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2. RV1 (Vanderkloof) to RV2 (Britstown)

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RV1 (Vanderkloof) to RV2 (Britstown) RV1 - km229 - 02:30 - 06:30 - 4hrs stopped WP3 - km308 - 12:30 - 13:30 - 60mins stopped WP4 - km347 - 15:45 - 16:45 - 60mins stopped RV2 - km408 - 20:00 photo credit: Jack Black from Gravel and Tour I arose from my slumber around 6:00, not that I had really slept much. I was just lying there semi-conscious making sure that my Garmin and my phone was charging, every now and then drifting off for a couple of minutes. Seeing as though my mattress was close to an open door, I could hear and see that it was a beautiful morning outside after the rain had subsided some time in the early hours of the morning. I got up having “slept” in my cycling kit, put on my shoes, brushed my teeth, applied some sun cream and went off to find a cup of coffee and something to eat. I am a bad morning eater - at home I usually have 2 flat whites with an extra espresso shot from my fancy pants coffee machine and then I will have some weetbix an hour or so later - but I