Thursday the 26th. Day 27

Left Reddersburg this morning. Big thanks to the guys from the Rainbow Construction Company who took us out for a meal and some drinks at the Sarie Marais Hotel last night.

The locals here advised us not to go through to P.E. via Jagersfontein as the roads are horrible. As you can see we are now heading to Bethule after Smithfield.

Still within the borders of the Free State we arrived in Smithfield were we will be stationed for the next two days at Nick’s Place.

Cornell and Max went out with some local hunters in search of “the perfect shot” and tried to hunt some springbuck. Max “a seasoned hunter” according to him, shot and unfortunately missed. Murphy’s Law was all Max had to say... it seems that Max shoots a lot better photos than buck. Thanks to Max for being ever ready with his camera and taking some superb shots.

Around lunch we headed out on the road to hammer down a 42km session leaving us with just 7 km’s to get into Smithfield.

The wind was blasting from behind helping Puddy reach a top speed of 49km/h. That and he got another whopper of a manual down. 400m.

We encountered another crazy driver on this stretch. The driver over took us on the left, racing over the gravel on the side of the road almost running Puddy over as he swerved back on to the road. Please people be careful when you encounter us on the road.

Smith field community paper “Die Smiffy” had an interview with Puddy and the crew.

We closed the day with a braai and an intense game of hackey sack.

We are aiming for a 30km session tomorrow.