Thursday, 28 February 2013

9 plus 1 = 10 ------punctures!

I just rode 118.3 kilometers! Check it out on #strava: http://app.strava.com/activities/42551318 .Ha ha made a new record today and learnt a few things about changing tyres -aways look on the bright side -the icing on the cake wss when a ute pulled over -being interested in what I was doing I showed him the thorns that I was pulling out of my tyres and just when I thought that I had finished the tomato farmer pulled two more out of the front tyre you could hear the air leaking out .A while later a truck went past and slammed on the breaks brought the truck to s halt then came back snd asked if I was alright and wanted a lift  - The farmer however did point out that there was some accomodation 20km up the road called Tods Place or Tod Inn which was a Godsend because I was running a bit late - Each puncture takes about 15 -20 minutes to fix so Tods place sounded perfect.Earlier on in the day a whole heap of Baboons ran across the  road and the big daddy came out of the bush not expexting to see me and started to run or clambor away from me with a frightened look on his face ,  the feeling was mutual. I was so glad ti finally reach Tods place and to meet Gary and his wife Thea  we sat around the bar with two other Zimbabwe okes "men"  and two Britts - Gsry had me in stitches wuth his brutally honest sense if humor and rough rough way of putting it- two Impala steak sandwiches and Impala stew on rice with salad for dinner and about 7 bottles of Fanta -I went for a swim in the pool and when I came back Gary just took off his shirt snd and threw it at me and told me to dry myself - What a character! ! Later I found out that we were the first tourists they had accomodated for months!

1 comment:

  1. Sounds like some crazy times!!! Switched from Appletizer to Fanta have you??? If you are worried about the baboons running over you, what on earth are you going to do with the cougars!???!!!! Glad you are finding some really interesting people that at least give you a run for you money it sounds!! Have you made them any of your homemade icecream yet?? xx

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