Friday, 27 April 2012

Day Twenty Four: Piketberg to Malmesbury (66 kms)

We again got up later than usual again today to set off from Piketberg to Malmsbury. The excitement is building around our arrival in Cape Town tomorrow.
We had a thunderstorm in Piketberg while we were braaing and with the extensive view we had it was spectacular. Nic loved the open space of the farm and almost ran in circles with the delight of not being confined to the back seat of the car. On the whole Nic has been ultra patient and good as a passenger and do we care if he stands on his head from time to time!
We hit rain for the first time but it did not last long. We have been very fortunate with the weather – virtually no rain, only two days of wind and very little debilitating heat. The road was a little hilly but for two now very fit cyclists, it hardly made a dent in their speed.
We phoned ahead to accommodation but it seemed as if it was not common knowledge that we would be staying the night. We eventually found it in Malmesbury but it looked dicey so we politely told them we had alternative accommodation. We decided to take a ride through to Darling and while doing so Leigh used her iPad to scour guest houses. We found one on a nature reserve that was affordable but closer to Yzerfontein than Darling. We have arrived at the last stop of the tour!

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