Crystal-Lee Young

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WHEN YOU STILL DARE TO FLYI finally have my own copy of Hugo’s book in my hands and I have been genuinely excited to sha...
26/08/2026

WHEN YOU STILL DARE TO FLY

I finally have my own copy of Hugo’s book in my hands and I have been genuinely excited to share this.

Not because it is simply another book to read, but because there is something powerful about a real story told honestly.

As a published author myself, I know how vulnerable it can feel to put your work into the world. You are not only sharing words. You are sharing pieces of yourself the humour, the heartache, the setbacks, the failures and thankfully, the triumphs too.

Hugo lets us see all of that.

And that is what stayed with me.

Because courage is easy to admire when everything works out. The harder kind of courage is the kind that shows up when you doubt yourself, when life has already knocked you down and when giving up would be easier.

So many of us are standing at the edge of something, a dream, an idea, a new beginning — wondering if we are brave enough to take the next step.

Sometimes, what we need most is to see that someone else took theirs.

That they stumbled. That things went wrong. That they questioned themselves.

And that they kept going.

Hugo’s story is not about perfection. It is about moving forward anyway.

It reminds us that failure does not always mean stop. Sometimes it simply means try again, try differently, or take one more step.

That is the kind of courage I found in these pages.

Not loud courage.

Real courage.

The courage to continue when the outcome is uncertain.

The courage to still dream after disappointment.

The courage to stand at the edge of something that matters and decide that fear will not make the decision for you.

If there is still a part of you that wants to fly, that still dares to dream, or that simply needs a reminder that one difficult chapter does not decide the whole story, this book may be for you.

I am so glad Hugo had the courage to tell his story.

To order your own copy or find out more, contact Hugo at: [email protected]

And if this made you think of someone who needs a little courage today, share it with them.

Sometimes another person’s story is all we need to remember that we are still allowed to try.

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Memories In a Bottle! 🫶🏼Ingredients: Laughter, friendship, oils, stories from Mr V. (Our incredible host for the morning...
15/08/2026

Memories In a Bottle! 🫶🏼

Ingredients: Laughter, friendship, oils, stories from Mr V. (Our incredible host for the morning from Cape Saint Blaize) and a bit of fermenting. 🤗🍸

An honour when someone shares your photos! Thank you Mosselbaai Monna. That was a day to remember. ♥️

13/08/2026

Never a dull moment in Mossel Bay 💥

I had so much fun hanging out with Mosselbaai Monna at Cape Saint Blaize. An experience that simply can't be put in words... but rather into a bottle 😌

Give it a shot! Tell Monna in her comments section what you would name the gin?

Grab the code, get your discount & let the fun times roll!

04/08/2026

A Game of Thrones!

With approximately 25 000 people in the stadium and viewers across the world watching, Inter-schools between these two giants, brings Paarl to a near standstill each and every year. Tradition in its most beautiful form. Paarl Gimnasium & Paarl Boys. Well done for giving an incredible performance, representing top rugby highschools in the country. South Africa can be proud! 🇿🇦

What a privelege to have been at the game and part of its traditions.

There can only be one, sitting on the throne.
Congratulations Hoërskool Gimnasium Paarl

Paarl Interschools 2026 HERE WE GO 💥When your husband is a Gimmie & your brother an Old Boys... 😅 you choose your words ...
01/08/2026

Paarl Interschools 2026 HERE WE GO 💥

When your husband is a Gimmie & your brother an Old Boys... 😅 you choose your words wisely on a day like this 🤣

May the best team win.

WHAT IF THE NAME WE CARRY IS NOT THE WHOLE TRUTH?Some stories are repeated for so long that fact, memory and legend begi...
16/07/2026

WHAT IF THE NAME WE CARRY IS NOT THE WHOLE TRUTH?

Some stories are repeated for so long that fact, memory and legend begin to grow together.

In George stands an old oak, estimated to have been planted around 1811. A lock and chain embedded in its trunk contributed to it becoming known as the “Slave Tree”.

One local legend suggests that enslaved people were once chained beneath it. Another, more widely documented explanation is that the chain may have secured a heavy roller used on a nearby tennis court. As the oak grew, the metal slowly became enclosed within its trunk.

Perhaps the full story will never be known with complete certainty.

The tree still holds an important place in George’s history and remains symbolically connected to the region’s colonial past and the painful history of slavery.

But standing beneath it, I found myself thinking about the identities we sometimes place upon ourselves.

Not good enough.
Not brave enough.
Too broken.
Too far behind.
Too tired to begin again.

Sometimes these names grow from disappointment. Sometimes from words spoken over us. Sometimes from depression, grief or a season so heavy that we can no longer see ourselves clearly.

And when we repeat those words often enough, they can begin to feel like truth.

Perhaps courage is not always loud.

Sometimes courage is questioning the name you have given yourself.

It is getting out of bed when your mind tells you there is no point.

It is asking for help when you would rather hide.
It is trying again while still feeling afraid.

It is believing that a difficult chapter is not your entire story.

This is also why kindness matters so deeply.

We never fully know what another person is carrying, what they are fighting quietly, or which painful identity they are trying to unlearn.

A kind word may not solve everything.

But it may remind someone that they are more than the darkness they are walking through.

Like that old oak, we may carry marks from the past.

But perhaps kindness is what helps us remember that we are still growing beyond them.

07/07/2026

This is about more than a race!

It's about pushing our limits.

About meeting ourselves in the quiet places, and in the loud, roaring places where your heart is beating, your legs are tired, and something inside you whispers, “Keep going.”

The fitness journey can be lonely.

So much of it happens when no one is watching.

But the road to the finish line is filled with people from all walks of life, all ages, all stories, all levels, all showing up with their own reason to keep moving.

And maybe that is what makes these moments so powerful.

They remind us that we are strong.
They remind us that we are brave.
They remind us that we are alive.

Thank you, Knysna Log-Inn Hotel, for being such a special part of this unforgettable journey.

Knysna Forest 21.1km see you again next year. 🌅

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