Weekend trip to Ladysmith (First weekend Trip)

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robin800gs

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September presented us with a long weekend, which we took the opportunity t :eek:ccasion14: :eek:ccasion14: :eek:ccasion14: :eek:ccasion14: :eek:ccasion14: :eek:ccasion14: :eek:ccasion14:eek: take a ride down to Ladysmith to visit MOM.

The kids were away for the weekend, thus the bike got voted in for preferred method of transport.

Wednesday evening - 19/9/2012

Service in a friends Garage, which involved a new oil filter and oil, and fitting new BMC air filter. Over copious amounts of beer, the oil was all over the garage floor and the BMC filter was fitted with no mishaps.
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Had to go shopping on Thursday morning for bags to carry our luggage in for the weekend... Never knowing what we we're  getting ourselves into (do you know how much crap a woman can pack?!)

We departed Boksburg at approx. 15:00 on thursday afternoon (20/09/2012). The ride thru to Heidelberg and joining onto the N3
was brilliant until we we're about halfway between Willies and Warden where the "mother of all storms" hit us. Had to stop for an impromptu picnic under a bridge with some truckers as company for half an hour.

Leaving there the ride was hassle free... until we hit "Van Reenen's" the nightmare of all nightmare on a dark and windy night with truck drivers racing towards Durban in a bid to get there first.

We finally arrived at our destination at 19:00 hours where the sight of a cold beer was enough to warm any heart.
 
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