The rain had gone and the skies cleared to a crystal blue during the morning. The nights were still chilly but the risk of being cut-off and stranded by flood waters was disappearing, much to my relief. The last 2 days were hard going and tough on the motor, the never ending dunes and the state of the track made it very slow going. 

I wasn&rsquo;t out of 1st gear for the last 2 days and was worrying about fuel consumption as I&rsquo;d burned through a lot during last 2 days. It would take me at least another 2 days to reach Mount Dare and I&rsquo;d already taken more time than planned. I wasn&rsquo;t worried about supplies, it was the time as I&rsquo;d informed people I would take around 4 nights and didn&rsquo;t want some sort of rescue operation to kick-off at great expense no doubt.