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Rob and Nicky left early for the airport from Camp's Bay, having dropped the rental bike off the previous afternoon. The bike had suffered some damage, and rental places replace rather than repair so knocks can be expensive, but sensibly Rob had paid for some sort of damage insurance so he's...

That's lower than I tried it for sure (1.8bar = 26psi) although I went to 28 I'm sure on less rocky surfaces further north. But you're right, should have aired right down, even on that rocky stuff, although I did try lower pressures elsewhere I just couldn't get the feeling that I had using a...

Hmm, not entirely sure. I would probably have set them lower than the normal 36/39 I run 2 up no luggage, maybe 32 or so at the front, but with those Anakee Wild radials I did struggle to find pressures that worked for me on loose stuff. However that day I could have done better, and did after...

Craft ale made on the premises. Excellent. Soon enough we were back in The Mother City and checking in to our Air B&B in Camps Bay, but not before dropping in on Adrian at Econotrans to confirm our arrangements for him taking the bike, and also picking up some fancy footpegs at Flying...

So, what de hell is Die Hel? Otherwise known as Gamkaskloof, it is a remote valley in the Swartberg range, once home to a small community of subsistence farmers. Nowadays it has a guest house and cafe at the end of the valley and a seriously challenging road to get in which makes it a popular...

Glad you're enjoying it! Although we clearly faced some challenges, not least of which was getting home as our flights had been cancelled by BA, we decided to press on from Springbok following our original itinerary. The prospect of having to go to Covid jail (at eye-watering cost) when we...

Centre is no better or worse than other similarly sized towns, but the outskirts are rough. Seem to remember guards at the Engen on the main road, and a definite feeling of border town edginess about the place. Clinic for PCRs at the private hospital was clean and efficient though, no...

The following day we got an early start as we had a long way to get back on to the tar road to Rosh Pinah, then more gravel to the border before slabbing it for another couple of hours to Springbok. While I was loading up the bike I noticed a misting of oil on the left hand side of the bike...

It's difficult to capture the grandeur of something like the Fish River Canyon, especially from the rim. R & N went on a tour down into the canyon floor and a swin which sounded like great fun. We opted for a few hours walking along the trail along the rim past the old lodge to a viewpoint...

So after six nights loafing about, it was goodbye Nunda. Dunno if we will be back - Cameron and co. are all getting on - Eugenie celebrated her birthday while we were there, she's 79 if I got it right, which is well into retirement if you ask me, and without them I think the place will not be...

As we suddenly had more time we fitted in another game drive, this time to Buffalo Park further into the Caprivi. Magnificent animals. Many ellies crossing the road a few seconds after us. I must remember to take my zoom lens next trip. Ah, another chilli bin full of beer. The...

Yeah, but what he didn't say was that the bike is still there, years later...

The road. Long, straight and fairly boring it is, at least in the case of Etosha to Rundu. We had to go to Rundu because we needed PCR tests to get into Botswana a couple of days later. Otherwise we'd never have gone near the place, cos it's a dump. Funny thing is, along the road to the town...

Must be the German influence, althouh I haven't noticed the Scots diaspora filling America or Australia with fortifications.

You wouldn't think a country like Namibia would have one castle, never mind two. I seem to recall seeing another somewhere near Kruger NP on an earlier trip as well. I think if I was wealthy enough to build a huge castle I'd put it somewhere with a view, not overlooking a main road and...

It's preposterous!

Nah, Rob had cover for bike damage. Just as well really. :p A brand new Shark carbon lid, bike rental for 40-odd days and some unused accommodation was bad news for him though. We already had to spend a load more money getting the bikes out to SA as well. If our bike had not arrived (Rob's...

Did you? Well TBH we put together a DVD slideshow (with music!) and sent it down to them and it turned out Rob is a bit hazy about what he saw for the next couple of days. I really regret not pushing him harder to get checked out at the clinic in Sesriem, but I don't think he suffered any long...

Etosha. You should go there while there are animals to see, the Chinese will have 'em all for their comedy 'medicine' soon. Arriving at the Onguma Conservancy near Namutoni Gate. Rob dropped his bike at Tamboti and got a lift in a safari vehicle to their lodge at Bush Camp. Don't blame...

Unfortunately getting to Palmwag meant continuing up the ****** D road we had ridden in to Madisa. If anything it got worse for a while, and I dropped the bike again in deep sand (I thought it was OK. I was wrong), this time going down quite hard - we both had sore shoulders for a while...