FS SUS THE RIDE ind, wind and some more wind was the order of the day for my ride from Upington to Onseepkans in the Northern Cape. We spent the previous night at Red Sands lodge about two hours’ drive from Upington. We arrived a bit late to order food or make something to eat but luckily the kitchen helped us out with a toasted cheese sandwich. Definitely not the best dinner before a big day out but a toasted cheese partnered with a sneaky beer was the only option we had. Luckily, we had the option of having breakfast the morning of the big planned adventure and this saved the day. We set off towards Upington just before 8:00 to arrive at my start destination just before 10:00. I did not want to start too early; The Northern Cape is a bit cold in the mornings and I was not in the mood for that. We arrived just before 10:00 at a filling station just outside of Upington. Whilst Michaele was filling up the bakkie I quickly took the bike off the rack and got myself ready for the adventure. The wind was already super strong at the start of the ride and I was a bit nervous. I tried to get ready as quickly as possible, to make sure I could not change my mind. The first 5 km rolling through Upington was weird. I could not imagine myself being or ending in Onseepkans at the end of the day. The first 40 km went by very quickly, I arrived in the first town on my route, Keimoes, in just over an hour. My average speed for the first 40 km was just under the 40km/h mark and I was definitely in good spirits, and thought the ride was going to go be very fast. My dreams quickly got crushed as the road made a turn for the worst or should I say right. Head wind, side wind but no tail wind from this point forward. The next 40 km towards Kakamas was no joke, my average speed dropped from 37 to 30km/h. This was one of my toughest parts of the day, in the
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“AT ONE POINT I JUST STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOOD THERE, DURING THIS TIME I ASKED MYSELF, “WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS?” The wind was not my friend.
