hehehe Fiona Coward was also one of the B.U.G. Girls adventure racing team members....yeeears ago
those ladies used to kick some butt. 2009/6/24 Carine R <[email protected]> > from fiona coward's blog about yesterday - she's the chickie who organises > the Sabie Xpreince (among other things) - she also know a LOT of very cool > tracks around the chicken pie farm, since she had a hand in the magalies > adventure route ... > > > June 24, 2009, 4:34 am > Yesterday was the most godawful day. The bitterly cold wind and rain made > the route so slushy and miserable. > > We were managing 8km an hour on flat roads and reduced to pushing bikes > frequently. The rain was driving horizontally into our faces and all we > could look at was the ground in front of us. > > Eventually we decided to stop for lunch and pulled into a little shack next > to the road. As always, the poorest of poor shared their fire with us. > Shaking with cold we headed out again for the next stretch which was only > 6km but was another push affair along a disused railway line. > > At times the wind would lift our bikes into our legs as we pushed. When we > reached the gravel road it was another 2km of pushing into the 65km headwind > and driving squalls of rain. > > It was getting dark and Doug and I decided to stop at the one and only > farmhouse on the road. It would have taken at least 4 hours to do the next > 20km in those conditions. > > The farnhouse was deserted but we found two labourers who ushered us into > the tractor shed. While we were there Bruce and Greg arrived and we sat > huddled over the brazier they made for us. > > We had no option but to bunk down. Luckily they had keys to a room with a > carpet so we were out the wind. But a space blanket and all our clothes > wasn't enough to keep the cold at bay. We shivered and shook the whole > night. > > With no cell reception we couldn't notifty anyone that we were safe but we > were. > > This morning it was snowing. > > But a breakfast at Brosterlea makes the nightmare recede and we are on the > way again albeit it in an unconventional fashion. > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DarkAndDirty" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DarkAndDirty?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
