Klipfontein - Rietfontein 500km ride - October 2023
So this adventure came out of the blue. You know of course I am sworn off many-hour, multi-day rides - chafe on my nether regions, a dodgy neck, my poor ability to navigate on maps plus I was going away so would miss out on crucial training blah blah. Anyhoo .... somehow I conveniently forgot about these inconveniences when this tour appeared on my radar. I heard about it one Friday evening, mulled over it during sleep time, spoke about it during our Saturday morning ride, agonised over why I could not/should not do it on the car ride home, found a previous whats-app message to Jan where he had sent a positive note on his cancer treatment and promptly said I am doing it; which pushed him over the line and suddenly I had a partner-in-crime. I put in what cycling training I could, spent time in the gym, got lessons on fixing bikes, prepped the maps and narratives and worked really hard on my head. What my body could not do my head was going to do....