Our trip took us anti-clockwise around Lesotho. The magenta route was the trip to the bash. Blue was the route around Rhodes and Tiffendel. Green was the return route home. Our trip was basically 6.5 days with real great company.
On Wednesday we left JHB, slabbing it to Winburg where we kuired and slept over to start dirt on Thursday morning.
Winburg Hotel
Stoffel on his Beast
Stoffel and Grandson Jaydon. This little man is BIKE CRAZY and shadows “Oupa” Stoffel everywhere.
Gypsy Jay on his BMW 650 Dakar “in disguise”
Rodlau and Laurika
Rodlau on his KLR
Da Peeg on his 1150GSA
Filling Up at Excelsior’s only fuel pumps.
Lunch at Blackrock Hotel, formally Thaba Nchu Sun hotel.
Yours Truly
Moondog, Da Peeg, Gypsy Jay
Rodlau , resting up. (serious gentleman this )
Stoffel and “Antie” Stoffel (Bets) She road along in the Vito, back-up .Made place for grandson Jayden
“eL” Normal helmet hair etc.
Jayden with Ouma & Oupa Stoffel.
Jaydon with Oupa Stoffel at the Caledon River bridge. He views the road “first” behind the GSA screen
All of us at the Caledon River Bridge east of Smithfield heading to Rouxville.
My Steed. Awesome machine
Gypsy Jay
Rodlau
Moondog, with is mascot bringing up the rear. Thanks buddy for all your driving with the Vito and trailer, to ensure we have a lekker trip.
The Snow Valley venue hall, on Friday night.
Some mighty tall and big owes are also dogs. This dog chatting up MJ.
Jules , other & Li (Now PE “hone”) Lekker to see you guys again.
Our residence during the bash week-end. 5km from Snow Valley.
Jaydon & Oupa Stoffel. These two did some serious bonding this weekend. How lucky can a a brakkie be to have such a lekker Oupa dog.
Tweets and Jaydon and our way to Rhodes.
Jayden
Rhodes valley with the town in the distance other side the green patch.
Stoffel and Jayden , on the way up to Tiffendel. Lekker Stoffel.
Water fall in the distance, on the way up to Tiffendel, where the incredible steep Zig Zag pass is. “looking west”.
Tiffendel Area, Oupa Stoffel and Jayden. Note the snow line. Temp at 15h00 was 5 deg C.
Tweets
We met this couple , Louis and Grieta on their 990 ADV, here high up in the mountains. This is their first WD outing and bash. Baie welkom julle. Mag julle ons forum en mede DS riders geniet.
View from Tiffendel looking west.
Jaydon, “On top of the World” Oupa, dis koud hierbo, maar mooi
Beautiful country, as seen from Tiffendel
Jayden learning to ride behind Oupa. With all the standing Oupa had to do, on serious technical sections. Jaydon got kinda in the way, up-front. In any case he has to learn to ride pillion behind oupa, because soon he will be too big to sit up front. (problem now is he falls asleep on the tank when things get boring. On the back he cant do that anymore.)
Laurika on the move.
Pee stop for Jayden.
2 & Half Men
Tenahead Info + some pic’s
Laurika on top of Naude’s Nek pass.
Stoffel and Jayden
Myself
Awesome country heading toward Mount Fletcher
Just had to give Jayden a feel for the real size of a grader.
Da Peeg waiting for us. Lower Lotheni area
Scenery of the Lower Lotheni area.
Local traffic before Notthingham Road. Don’t sukkel with this traffic.
At Notthingham Road, looking south, from where we had come - Heaven. Gypsy Jay eager to get going. He was running low on tea, at this stage
DaPeeg and “L” enjoying an ale, at a brewery outside Notthingham Road.
North of Ladysmith, I entered a sharp bend with a fine shale surface a bit “hot”. Decided to do emergency braking but failed to stop in time. This is the braking streeeeeeeeeeeeep.
I came to a halt, inside the hole, and fell over to the right. Picked the bike up and rode it spin, spin out of the hole. Spectators were soon to arrive to see the action. No damage except the ego.
Yours Truly on top of Normandiens Pass
Da Peeg doing tyre repairs at the Memel Hotel.
First real long run with this bike. What an absolute pleasure it is. I’d say better than the 1200’s , for sure.
The (S)quad.
Thanks to everyone that came along on this trip, to make it such a wonderful memory.
Topic: WD National Bash 2012: Snow Valley general ride report (Read 32427 times)
