After I emailed you yesterday and sent the day’s blog I returned to camp for the evening! It was quite a boring camp sited near a police check out and some sort of generator – there were also groups of little huts dotted around nearby. There was a tap on the side of the building which was quite good – I was able to have a tap shower! After eating we did some yoga and then I took my cranks off to clean them – they keep clanking when I am riding! Then off to bed. A little while later I heard a loud screeching of breaks followed by a crash – someone going in to the police checkpoint barrier! Not surprising as it was very dark and they are quite awkward to drive through even in the light. You have to zig zag through in single file – this guy obviously didn’t quite make it!! Anyway I had a little giggle to myself and then went back to sleep!
There was no horn from the truck this morning and unfortunately I was late getting up. This meant I had to rush around to get ready in time – everyone was waiting on me as we do try to leave in a group! I had knocked into my tent earlier and loosened the tent pegs – with it not being so taut the heavy dew had really collected - this meant it was soaking wet with me trying to put it away quickly on a dirt site – you can imagine the state of it as I shoved it into the bag!
Ok – so got on with the day! This was our last day of riding before our day off in Luxor. We are still following the Nile. Once again we set off very fast in the morning – I really do not enjoy going that fast! Paul and I did try to slow things down a little when we took our turns at the front – the Brams kept the speed going and Dennis and Horst kept pushing it! Before I knew it we were at lunch – not a very long stop though – a quick tuna sandwich! Again the afternoon was very fast until the last 10 km or so where we met some traffic in Luxor!
We were to camp in the grounds of a local hotel for two nights!
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