We are back in town, in cyberspace and in your face. Done the Argus, got the T-shirt and spent 10 lovely days in the Cape.
Didn't fall, didn't get blown away, didn't get mechanical trouble or punctures,didn't spare myself and did a respectable 3 hours 23 minutes in winds of up to 40km/h! We had to actually pedal HARD DOWN Chapman's Peak into Houtbay! Unheard of! One should be screaming down there at over 70, not push like hell to get 30!?!
Nevertheless; good race, excellent organization, always an honour to particpate and finish, always a pleasure doing business with the S'Easter!
Spent time in Cape Town, spent some money in Cape Town. Some days wonder if the emphasis on international tourism is not killing the local holiday-maker's (financial) fun. Maybe it's just me? Maybe I lost track of prices . . .
Went to Stormsriver Mouth - SA National Parks Board - Tsitsikamma National Park. Fantastic. One word: Fantastic. Been there before but I was amazed and totally overwhelmed by the quality of the service, the friendliness, the neatness, the hospitality. Then we went to the on-site restaurant and that totally bowled me over; world-class cuisine at affordable prices - with a setting like that one can easily expect to pay through your neck but not here! 
Congratulations SANparks. You've done us proud. I am NOT getting paid to say this but every reader of this log should make a plan to go there. At least once. It is worth every penny and is food for the soul.
We will be back next year to do it all again. For the love of the sport, the love of the Cape province, for no reason other than just to be there.
