It was hot! I don't usually sweat much, but today it was dripping off me.
Left Malmesbury quite late (after 10:00am) this morning and started with a long climb out of town. The wind was very mild and again I was cycling on tar and it was a joy to be on my bike.
From just outside the town, you get a fabulous view of Cape Town and Table Mountain in the distance. I wanted to stop to take a picture, but was sure I would get a more unobstructed view later - well this didn't happen (until Yzerfontein!).
I reached Darling in just over 2 hours and went to Evita se Perron, where Pieter Dirk Uys has created his little theater, restaurant and museum. Thys and Nerina had to go back to Somerset West first to pick up some luggage that had been left behind. They were going to join me for an early lunch, but their GPS took them on way out roads and I couldn't wait any longer for them. By the time I got going again, it was around mid-day and extremely hot.
Just outside Darling was the sign to Alexanderfontein, a Wine Farm that makes an award winning Sauvignon Blanc. I took the turn off and traveled on an extremely bad dirt road, just to be told that this was not the wine farm, but an olive farm! The Estate was back near town, but I was not going to turn back! I wanted to buy Amanda, who is looking after my cats, a bottle of wine.
The wind picked up and was grinding me from the left again. Just as I got to about 5km from Yzerfontein, an sms (text message) came through from Thys and Nerina to say that there were no campsites available in town. As I was reading the message, Thys and Nerina came out of town, stopped next to me and Nerina started phoning for alternative accommodation. We ended up on a farm just outside town, De La Rey Self Catering unit. It is available for one night only, and we are not having much success with finding other accommodation further up the coast. So, we are not sure what to do tomorrow, but we will make a plan. Even if we have to book into a B&B until the Easter Weekend is over!
Distance done today: 59.9km in 3h18 (or 5h04 on the route)
So, we will see what tomorrow brings. I am rather tired and will head off to bed now.
May you all have a blessed Easter.
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