Stage 1 (Knysna to George)

Today was a good day. Not an easy day but a good day. Mark and I wanted to put in a good effort and see how things panned out. Things went well and we finished the 124.7km in 6hr42min. I'll be honest the 3100m of climbing was getting a bit much towards the end.

Had a bit of a giggle at one stage, we'd just come round a sharpish bend on a nice downhill just in time to see Eppie and bike coming out the bush, looking very sheepish. Not long after that, had some plonker get thrown by his bike on a high speed descent right in front of me. Looked quite dramatic and I was quite lucky I didn't go down as well. Wasn't sticking around to see if he was OK. Mark's response words after that were "did you see that yellow bi-plane". Missed the whole thing!

For the record Burry and Christoph took the stage in just over 4hr30. Kevin and David George got caned and dropped out of the top 10.

Just had a massage from Martie which will hopefully sort my problems before they become an issue.

Some photo's from before and after the stage. Didn't get a chance for any pictures during today's stage. Maybe tomorrow!