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campbell987
Apr 23, 20231 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20234 min read
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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