Day 368 / 133
Date: 15 April 2023 Sleeping location: Ladismith Manor B&B, Ladismith, South Africa Distance (km today/total/total Part 2): 68 / 23057 / 8220 Estimated climb ( m t oday/total/ tot a l Part 2): 1200 / 2205 00 / 102500 Excitement levels: 90+ db Day in three words: Port poort port In the morning I enacted Operation Sheath on Maggie’s rear tyre: I took out the banged up inner tube and cut it up to create a long thing circular piece of rubber, which I then put between a new inner tube and the tyre. The idea being that this would stop any micro punctures, which had been causing all of my woes, from reaching the inner at all. With this done we had breakfast (three courses, one of yoghurt and fruit, one of pancakes with blueberries and syrup and one of bacon and eggs, all done nicely, though the coffee was merely alright: 8/10) and popped across the road to the Boplaas winery. It was a bit early for sampling but the woman was happy to tell us the history...