It was time to swap my bike for an ark. Then the teams could go in two by two and we could all get to Scottburgh safely. 
Funnily enough the commonly held “two by two” herding as also I mmortalised (?) in the kids song “The animals go in two by two, Hurrah Hurrah”  is a common misperception. In fact God orders Noah (Gen 7-3,4 KJV) to take clean animals by seven, the male and his female (it’s not clear how many of each from this) while the unclean animals were to be taken in twos, the male and his female. Why take the unclean ones at all then one wonders. Marvelous opportunity to be rid of them! 

The birds were counted as clean for they were to be taken in sevens. Some of them were fowl but apparently that was ok. 

Admittedly it gets a little ambiguous for when they actually did enter the ark the it does suggest the came two by two (Gen 7-9 KJV). Nothing about coming in sevens in that reference. But then Noah was 600 years old and maybe counting wasn’t his strong point. I’m going to assume following orders was – he built an ark after all  

But back to mountain biking. 

Ha, that would have been nice. Mountain biking? As if. It was biblical out there. Almost 48 hours of near continuous rain, mud and cold. And that was just inside the tent!

Looking for an ark, two by two

If you look carefully…

Captains log – 0hTheFinsish.

Kudos to Billy, my face must have been the same colour as my 2016 Sani jacket, he took my bike and said, “listen bud, go jump into our shower, but don’t tell anyone.”

I am finally warm and dry for the first time in three days.

The route was muddy hell. A ‘downhill battle’

The chain wasn’t the only thing that sucked today…

It was Snot funny. 

But across the line in one piece, a smile for the camera and a survival story to tell.

Finally, to nobody’s surprise, it’s bucketing down at the coast. If only this rain could follow me home.

The best smile I could manage

Justin and I. Yes, I have shrunk in the wash