Meeting a hero

I wasn't fortunate enough to be at the 1995 RWC final, but Walter and I watched it at a fan park in Johannesburg. As I recall I couldn't talk for a few days afterwards, completely lost my voice from screaming my support.

But the moment when the 747 flew low and slow over the stadium still gives me chills.

 Image from Glogster.com Underneath is painted "Good Luck Bokke"

200 feet above the highest seats in the stadium in ZS SAN "Lebombo", a 747-200

And then last week we went to a book launch (The Springboks and The Holy Grail), written by Dan Retief, who knows more about rugby than anyone I have ever met,  and is a fabulous weaver-of-tales to boot and I got to meet the pilot - Laurie Kay

who indulged me with pilot talk. Thank you, Laurie, for being so patient!