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Wines2Whales 2015

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Hell&Back was supposed to be next, but someone with a W2W entry had an unexpected wedding to attend, team Racemiere had an unwanted 2016 Sani2C entry. then there was a swop transaction and suddenly team Racemiere had a W2W Adventure 2015 entry! My Transbaviaans suffering provided the base training and as I was preparing for Hell & Back anyway this was an opportunity not to be missed. My fellow Racemier flew down from Joburg and we met up with my cousin George and his W2W partner Tiaan at the Lourensford registration, these 2 & friends would provide good company the weekend. The one problem with W2W is that it is in October and in the Western Cape October weather is a lottery. You can get anything from heatwaves to storms to snow depending on the wims of the weather gods. Rain was predicted for the W2W weekend but when we arrived at Lourensford on Friday morning the sun was shining (for now..) Day 1 The organisers broke Team Racemiere's sequence of 4 group C see