Traveling light

For the trip to Heidelberg this weekend we decided to take Alica's car instead of taking my bakkie as we usually do. This meant a rethink of what I take along as her Clio really is tiny. With no useful boot space whatsoever.

As you can imagine I refused to leave the MTB at home, so I had to persuade Alicia that I'll make a plan.
With it being a hatchback I reckoned just pop the back seat down and put everything inside.

With it being a french car it took a while to figure out ho to get the back flat enough, but when that was done, it all came together. Put in all the bags (luckily Alicia travels really light when she wants to) and then remove the wheels and seat and put the MTB on top.

With the ease of getting everything inside, and the time I saved packing by not taking useless stuff along, I realised that I really take too much unnecessary stuff when I go away. Everything I needed for the weekend fit into my epic togbag. Easy as that. For our december road trip we filled the back of my bakkie between Alicia and myself, and packing and unpacking was a drag. None of that anymore.

We've already decided to ditch the bike rack when Werner and I drive up to Natal in May, so the long weekend at the end of April will be an opportunity to test ways of packing bikes and luggage as effectively and fuel efficient as possible.

With the bikes in the load bay and not on top, it will mean that I can't take the kitchen sink along again. Should make packing and unpacking a breeze. I can't wait.

Enjoy the short week.

Peace

Philip