Not so cold as the previous night, but still cool enough to sleep as well as the noise of the village would allow – and to need my sleeping bag again. First it was bad drumming and singing from the…
A full day of tarmac (Stage 46)
Wow was I glad I had my sleeping bag last night. It was nine degrees in my tent this morning – possibly the coldest night of the tour, or at least very close! The dew was also amazing – over…
Beating all the trucks everywhere (Stage 45)
Unlike yesterday which went entirely to plan, just on a very long timeframe, today didn’t really work out on any scale other than everyone ended up in the right place! At riders’ meeting last night Max had said that the…
Bribing my way out of Sierra Leone (Stage 44)
Last nights ‘carols’ turned out to be enthusiastic noise with little melody, but it was entertaining for a time. Despite being half under the tree my tent was wet this morning, and everything inside felt damp. It was also cooler…
Road to recovery (Stage 43)
Just a quick post to say that today’s been a great day, and despite a minor interaction with the pavement I’ve felt the most human I’ve been since the day before we came into Freetown. Not having my phone is…
Time for country #5 (Stage 37)
It did eventually cool down enough for sleeping last night but it took a while – I was glad there weren’t any mozies about (and there really weren’t this time) as it meant I could keep the sides of my…
Fantastic gravel (Stage 36)
Despite the fact that we were all camped pretty close to each other last night the white noise of the waterfall helped to drown out the nightly noises of my fellow campers whilst also keeping things nice and cool. Everything…
Everyone loves a waterfall (Actually stage 35)
Even colder last night than it had been the previous night – 8 degrees under my very, very wet fly – the drop in temperature overnight meant the water had to go somewhere, and a lot of that was on…
Closed road stage (Stage 34)
I actually needed my sleeping bag last night and it was only 11 degrees when we set off – a significant change from what we’ve been having recently – don’t panic Kim we head back to lower altitudes and higher temperatures…
A day of three halves (Stage 33)
Relatively cool and blissfully quiet last night which made for a great sleep. There’s also lots of the wild marjoram which grows in these parts round the edge of the field we’re camped on which makes for very fragrant night…