Sunday, 26 July 2015

Race finish

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I arrived at Rubicon, the official finish of the Race to Rhodes, with Gawie and Andrew at 14:50. The ride from Tenahead had taken just over ...
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Over Lehana to Rhodes

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Sitting in the school at Vuvu I realised that I was still in the company of the RASA race leaders in Andrew and Tim. If I wanted to win the ...
Saturday, 25 July 2015

Tinana to Vuvu

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We planned to get to the start of the Vuvu valley as the sky started to lighten. That way we would be riding into daylight which would aid o...

Tinana

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We arrived at Mrs Kibi's house in Tinana at 16:40 with daylight to spare. Tim had pushed through to take on the Vuvu valley in the dark....
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Saturday, 18 July 2015

Black Fountain - Part 2

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The route to Blackfountain from the previous village consists of a slow ride up drag paths and cattle trails. It is a little tedious and tak...
Thursday, 16 July 2015

Black Fountain - Part 1

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There are a number of sections of the Freedom Trail that stand out. Most for the hardship and commensurate satisfaction derived from conquer...
Friday, 10 July 2015

Queens Mercy to Malekgalonyane

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We left the Queens Mercy store at 07:30 and wiggled through the village that lay beyond. Fairly soon we were bouncing down the rutted distri...

Masakala to Queens Mercy - Scribbling through the dark.

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As I stood on the threshold of Masakala with favourable weather forecast for the next few days I was eager to get on with the days riding. L...
Thursday, 9 July 2015

Willing head but broken body.

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Here is the message I send while tucked up in bed at Masakala.  "If you accept that fitness is not the absence of exhaustion but rather...
Wednesday, 8 July 2015

Masakala - time to regroup.

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According to Gawie, Tim was having a nap in an outside room. Andrew was still behind us but arrived 40 minutes later. In the interim I took ...

Dribbling to Masakala

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Mercifully the ploughed road only persisted for a few hundred metres before yielding to the standard hard packed farm track I was expecting....
Tuesday, 7 July 2015

Ntsikeni Exit

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Out of Ntsikeni in the snow - fun.... for the first minute perhaps!

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The virgin snow ahead of me a bejewelled spectacle under the glare of my lights - the blades of grass delicately dusted with millions of tin...
Monday, 6 July 2015

Gladiators of the Night - Ntsikeni

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Racing snakes arrive in the dead of night when the average rider is asleep and they are gone before that self same average rider wakes up. E...
Saturday, 4 July 2015

Ntsikeni or bust! Part 2

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The last trudge between us and Ntsikeni generally referred to as The Wall lay 6 or 7 km's ahead down an undulating road. Janine rode som...

Ntsikeni or bust! Part 1

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As we entered Centocow we found Andrew Barnes, freshly showered, sitting at the table enjoying a hot cup of something while he waited for hi...
Tuesday, 30 June 2015

Chugging along to Centocow

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Leaving Allendale I knew it was going to be a hard job getting through the first section to Donnybrook. It was still hot and the second half...
Sunday, 28 June 2015

Welcome to the Cimmerian Caverns.

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We talk about the Pain Cave. What few people realise is that it comes as a companion set along with the Cimmerian Caverns. To save you googl...
Saturday, 27 June 2015

Game on. First Objective - get to Allendale

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Our ragtag army made its way down to the town hall. Glenn, the race director, said he wasn't going to lead us out of town as he was sure...
Friday, 26 June 2015

No it wasn't fun!

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After competing in and winning this years Race to Rhodes I have had to contend with people asking "Did you have fun?" I have caugh...