Chapter 41

We reached the outskirts of East London about 25 minutes later, and as the pick-up exited the N6 and approached the large traffic circle at the end of the highway, which indicated the start of the North East Expressway, I realized where we had been driving from.  The N6 was the road that linked Queenstown and East London, and I had been heading towards East London before the accident, which meant I had been coming from any one of the towns along that route – Stutterheim, Cathcart, Queenstown or maybe even from as far as Aliwal North. 

The farmer, whose name I had learnt was Jaco.  He owned a small farm just outside Cathcart and was on his way to Port Elizabeth to buy fresh vegetable for his farm stall from the Market.  Stopping at the traff...

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