Category: Cycling

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Cycling in Namibia – Part Three

Cycling from River to River – Namibia Part Three – Uis – Ruacana (504 km – 5 days) Map data: Google Part One – Cycling from Sendelings Drift to Hammerstein can be found here...

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Cycling in Namibia – Part Two

Cycling from River to River – Namibia Part Two – Hammerstein Lodge – Uis (589 km – 5 days) Map data: Google Part One – Cycling from Sendelings Drift to Hammerstein can be found...

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Cycling in Namibia – Part One

Cycling from River to River – Namibia Part One – Sendelingsdrift – Hammerstein (496 km – 5 days) The idea of cycling the length of Namibia, from the Orange (Gariep) River in the south...

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Cycle Tour of the Karoo – May 2013: Part Two

To read Part One of this tour, click here. Day 4: Prince Albert to Calitzdorp (Approximately 87 km with cumulative climbing of approximately 1664 metres) Day 4 started with the climb up the Swartberg...

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Cycle Tour of the Karoo – May 2013: Part One

Originally this cycle tour was planned as a “Knysna-to-Cape Town” event, but once the planning started in earnest it was decided to opt for a more scenic and challenging circuit through the Little Karoo,...

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Desert Dash – 2011

The Desert Dash is considered to be the longest single-stage mountain bike race run anywhere in the world, taking in 340 km of mostly gravel roads from Windhoek in central Namibia to Swakopmund on...

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Cycling in the South of France – Part Three

Initially, we planned an easy day on the day following the ride on the Col du Tourmalet, but when we learned that the weather was expected to deteriorate over the next few days, we...

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Cycling in the South of France – Part Two

The Col du Tourmalet is not only the highest road in the central Pyrenees at 2,115 metres, but is also one of the most well-known of the climbs in the Tour de France, having...

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Cycling in the South of France – Part One

On Friday, 9th September, 2011 I left England with my brother Ken and a friend, John, for a cycling trip in the south of France. Basing ourselves at the little village of Bagneres de...