4. RV3 (Loxton) to RV4 (Sutherland)
RV3 (Loxton) to RV4 (Sutherland) RV3 - km614 - 03:15 - 07:45 - 4,5hrs stopped WP7 - km668 - 10:45 - 11:10 - 25mins stopped WP8 - km789 - 19:10 - 20:30 - 80mins stopped RV4 - km827 - 22:40 photo credit: Jack Black from Gravel and Tour I left Jakhalsdans in good spirits after a brief but sufficient stop for the night. The day before had been a long day; just about 21 hours out on the bike but I did have some decent breaks at the various water points and excellent sustenance at Jakhalsdans (again that venison pie!) with a very comfy room for my short stay. I couldn’t afford to mess around anymore by stopping for ELEVEN hours at a race village, so I got up, had some coffee and a slice of freshly baked farm bread, made myself 2 sarmies with said farm bread for the road, and then I headed out. I was on the R356, a district dirt road leading all the way from Loxton through Fraserburg to Sutherland. The road surface was excellent and the going was good with no real wind yet to speak of and the