8 Days to go and whilst the excitement builds, so does the trepidation; what have I forgotten? Will my family be okay? Will my business be okay? Have I done enough to ensure that the things involved in my daily life can continue unabated without me? These are but some of the questions and worries that go round and round in my head.
10pm and in the office trying to get through the last minute work requirements that will not leave me feeling like “Atlas shrugged”!
Ultimately, the only thing to do is to believe that I have done and prepared as best as I can and to simply commence the journey!
My bike is in the final throes of preparation. KTM Cape Town have been fantastic with their support and do not believe that “Katie” (my new wife for the next 2 months) would be up for the job unless these guys had really got stuck in and delivered as they have.
I laid out all the items from my list (clothes, spares, tools, tent, sleeping bag etc) on my bed last night and could not picture how to cram so much crap into two 38L panniers and a topbox! This is going to prove MOST interesting!!
6 Months of fitness and strength training have also REALLY paid off. I cannot imagine undertaking this trip with my fitness level of November last year.
