Transkei Adventure - Kei Mouth to Wild Coast Sun
Ooh now I have a taste for these adventures. Having found the magic cycling pants (https://indola.co.za) that save my butt from chafe and pain. This adventure was put into my world earlier on in the year by Attie. He often has these multi-day adventure rides and I have had had FOMO on more than one occasion. Doug and I were so keen on doing this one together and we racked our brains to see how we could sort Kayla out so we could go. Sadly this was not to happen - the time we were to be away was too long to leave her. I got to go as Doug had his special time at AfrikaBurn. The year was a whirlwind for me of busy and intense work but I stayed steady with weekend rides and gym sessions. I seemed to have kept a lot of my fitness from the Karoo adventure last year. The 6 weeks before we left I kept on getting sick. It started to work on my head as I was losing out on valuable training rides and multi-day riding. I went for a jet-fue...