Cederberg Oasis Spit Braai 6-7 April 2019 (Eventually)

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In the beginning was intermittent insomnia: a flaky four hours of sleep a night, sometimes less. Ceaseless fatigue lobotomised me and I became a functioning zombie.  My short-term memory shrunk to the size of a fly’s stomach, and operated on the same principle.

Then things went really wrong and sleep became a non-event. Rocacea bloomed on my cheeks. I stopped circling the drain and dropped into depression like lead poop. 

Eventually I reached out for medical attention because I needed a sick note.

With mood and sleep slightly enhanced by chemicals, I visited Cederberg Oasis with my cousin in the cage for a long weekend. It was a pleasant weekend, made more pleasant by running into Dusty Rusty and Nismark who were camping next door. They are the cutest couple.

I expected to work the weekend of the Spit Braai and had cancelled my attendance, but Gerrit asked me to come to the Braai, if at all possible. Despite the chemicals, when it turned out I didn’t have to work, I really wasn’t in the mood for the Spit. But Gerrit had asked me especially, and it’s really “dof” to pass on an opportunity to visit Oasis, and particularly “dof” to miss a Spit Braai. 

Now, I might be “dof" due to fatigue, but I’m not “dof" by nature. So I sighed, and saddled up the Suzuki for the trek.

Early on a beautifully crispy and bright Saturday I pulled away from my new home in Somerset West and headed up the R44 and over an almost deserted Bainskloof. I started smiling inside my helmet as the wind sung through it, annoyingly rattling peak and all. 

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Outside Ceres I missed the first Bo-Swaarmoed turnoff, and took the next one towards the Matroosberg 4x4 trail. I was surprised and a bit disappointed that it was mostly tar until I took the Ceres turn at the fork, rather than the Touwsrivier leg, but it was a lovely swingy road nonetheless.

Finally, a bit of gravel:

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Back on the R46, I turned right towards Karoopoort and the R355.

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