West to East and back again (Cape to Knysna) An alternative to the Garden Route

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LuckyStriker

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Friday, 30 July 2010

Scorch Performance Exhausts. That lovely hooligan sound reverberated through the suburb an hour before first light. I blipped the throttle once, twice. It was Friday morning, the last day of the working week for my neighbours. I passed over this last tile of the rat race, avoiding the false promise of Free Parking, the jade sweatshops of Musgrave Road, the ruby skyscrapers of Eloff Street and advanced straight to GO to collect my R300.00. So long suckers!

No stopping for pictures as I headed toward the Huguenot Tunnel. I passed through that mile long, smelly intestine and got squeezed out in the dark, cold and clammy Du Toitskloof valley.
A glacial wind tore over the absolutely level Breede River Valley.

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Day 1 – Leg 1 (Fuel stop)
Route: Bellville, Paarl, Rawsonville, Nuy, Robertson
Departure time from home: 06h35
Arrival time at Robertson: 08h04
Total travel time: 1hour 29minutes
Distance: 138km
Average total speed: 93km/h
Fuel consumed: 8.37litres @ R68.20 (8.15 R/l)
Fuel economy:  16.48km/l (6.07l/100km)
 
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