Meteorites from the Sahara
While on a short day trip
on the bike, across a sand / rock
area to the south east of Zagora, I was
stopped in my tracks with that sence of fear, pumping through
my veins.
I had stopped the bike on her front wheel infront of a crater
in the middle of nothing....
The first thought was natural, I had riden into an unmarked
and forgotten mine field. The wars over the last few centuries
has left some areas of the Sahara riddled with unexploded pieces, had I just
ridden into one of these zones?
Keeping both of my feet inside my wheel track, I picked the
bike up, sweating with the thoughts that we running through
my head and did a 180'...
When I had completed this delicate move and my feet were still
attached to my legs, I started to look around in the sand: Spread
out from the crater were large amounts of stone, meteorite...
my shoulders relaxed as I realised the error of my first reaction.
With a grin I filled up my swarrie with the superheated pieces
of stone and rode off into the sunset.. a semi true story!