Day 224  - Wed 12 May ~ 19,078km, Newcastle, South Africa 

I was shocked to wake up to my first frost this morning and despite delaying over a cooked breakfast from Doris it was a bitterly cold start to the day in my woefully inadequate cycling gear. Later on I chanced upon an overturned truck of grapefruits being swarmed over by locals so I duly got involved and now have a week's supply weighing me down. Using them to barter for accommodation in Newcastle I was fortunate that local Barry overheard my pitch at a guest house, took pity on my feral appearance and generously offered me a place to stay for the night in return for a grapefruit! Treated to a couple of beers with his mates and given plenty of stick for looking like a hobo I was then fed a delicious boerwors dinner cooked by his lovely wife Elma and made to feel truly at home (thanks guys).