Yet another eventful day. The 'recce' team (Hoffie and Steve, now joined by Hoffie's friend Jacques) set out at 9am in an attempt to follow a new and probably impossible route.
Meanwhile, team B was taking turns to drive and ride, the previous drivers having returned home. Some fifty kilometers and two hours on they sat to await the arrival of their fitter teammates. Three hours later, still no 'recce' group. A close-as-we-could-make-it grid search commenced.
Eventually a call come through, once the A team had reached a cell phone signal. Their prowess had been over estimated. Six hours after setting out, they still had another 6 hours of riding and with only three hours before nightfall. In the last stretch they would have to traverse the old Witzenberg Pass.
So the B team 'road-lifted' the A team some forty kilometers, to a point where they had a chance of traversing the pass in safety.
.. that ends well: They arrived at our overnight stop at 18:30, nearly 11 hours after starting out.
Two more days of cycling left...
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Hello and congratulations and best wishes to all of you for the next two days. We are all cheering you on(and up!) from various parts of the world.
ReplyDeleteOn behalf of Keiskamma Trust freinds everywhere-- many thanks and strength for the rest of the road.