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Summitting Swartberg

18/12/2020

My family gave me the mandate to arrange our December holiday in 2005. Since I had recently acquired an off road vehicle, long distance travel and camping in a different place every 2 days was my choice. They were anxious but excited as we travelled more than 5000kms navigating through 8 provinces. It was truly an adventure as my journal, our pictures but mostly our memories recall. This poem was written shortly after we descended the Swartberg and camped on the outskirts of Oudtshoorn.

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by Fazel Mayet
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ride to ct 2020
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Ride to Cape Town 2020

08/03/2020

Wake up legs. After a sumptuous breakfast we cycled into the dense Jeffrey’s Bay fog climbing up Noorseclimb. Our first 5km contained some sections at 15% gradient which woke our legs up. Jollity was in the air as we came out of Jeffrey’s Bay and within minutes the sky opened and the familiar blue teased our presence. The fog remained down below in Jeffrey’s Bay. Temperatures soared while the peloton picked up speed. We so needed this escape.

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by Fazel Mayet
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