Day 10.13: Twyfelfontein to BrandbergAfter deciding to go to White Lady Lodge first, before initiating any search for the presumed lost group, we continued in a North-Easterly direction towards Brandberg.

As we got closer to Brandberg we turned in a Easterly direction, and followed a jeep track roughly around the bottom of Brandberg, from the South to the North-East, where White Lady lodge and campsite is situated.

We stopped to regroup, and Duncan mentioned that he reckons the 500's rear tyre's mousse might have collapsed, which was confirmed on taking the 500 for a short test ride.

Duncan continued, as we were about 30 km from White Lady Lodge.

We were hardly 5km on our way, and initially I thought it was my immagination, when the rear tyre's mousse on my 500 started to collapse.

We continued riding to camp, standing on the pegs, with weight forward.

The mousses lasted nearly 10 days on this trip. The ones on Bertie's 500, ridden by Duncan, where fitted new before the trip. Mine where much older, and came with the bike when I bought it 2nd hand about a year ago.

We were both running Mitas CO2 tyres, with Michelin BIB mousses. Not sure if is was this day's terrain and long distance that took its toll?

We reached camp without any further incident.

Our bags and camping gear were already off-loaded, as the Iveco had a shorter route.

Stretchers, matresses and sleeping bags were readied for the night, before taking a leasurely stroll to the main building, for a cool down swim and liquid refreshments.

The plan of action to find the other group was left to the organisers. To our relief, they arrived at camp just before sunset.

When they realised there was not going to a be back-up vehicle, they followed the D2303 from the rendevouz point to camp.

They took it slow, as many needed fuel, and Hennie Oubones oil for the KLR.

Some pics at Brandberg White Lady Lodge:
Pic 1: The view of the lodge's main building, with bar (affordable) and swimming pools. Pic taken from the sunset viewing point.
Pic 2: Fun and laughter around the pool. Hennie Oubones, Henk, Hennie Roos, Brian "Sipho" Harmse, Jannie vd Merwe (Abel's brother), Jannie's love Beatie, and Ian "Chicco" Timoney.
Pic 3: Charlie Boorman "fan boy", aka Peter King.