Month: April 2021

Day 14 comes in two parts, because Night 13 came before, and it was brutal! I’ll tell you about Night 13, but bear in mind that this is an adventure and there will be days and nights like this, and life is not a bed of roses and sometimes it’s definitely not a chocolate box…

I woke up this morning and decided to leave Coffee Bay. The weather came in a day earlier than predicted and it rained last night, but that wasn’t really the reason for my decision. I don’t know why but I had such an unsettled feeling there. For the first time on this trip I felt…

I had such a strange day today. Last night I was so exhausted that I fell asleep at around 8pm, which never ever happens for me. Then I woke up and thought it must be 3am, because it’s always 3 am, but when I looked at the time it was 11pm. Total confusion. So I…

What a long day. I packed up early and went exploring Morgan Bay before hitting the road. A few people had mentioned a lookout point, which in my head looked like a bench on the side of a hill with a sort of nice view. It was not! In the Double Mouth nature reserve the…

Day 9 After yesterday’s crazy fun, absolutely nothing eventful happened today. Unless you count the pineapple topping I had on my pizza. I knew where I was going, there were road signs with town names and distances, I arrived at Morgan Bay with time to spare and I’m already in my tent drinking beer and…

I had an insane day today. Everyone who loves me is going to be face-palming all the way through this story. For the first time in a week I didn’t have the pressure of work or travelling, so I spent the morning sorting out my stuff and things. I’ve learnt a lot in a week…

I made sure that I had a better idea of where I was going today. Just an old school basic drawn map, but enough to get me there. “There” being Hogsback. On the way I stopped off at Nanaga Farmstall, which used to be a thatched farmstall with the best pies ever. What a disappointment!…

Aaah I feel so bad. You know how much I love my tent, but as with most relationships, if you spend too much time together under stressful circumstances, something is bound to break. My tent broke. And when it did, a little bit of me broke too. I was devastated! I can’t live without her….

Last day in the Karoo. When it was raining so hard I considered moving to another warmer spot but, when I googled, I realised I’d pretty much be leaving a beautiful oasis run by kind-hearted people who rehabilitate injured buck, to stay at a hunting lodge, for comfort. So rainy days in a tent it…

I’m back in love with my pop-up tent. It was all just a misunderstanding as it turns out. After lying in my tent all night, listening to the rain beating down, I realised at some point that I was still dry. Which meant the tent was in fact waterproof. I figured out that the moisture…