Waking up at 7am this morning the rain was pouring down, at breakfast the general consensus was not to ride and we would go in the cars off to Muizenberg and then wait for the weather to clear and head towards our end point which was Fishhoek.
Typically with CTN weather changes quickly, by the time we had finished breakfast the rain had cleared and it looked ok to ride.
Most of us decided to ride and ran off to change, leaving later than normal at just after 9am, the route today took us from Paarl through to Fishhoek via Stellenbosch. We had decided to make a stop in at Stellenbosch as Kelly reminded us there was a Vida Cafe' there, and desperate we all were for a cup when we reached this beautiful university city. A quick stop off at our new offices in Winelands was next on the agenda, some of the JHB staff had not seen the office so it was a nice interlude before we pushed the last kms through Khayelitsha and onto Muizenburg.
What we didn't expect but definitely got was, the hard cross winds on the Cape Flats which meant we had to work extra hard, the road is not great here and having to ride single file with no hard shoulder left us all feeling a tad tired once we reached Muizenburg. The last few kms took us on the Argus route to the Calder Hotel which had been newly renovated, we were the first to stay at the Hotel and it was a nice experience.
This was the last night of the tour so dinner at the Bohemian was the last chance to kick back and relax after a hard weeks riding and we had a lot of laugh's over a great meal and show from Pearl and Iain the cabaret show.
The last day is always emotional, we should reach Camps Bay around 12 where we will meet the kids from Grabou at Nando's
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