Some guys arrived really late and I felt so bad for them, I just wanted to help them sort their stuff out so they can get to the bar! Amongst others it was ARFAR and his friend (sorry, can't remember your name, you hat the 'warm yammie') and mambat, rynet and katana. Walterza arrived at 'onheil ure' which we won't even mention.
You know that tune that goes "ma't gesorg vir melrose"? Well ma't gesorg that we don't get cold! Nevertheless, it wasn't really cold during the night, and we had a really nice sleep (me at least, WKC had to share with the snorkmonster).
The next morning... (I felt arty, so excuse the pics):
Mambat suiting up. WKC was drooooooooling over his kit and bike


Pullaway? I do hope I get the names right and tune me if I am wrong. He had a lekker KLE, which I got new respect for...

Arfar and ...

Aaah Safaritruck... we got to know each other very well over the weekend... He slept right beside my tent. Come to think of it, those that slept close to the bakkie was in accidents (Safaritruck, Arfar, Mambat). here he can still use his right side without whincing from pain, and having the fat smile he had all weekend! After breaking 7 ribs badly, he went through the whole weekend. Max respect!

Arfar (I think). those are some fat panniers. Jondu wants to hide these pics of it from SWAMBO, otherwise she can pack even more...


Refueling and getting ready... the next three pics are meant to be stitched, so if someone feels crafty, go ahead...



I absolutely love that beemer on the left!

Walterza I presume to be on the left, with Jondu & WKC at the back

Cobra(something) and brother with this crazy side-car.

Mambat fueling up


Subie (nice RR!). I like your 'duiksak' on the back, we have the exact same one...

Here you can see his troubles with the wheels early on...

Walterza mounting:

(Insert name here)>Nico (thanks Subie), him and his "swaer" had matching f800gs', and it looked really classic...

Jondu and WKC. Jondu just said to WKC "laat loop, ek sal op my eie kom", he didn't let himslef be told twice and went to be at the front of the pack...

(Insert name 2)

Now... if this guy is your dad, you just say "ja baas, nee baas"...


Otoelie, otoolie, ou-toelie... Jondu tried to tell me how to spell it (but him being dislexic, it is like the blind and blind and all that). He's from Gharies, and basically owns it..

... nice 'oom' he was and a killer snorker... (Tulie, thanks again Subie)

Arfar...

First stop outside the farm... Here I met "justcallmephill", aka Harry potter (note: just change your name to Harry Potter, it will be classic). I also got given a shot of OBS. The guy was walking towards me holding a coffee flask and giving me a cup, and I naively told him "no its fine, I have some (thinking it is coffee), but he was persistent, and not saying a word, I took it, smelt it, and knew why he was... So I downed...




Blinkes & ...Ball&chain? @ blinkes, we forgot the boots...


This was the second stop to refuel bliknes' bike (he did not eat his wakker pies, and missed out on the morning fill up

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...and he needed some refuelling as well...

Hinksding's gallopsous can was leaking heavy, so he was selling fuel left and right, so it does not go to waste...


This was the second stop, where we got some really nice boerie rolls and coffee.


Some nice (I think so) pics of hinks' bike, he was playing a proper sheep herder (and here he was thinking he is taking a break from his proper job.
Inspecting the fence for some 'duerglippers'.


After the boerie stop, I met my first casualty, Safaritruck. I kicked over into serious mode, so did not take any pictures from there on end... but the next pictures say a thousand words...

If you were in the left spoor, you would be fine, but if you found yourself in the right with some speed to spare you weren't so lucky...
Arfar hit the right spoor, and met with a sharp drop which flinged him a quoted 11 meters. His bike landed in front of the bakkie (the bakkie I obviously parked there afterwards). You can also see Safaritruck's 990 on the trailer, which basically became part of the bakkie through the trip.


That is where my photo's stop, because it got very busy from here onwards for me. Luckily WKC took some pics at the pan... More to follow soon...