Sunny Jonkershoek afternoon ride.

With the southern hemisphere just a few days away from the Winter Solstice (20 June) we are left with very short days and therefore very short rides.

Today we decided to see how far we can stretch it before the sun goes to bed behind the mountains. At 16:00 we were kitted up and ready to go: our trusty hardtails were the weapon of choice.  Pedaling hard to make the best of our available sunlight we got to the top where we stopped for a quick photo and then moved on to do Never Ending Story.

Posing for a quick photo.

After that we moved to the bottom lower canary and got back to the gate just as the sun dipped behind the mountain.  From there on we only had 20 minutes of light left before we were in complete darkness.  With a 10km pedal back to my house we pedaled like raging bulls.  We got home just in time!

All in a good days work. Nearly 35km done.