DAY 5 QUIVER CAMP TO BETTA
Our aim was to reach Duwisib Castle via Aus, Helmeringhausen and then Betta. We reached Duwisib Castle but decided to go back to Betta as they had lovely and cheaper accommodation and it was in any case on our route for the following day.
We again had an early start, but my body started to feel the strain of the last few days in the saddle. We needed a rest day but that had to wait as we still had a long way to go.
Early morning start

The shadows are faster than me.

On route to Aus


And then the Blou Bliksem was 5.

Road in the distance



General dealer at Aus where we bought lekka lam ribs. Fuel available here.

Time to deflate the tyres. (I know this stretch of gravel to be on the sandy side)

Einstein’s invention for a windmill.

And then the road became sandy, muddy and every drift had some sort of water flowing. It was evident that heavy rains were in this area.








The sand was softer than I anticipated.



The road looked like this all the way to Helmeringhausen. There we got fuel, pies and coke and took the C27 towards Betta/Duwisib Castle. The road to Duwisib was no better and the going were slow, you had these river beds almost every 500m, just as you picked up speed, and you had to brake again. The scenery made up for it, though.








We still had time to play


More scenery


Betta has fuel and accommodation and very friendly people. We filled up and headed to Duwisib and planned to come back to stay for the night.

The road to Duwisib, very sandy at places


Diwisib


On our way back we had a cold one, and boy was it nice.

The road back to Betta


At Betta with a lekka Whisky and my wife’s Vodka

Sunset at Betta

This fella came to visit us, the naughty bugger.

Ribs bought at Aus

The naughty guy even came to say good bye the next morning
