We depart early in the morning and meet Danny and Garitha, dear old friends and our hosts, on the way to Malmesbury. The rainfall is quite heavy and we are expecting a bit of bundu-bashing along the way to their guest farm, Naries, near Springbok. We have decided to take the long road along the West Coast and some of these back roads are not tarred, so we could be in for some bumpy off-roading. Our first stop is at the Wimpy in Malmesbury for take-away coffee. This is a welcome break from the cold winter weather outside. We join…