Tried to turn front wheel with front hub dynamo into a wind turbine -- not enough wind -maybe set it up to a stream -nek minit bikes gone!
Thursday 7 February 2013
DURBAN
What a nice place ! A quick 113.9km jaunt , a tail wind - thankyou lord! For pushing me along today average speed 28.8km max speed 73.8 average heart rate 130 .woke up to last nights potato and gravy and a can of baked beans , thought it would be better to carry that weight in my stomach rather than looking pretty in a can - watch out corned beef - your next ,Cheers to my brother Alistair for linking my blog to facebook it was so cool to see your interest!! In Durban for a couple of days working on my bike set up , and getting aquainted with some charities , a few details to work through to take things to the next level! Staying in a private room right on the beach powerful waves so lekka "nice" to go for a swim after a ride Pizza for dinner yum!
Wednesday 6 February 2013
Live while you can
Hope.your in heaven mate! This is a memorial to a famous SA cyclist recently killed on the road by a taxi driver, he would have had a strong heart!
The Boys
One of my posts didnt go through ,so here we go again, the thoughts I was having were about one of Jesus's parables describing the harvest of souls and comparing people with wheat and tares or weeds how they all grow together until the harvest then they are separated one kept and one burned- it is amazing to come across so many people all on a path . So rhe end of this day it rained and the fog came in I was supposed to get another 5km down the road ,instead I asked this guy Matt if I could put a tent up in his yard ,he was so cool about it and welcoming ! It was really cool to meet you guys thanks heaps for giving me a place to stay and some of your brie , cheers man!
Nice to see the sea
6am start, mainly down hill to the coast a bit of fog early on some good ground covered early,a couple of big gatherings on the way look like funerals looked pretty - as they sat in SA "HECTIC" anyway pressure is off today apart from a bit of a head wind should get to destination early -Oh oh , oh yer!
Tuesday 5 February 2013
Midday blog
Big breaky at Amapondo , such a cool place thankyou so much Neil and Amanda !! The food was out of this world just couldnt stop eating - Hey Belinda - your awesome xx just rode through Flagstaff wo what crazy place alot of funeral palours people making coffins just off the street $35 for a coffin probably could put all the dead dogs from off the roads in a couple - still every dog has his day - riding through flagstaff and this guy comes upto me while this guy is jumping around with a piece of wood and whistling anyway apparently theres some guy cycling up from Cape town who people are talking about it was a pretty random conversation while I was trying to watch all my gear people stairing 20 minutes earlier up the top of a hill I stopped to change my gopro remote to film these guys making mud bricks this little kid came closer and closer and closer till eventually he was right by my wheel he pretended to put his arms up for a stretch thats when I heard a still small voice saying better move on and do this stuff down the rode Its great to have friends in high places!! Time for a pear and a plum then back to work.
Monday 4 February 2013
Santa Paloma
Raining early in the morning so left a bit later, cool ride saw a giraffe lots of little estuaries with white sand beaches - 150km to East London no worries. Turned up in East London - saw some crazy characters down town then used my gps and directions to find Santa paloma.So baring in mind this is a late posting - I was counting on staying a couple of days to get my stuff soughted again then carry on well the solar panels and Lithium ion battery got held up in Germany and my new Regulator was taking a while ASwell , there was a bit of a mix up here and there all I can say is Thankyou to all the people who eventually got the parcels here the products are awesome And especially thank God for sending me to Santa Paloma to meet all the beautiful people there Jacques, Belinda jane Ross, Ruan ,Nadia, Virginia,Kylie the Signorlie family all the kids from Grens grade 7 , Stephen , Gideon and all the workers,I had a ball with all of you from the minute I Arrived , Thankyou so much for the opportunity to be with you ! you made me feel so at home with you !
Thankyou so much to the Signorlie family - Love your entheusiasm and spirit -im working on at getting more video online at the mo ,oh and those meatballs ill never forget them , man id love the receipe!
Thanks for the love and laughs -Andrew xxoo
4th puncture
Had 200km to cycle , punctured just out of East London , a bit of glass and pulled out a bit of truck tyre reinforcing , back on the road with the wind behind me, epic day managed to break the speed record of mine got the speedo up and over 80kmph then then magnet for the speedometer twisted out of place so i lost my screen , had to reset the garmin and off again , reset the magnet too- it wont happen again DIY is always good .Got to Dutywa and these guys whole recognised me from earlier in the day on the road came up and introduced themselves to me - this has happened a few times its amazing how much people notice you mind you havent seen too many cycle tourists yet , the Mamas who i bought the corn off warned me about some of the school kids and their light fingers - thanks for the advise!
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