On My Way To The 🧂🍳

Today saw me leaving luxury 🛏🛋🚿🚽🖥. Again thank you kindly Gerhard Els. It was great to put a face to our chats. 🙏

After a full 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🍳🥓🍞 I was ready to start today's episode of WHAT THE FFFF WILL GREG DO❓❔ I had a plan. Not a long winded one but a plan nonetheless. It was simply to leave Upington and see how far I could get. Over the 🍊🏞 and on the tar. It is a busy road. About 30 or so minutes in, a Mitsubishi is stationary on the roadside. Gerhard. We chat, it is short but a meeting I am grateful for. On top of everything he hands me a water and some drywors (spelling). He informs me of a lady cyclist coming towards us.

A further 20 or so minutes down the road I meet said cyclist. Her name will drop now.... that's it Penny. She is touring 🇿🇦. From Jhb. She had just come through the 🇳🇦 border post. Said it was absolutely 🌧🌧 there. We chat briefly and go our separate ways. This is the 🥇 other touring 🚲 I have 👀 on this trip. 

Into town. Not much happening. I get some coke, sorry... a coke and a 🚰. I tell you, I look forward to the 📅 when you see a price on the shelf and the item rings up the same as that. Anyways... I pass the bike shop (lunch bar). I go in. Chat to the owner/staff. Lekka bunch. Get a few tips on today's trickery. BOOM.

Out of town. It's a long road. It's extremely long. Longer than a piece of 🧶 incase you were wondering. To add to its longness it is also quite straight. When I say quite I mean I think the road maker found his destination on the map 🗺🧭 and just 🖋📐 a straight line there. The he gave the 🦺⛑👷‍♂️👷‍♀️ the ⛏🔨🪓 and said... "follow line. Build road" and low and behold that's exactly what they did. First time for everything. 

I move with precision and caution. 😅😅 I am all over the place. There are very few 🚗🚘🚙🚚🚛🏍🚐🚔. The first ⏲ is quite fun. Then it can like to be getting 🔥🥵 When I say hot I mean, if you don't ride fast enough your tyres start to melt. You sweat faster than you can drink 🚰 which by the way is so hot you could easily make a cup of ☕🍵 with it. You really do start to question if what you are doing is 1 safe, 2 a good idea or 3 a nice way to ⚰. In for a penny in for a 💷 I think the saying goes? Wonder how Penny is doing 🤔😅.

I keep going. Reach the first camping spot. Way too early. Like just after midday. Next spot. Still... too early. By now it is around 4ish and the 🌡 has luckily increased to triple digits. Yay 🥳. I keep pushing. In order to keep my sanity I have tied a 🧵 around my handlebars and I have taken to playing solitaire ♣️♦️♥️♠️ on my phone. While the views are magnificent I am on my way to Hakskeen and I will take the return trip to digest the scenery. 

Eventually I come across a 🛣. It is what I have been looking for. Goerapan Lodge 👌. Boom shakalakka. I eventually find the reception. The signage is 💩. In my spot for the night. 

I have 🥚🥚🥚 for dinner. They were raw when I left but in this heat I am sure they are perfect now. I like them at 8 ⏱ in a pot so 6 hours in this 🌞 should be grand.

Right my dinner time. Chat soon. Tomorrow looks warmer 🤩🥳🕺. Holy 💩. A word of advice. Don't 🚲 to Haaaaaaaaaaakskeeeeeeeeen in the middle of January. It is just a dumb idea.

My toast should be ready too. I put the bread out 20 minutes ago. Hopefully the 🐦🦆🦩🦢🦉 haven't eaten it.

Be good my friends. 

G.