Friday morning and we are all still suffering the after effects from Thursday’s epic ride. Today was split into two parts, the first ‘half’ was more of the same grueling pace and technical difficulty with a combination of fast dirt tracks, open countryside, through remote villages, steep hill climbs and river crossings. We departed at 8:00 am and did not stop for a break (save petrol refill, regroup and smoke break for the many smokers amongst us) until 2:00. Many of us were fearing the worst that this marked the half way point and we had another 6 hours to go! Fortunately not, the afternoon saw us heading much more into civilization with even some tarmac road and really quite a gentle ride through forests into our lodge at Mbatyi River. The end is looming with a hard ride planned for the Saturday morning then the final run into Durban. I have mixed feelings, on the one hand I do not want this to end, on the other my body is telling me it has to stop soon.
Keep checking for new blogs and the previous updates as I will add more photos as and when I can.
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