Month: February 2016
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Day 8 Biking Africa Ladismith to Barrydale
Alex the wonderful host of Ladismith Manor cooked me an excellent breakfast at 6.30 so I could put in some miles before the midday heat. It was deliciously cool as I bombed down the many downhills 🙂 After an hour I discovered The Hubb farm market and had a coffee and apple pie 🙂 The…
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Day 7 Biking Africa Oudtshoorn to Ladismith
I now know my biking limit is 65.8mi Distance & 5,396ft of ascent with the temperature in the mid 30’s with my heavyweight bike and kit 🙁 I arrived wrecked and dehydrated 🙁 The day started with a very mediocre breakfast at The Queens Hotel principally I suspect because they had 30+ folks from the Titan party there.…
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Day 6 Africa biking from George to Oudtshoorn
Once again South Africa was excellent with The Acorn Guest House cooking a delicious breakfast that we all ate at the poolside under a clear blue sky. All traces of yesterdays rain storm disappeared giving clear views of the mountain range about to be crossed. The dirt track Montagu Pass looked OK so I ventured up it…
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Day 5 Africa trip – Knysna to George
What a day! Amazing day of bike climbing, wind, traffic and discovery. The folks at my yummy Al fresco breakfast in Amber Guest Lodge all said it was a very pretty coastal route, they all omitted to mention the climbing and the Kaaimans Pass 🙁 which is probably just as well. Also no one seemed to…
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Day 4 Africa biking to Knysna
Fortunately today was a short distance both because of a bad night with an upset stomach and also because of rain & low cloud 🙂 It’s unfortunate that a seaside place is built on top of a 300 foot hill as well 🙁 especially when the b&b is at the bottom! The N2 was busy…
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Day 3 Africa trip – Fynbos to Pletteberg Bay
I’m sorry to say that I took the easy way out of the golf course for the first 5 miles, avoiding the dust & bumps by travelling in a 4×4 doing 70kph 🙁 I managed to sleep over 8 hours which was good, the breakfast at the golf course was OK afterwards the driver dropped me off…
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Day 2 Biking Africa Jeffreys Bay to Fynbos, Eesterivierstrand
Who have thought with my dislike of golf. That I would cycle the best part of 50 miles to stay on a golf course 🙂 As the saying goes when “needs must the devil drives”. I started the day with no grand breakfast as Funky don’t do food and none of the neighbouring restaurants were…
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Africa biking Day 1 -Summerstrand to Jeffreys Bay
After yet another magnificent breakfast I tore myself away from GB’s superb B&B. How some folks make everything look easy is amazing, true professionals at work. I managed to squeeze all my belongings into the three bags. A bar bag, single pannier laid flat on the top of the rear rack (On this trip firmly…
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A day of safari with the animals.
A bit of a long day today visiting Addo Elephant park in the morning and the neighbouring Schotia Safaris private reserve in the afternoon. Both trips were organised by Alan Tours. Luke the driver & guide picked me up at 7.30am and whisked me the 30 miles from GB’s to Addo National Park for my…
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My next bike ride (Africa) begins.
After 68 years I’ve finally made it to South Africa and If first impressions count then I like it 🙂 Since my last little biking trip to Cuba I’ve enjoyed a week in January snowboarding, Total luxury and perfect conditions, staying at the superlative Chalet Du Coin at the centre of Les Gets, boarding with fellow residents from Jersey…