During the past few weeks the trip itinerary has been pretty much finalised. I'm starting on the 5 of April 2008 and will be in Somerset West on the 4 of May. On average I'm doing between 70km and 100km a day with three days over 120km. The longest day is over 130km. That is a daunting distance but apparently the last 20km are downhill which will help.
Tomorrow is the day that I should be getting my clipless pedals and shoes after a long wait. I originally hoped to get them before Christmas but the suppliers and postal service let me down.
But onto the other piece of big news. My flight has been booked! No backing out now. I'll be departing Cape Town International Airport at 9:30 on Kulula flight MN755. Arriving in Durban at 12:25. From there it will be about a two hour trip to Pietermaritzburg by car (hoping to take advantage of some family who are local to the area). After a quick lunch it should be an hour or two to my first stop at Baynesfield Estate.
There is still a lot to organise though. The accommodation all still needs to be confirmed, equipment lists drawn up and purchased, and of course - I need to get a GPS device. At the moment I'm torn between the Colorado 300, Edge 705 and GPSMap 60CsX (all from Garmin). The Colorado looks amazing but hasn't been released yet. The Edge is geared towards cycling which has the advantages of including a heart rate monitor, but is also not out yet. The 60CsX is less featured being a slightly older model, but is actually out. If anyone has any thoughts on the matter please let me know.
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