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Nice morning ride .... from home to the Durbanville trails, including a couple of extra loops .... caffiene boost at Bloemendal, and a nice bran muffin .... time to ride up to the masts and Majik .... then time for dodgems enroute home ....  my longest single ride ever (4 decades ago I used to do 2 off 25km loops per day, to school and back..)

 

The ride started with a slight tint of mist in the air, nice 16 degree temperature, no wind.  LOTS of cyclists out on the roads.  Simply a PERFECT day to be in the saddle !

 

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I entered the Traverse at St Johns, at the split I turned towards the Odendaal Street.  The jeep tracks were dry, with a thin layer of dust, but under the trees the ground was wet .... and then I saw the "rain" from the dew wettened leaves falling to the ground .... just had to stop for a photo (WISH I had a decent camera, as this was just magical)

 

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From Odendaal I looped back, and entered at St John's again.  Traverse to Bloemendal, by now I was looking forward to that caffiene boost !!  Took a moment to gather my composure and concentration, then did a slow ride through the B Gum.

 

After the caffiene boost the temperatures were in the mid to high 20's ....

 

What a nice ride !!

 

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PS - LOVE those 2FO shoes !!!  Even stopped in at Tygerberg cycles to thank Mike.

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Yesterday - Piketberg trails. One of my mates is a local so he showed a few of us around - lots of fun. Had a tumble at the top of a koppie, got back on and rode to the bottom, then realised my Garmin had fallen off - had to hike back up. Worst of all - that rough climb back up wasn't even recorded!

 

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Best part - when we were done my wife was kind enough to shuttle us to the top for a second run down!

 

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This morning we had a lekker sandy ride around some farmlands just outside of Eendekuil - I didn't even know there were this many devil thorns in existence!

 

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Edited by Grease_Monkey

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