DAY 96 Into the Basin

JULY 18th

My arm qent off at 4.30 I snoozed it and again on the third time I silenced it and pulled the stopper on my bed.

I love that sound of the

air escaping .

I began to pack up.in the dark . I got most done until.i needed the help of my headlamp. I dragged my pack out side to finish up. And then began on my tent. When I was almost complete I fire up my stove. In the morning light I could see the othervteo tents of the chez couple and kid and hotsauce..

I finished off trying not to make too much noise.

It was 5.30 as I rejoined the trail. Not bad but I would have likedcyo been on trail by 5 am maybe tomorrow.

It was a cool morning as I made my way along the trail. Next water was in 14 miles..phew.

Okay im out of here .

So just aim for the horizon and walk….. so that is what I did.

The trail was similar to yesterday the trail heading off into infinity.

Occasionally I meet some cows to talk to. Though they were not thst chatty.

I did however see about a dozen gazelle or deer with curved horns.they are different as deer bounce these run.

I tried several times to capture them but they were far too fast.

I pushed on luckily there was a nice breeze. And so it wasn’t toasting as yesterday.

The hours were falling quickly which meant so were the miles

I then noticed several boxes to my left. OMG It was a water cache from.the local church.

Thank you so so much.

I sat on acrock and drank a litre straight Fownhope then topped up one of my bottles.

I was surprised not to see anybody in the distance. Mm maybe they had a lie in.

Okay time to walk.

Once again the trail just disappeared into the horizon.

So not a exciting day at all. The wind was still being helpful by keeping things cool.. butvas the morning ticked by the wind became more ferocious.

Pushing me off of the trail.

Why can’t it be behind me pushing me forward!!

I battled on crabbing for a lot of the time as tge wind played its game .

Water ….okay here’s the creek.

It didn’t look fab water. But it’s water. I sat down and as I looked at the water two small fish swam up stream.

Well if its okay for fish. Lol.

I grabbed one litre. Good timing as a small heard of cattle rocked up and began flashing sbout as the clear cool waters suddenly turned a nasty cloudy colour..NICE.

I finished my break and was just about to leave when Kid appeared. I’d wait about 20 minutes for the creek to clear or maybe look at the reservoir .

Then I was on my way. Oncexagain the afternoon was similar to the morning a dull as dishwater trail heading off into the distance. Yes what a dull boring section hot,Windy and eith no shade..

Only exciting thing is counting the cows. . And in front of me was a large cow jam.

Moooooove lol. See how dull it is .The cows duely obeyed snd I carried on one the exciting trail.

Okay water in four miles whoop.

Okay water in two miles.

But now the trail id pretending to be a beach.

Deep bloody sand to walk through. Such hard work .I pushed on through. Then a first an electric fence to navigate through. But I didnt trust this one . As it looked as it was all LIVE!!.

I managed yo open the fence with one of my trekking poles. ALTHOUGH closing it proved much harder.

Okay water where are you.

Great i can see you

. At last. Water flowed from a pipe into a small lagoon .

I walked over and dropped my pack then filled up 1 bottle.i began to swig it. Then thought I ought to filter. To be safe

Okayv2 litres filtered.i sat down in the sun and then fought off small flies tgst kept biting me F*uckers

Okay what shall I do…

I had completed 25 miles whoop.

But it was only 4pm.

I could stop here but the wind was still firece so camping could be fun.

Or I could water-up and push on

But it will still be windy snd I have to find a spot.