The floods that caught us by surprised yesterday, required icy pre-dawn river crossings and left behind some grim mud to contend with. Black & sticky, it quickly clogged up the wheels and shoes and we wasted a lot of time scraping it off with a stick. We were exhausted after the long slog up the skurweberg. The view was glorious and once over the neck we were treated to 7ks of single track dropping over 400m.
Now we're in big-tine hunting country (near Pearston) staying at a lodge tonight. We're also over the halfway mark and getting into a rythm - rise at 4.45, 45 mins to dress, pack and eat, target is to be pedaling as the 1st blue tinge appears on the eastern horizon' about an hour before sunrise. We mostly get home inthe dark. So we try to ride into the light and do our best not to have to cover tricky routes late afternoons when one navigation error can leave us bunbling around the dark for a long time, even forcing one to sleep out in the rough.
Tomorrow 28th the scratchy portage over the Swaershoek mountains, and if no mishaps to try and cover 2 support stations to claw back some of the 2 days lost with all the challenges.
Reception stll spotty so battling to get blog ent
sounds like work to me........
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