Wild Ride Day 6 - Mboyti to Lambazi

Last night we had an amasing buffet super of lamb stew and peri-peri chiken with vegetables, salads and sweets. Breakfast was also a buffet. Set off time was scheduled for 08:15. We actually got going at 08:25!

We took a right turn at the gate and after a couple of kilometers right again down a grassy track past some houses. These grassy tracks and some cattle tracks would be at the order of the day. We also went through numerous little streams. This usually resulted in a bit of "hike a bike", but only for short distances. 

We also had two "compulsory" major hike a bikes. The first one after 50 minutes. About 180 meters of vertical elevation gain over a distance of 218 meters and it took me 14 minutes, with Martin's help, to reach the top. This was followed by 3 kilometers along the ridgeline up the the Cathedral, where we stopped to enjoy this wonderful sight, followed by a 200 meter ride around a "koppie" to experiance this amasing Waterfall Bluff where a waterfall is dropping down into the ocean. Graeme took some footage of the Cathedral and the waterfall with his drone. Unfortunately he lost control over the drone due to the wind and all was lost when it went down and he could not recover 

After a 36 minute sight seeing tour, we started off along the cliff face. I did notice a crack in my shoe while sitting at Cathedral rock. I did ask Martin for some tape to tape it up. We did manage to cycle a short distance and when I stopped to carry my bike across some rocks the sole detached from the shoe and remained in the cleat! Martin offer me his one shoe as he feld that he will be more comfortable cycling without a cleat, so we swopped left shoes! 

We remained on the ridgeline for the rest of the day with the "compulsory" stream crossings every now and then. We were riding into a 40-50 kph head wind, which made progres really hard work! The distance for the day was supposed to be 40 kilometers, but at 28 kilometers we entered a lodge area and I was surprised to see our backup vehicle. I thought this was a "lunch" stop and was quite glad when I was informed that this is the end of the day. That was a very pleasant surprise!

We did 28.19 kilometers in 5:43 with 773 meters of climbing and some wonderful sight seeing!