Final Day
Stage 86 (68): Yzerfontein to Cape Town Rain overnight and still drizzling in the early morning, although no where near as cold as the...
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campbell987
- Apr 22
- 2 min
A cold morning
Stage 85 (67): Dwarskersbos to Yzerfontein Not a great sleep - that wind off the Atlantic blew all night, and it was COLD. I think...
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campbell987
- Apr 21
- 2 min
Mud, Rain and Wind
Stage 84 (66): Strandfontein to Dwarskersbos Raining when we got up, and blowing hard off the Atlantic. We took our time over breakfast...
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campbell987
- Apr 20
- 2 min
Atlantic
Stage 83 (65): Garies to Strandfontein A great sleep in our Garies guesthouse; and pleasantly surprised in the morning to find that it...
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campbell987
- Apr 19
- 2 min
Namaqualand
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...
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campbell987
- Apr 18
- 2 min
Northern Cape Province
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...
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campbell987
- Apr 17
- 1 min
Orange River - rest day
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...
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campbell987
- Apr 16
- 1 min
Fish River Canyon
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...
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campbell987
- Apr 16
- 1 min
Cañon Farmyard
Stage xx (60): Alte Kalkoefen to Cañon Farmyard Good tarmac, reasonable gravel; all in all, not a bad day.
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campbell987
- Apr 16
- 2 min
Lithops
Stage 78 (59): Helmeringhausen to Alte Kalkoefen The gravel this morning was better than many of the tarmac roads we’ve ridden over the...
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campbell987
- Apr 16
- 3 min
Southern Namibian bleakness
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...
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campbell987
- Apr 14
- 1 min
Finally - apple pie
Stage 77 (58): Tolou's Lodge to Helmeringhausen Another day of gravel; today however, the washboard gave way to a relatively good surface...
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campbell987
- Apr 14
- 1 min
Deep Namib
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...
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campbell987
- Apr 10
- 1 min
Sesreim rest day
The penultimate rest day before tackling 6 days of gravel in the Namib. Comms may be problematic in terms of uploading any photographs...
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campbell987
- Apr 9
- 2 min
Into the Namib
Stage 75 (56): Solitaire to Sesreim Once again, we’re into it just before sunrise. The initial stretch of gravel is pretty good, having...
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campbell987
- Apr 9
- 2 min
Spreetshoogte Pass
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...
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campbell987
- Apr 9
- 2 min
Gravel test begins
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...
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campbell987
- Apr 6
- 2 min
Windhoek rest days
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...
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campbell987
- Apr 5
- 4 min
Xian Quaz burning man
Stage 71 (53): Buitenpos to Gobabis Easy to get up from a proper bed and get ready with electrical lights illuminating the situation. No...
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campbell987
- Apr 4
- 4 min
Long Day
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...
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