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Stage 86 (68): Yzerfontein to Cape Town Rain overnight and still drizzling in the early morning, although no where near as cold as the...

Stage 85 (67): Dwarskersbos to Yzerfontein Not a great sleep - that wind off the Atlantic blew all night, and it was COLD. I think...

Stage 84 (66): Strandfontein to Dwarskersbos Raining when we got up, and blowing hard off the Atlantic. We took our time over breakfast...

Stage 83 (65): Garies to Strandfontein A great sleep in our Garies guesthouse; and pleasantly surprised in the morning to find that it...

Stage 82 (64): Springbok to Garies I slept unusually soundly but woke up a little chilled; needed to pull on a t-shirt. I think that...

Stage 81 (63): Felix Unite to Springbok Our last border crossing; I’ll not miss them. Exit stamp from Namibia, pedal across the DF Malan...

A relaxing day at the Felix Unite Provenance Camp on the Orange River. All the usual rest day stuff except this morning treated us to...

Stage 79 (61): Cañon Farmyard to Cañon Roadhouse A short day today, all to allow a tourist drive out to the Fish River Canyon in the late...

Stage xx (60): Alte Kalkoefen to Cañon Farmyard Good tarmac, reasonable gravel; all in all, not a bad day.

Stage 78 (59): Helmeringhausen to Alte Kalkoefen The gravel this morning was better than many of the tarmac roads we’ve ridden over the...

Stage 80 (62) Cañon Roadhouse to Felix Unite An early start this morning in an attempt to beat the predicted heat later in the day; we...

Stage 77 (58): Tolou's Lodge to Helmeringhausen Another day of gravel; today however, the washboard gave way to a relatively good surface...

Stage 76 (57): Sesreim to Tolou's Lodge A long and tough day, no mistake about the description. Stunning views, albeit at the cost of...

The penultimate rest day before tackling 6 days of gravel in the Namib. Comms may be problematic in terms of uploading any photographs...

Stage 75 (56): Solitaire to Sesreim Once again, we’re into it just before sunrise. The initial stretch of gravel is pretty good, having...

Stage 74 (55): Weissenfels to Solitaire We’re away just about 7:00 - the sun not yet quite up. The gravel running south is fortunately...

Stage 73 (54): Windhoek to Weissenfels Camp We’ve moved further east in the time zone; sunrise now occurring at about 07:00 (on the other...

Tuesday was always going to be a bus day from Gobabis into Windhoek. As recently as 2019-2020 they’d cycle all the way in, but we’re told...

Stage 71 (53): Buitenpos to Gobabis Easy to get up from a proper bed and get ready with electrical lights illuminating the situation. No...

Stage 70 (52): Ghanzi to Buitenpos An early start this morning due to the long day expected; 5:30 bags, 5:45 breakfast and we were out on...