghy

leon gork tour guide
Aug 4, 20244 min read
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The President Cinema
A childhood conflict between movies and religion

leon gork tour guide
May 13, 20243 min read
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The class picture.
"The picture doesn't show me", I cried. Not being noticed, or left out of the group, was my greatest fear, and it has come about....

leon gork tour guide
Apr 4, 20245 min read
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The flood
Ginger went out into the dark and rainy night. Driven, as if by a force beyond control, to consort with a female feline, the tomcat...

leon gork tour guide
Mar 25, 20243 min read
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The Lottery
A news item about a Tour Guides course, caught my eye. I immigrated to Israel. Lotteries were prohibited in South Africa, where I came...

leon gork tour guide
Mar 24, 20244 min read
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Flat Battery
“It’s the battery,” said Etti in a crying voice. “The towing service will have to come again”. Long ago, when I was still young and...

leon gork tour guide
Mar 16, 20245 min read
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Grilled Fish
I was just saying to Ettie as we drove towards Tel Aviv that I’m not going to any expensive restaurants. We get better food and more of...

leon gork tour guide
Apr 7, 20232 min read
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The lonely pinacle
My roughneck cousins rolled on the ground holding their stomachs with laughter at the sight of me, wailing pitifully, caught in the midst...

leon gork tour guide
Feb 6, 20232 min read
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Leon Saves the Day
A story of pure fiction. The attack was over in seconds. The grimace turned into a relieved smile as Leon waited on the pitch to hit the...

leon gork tour guide
Jan 17, 20234 min read
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My Father's Story
Note: I have put the story in my father’s mouth, as I believe he would have told it, had he been able. We had a child, a son, and wanted...

leon gork tour guide
Oct 22, 20225 min read
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Back to school
"Put your child back in school", my old uncle Louie, looking through half-shut eyes, filled with smoke, hurled this command, at his...

leon gork tour guide
May 27, 20224 min read
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Choosing the right path in life
In the eyes of my parents, I was a strange boy. When vacation time came around I was out looking for work while my friends sunbathed at...

leon gork tour guide
May 15, 20224 min read
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Meeting disappointments head on
I'd started with a bag full of marbles and ended with two. I kicked my feet against the wall, shifting my last two glass pebbles from one...

leon gork tour guide
May 14, 20225 min read
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Insult can bring understanding
Once again an insult brought me self-understanding, the most important achievement of a human being. I had handed my iPhone with the...

leon gork tour guide
Mar 11, 20223 min read
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