Did the Fragrance Cycling Route this afternoon - great if you like hills (I honestly thought I had reached the peak 5 different times!). A very strong headwind on the way back (25 km/hr per the weather service - it sure felt like it), but worth it - you've got fantastic ocean vistas behind you on the way up, then various buck and raptors as you bisect the Botlierskop Private Game Reserve, followed by majestic farmland as you approach the Outeniqua Mountains before returning to that incredible Indian Ocean view on the way back. There's tar and gravel if you're looking for that sort of variety, too (the gravel was a bit wash-boardy and a bit sandy on some of the steep uphill sections just before reaching Yellowoods). The cattlemen just before Friemersheim gave friendly waves - and in the tiny hamlet I took on all-comers who tried to outrace me on foot as I pushed onwards and upwards. Still no sign of the lavender that is supposed to be planted along the route, but don't let that deter you!
