MUD,WATER,SAND,BUSH

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Andy660

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Grantham.Uk
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We met at the Total garage as arranged.9 Bikes pitched.

Herminator(Dakar)
The_Wes (Dakar)
Mountain Boy (GS650)
Mark Hardy (KTM950)
Wayneh (KTM950)
Gavin (KTM640Adv)
Powerflow Justin (Dakar)
Masehare(BMW 1150)
XT660R (+1)

It was nice and cool, with a heavy mist at the start,but by the time we hit the gravel,the cool mist had  vanished.
On to  the( Noob Ride Trail) , the water/mud pit took another rider down.Herminator.Waking up an old knee injury,but otherwise ,  non the worse for wear.
His Dakar clutch lever broke clean off at joint.Gavin made a make shift loop out of cable ties so he could pull away.
Unfortunately ,this ment the end of the ride for Lorance(Herminator) And he made his way back to the old N7 and went home.

On the railway tracks to Darling(2nd leg) we had great fun, hitting that big puddle at speed,swollows your bike.And the bumps ,Pot holes and riverbeds lead to some exciting riding.
Mark suggested we stop in Darling for coffee,which turned into breakfast.
Unfortunately,Wayne H and Masehare had time constraints and left after breakfast.

We then went onto the 32km corrogated,sand filled road to Oupos.This leads you to the R45.
Aboute 1km of tar South a RH turn through a farm and onto a very bad jeep track(Kanonskop)
Its about 10 to 15 k`s of ruts,grass,bush,mole holes guinifowl and even a Jackal.
Near the end of this leg Justin went down,no apparent injuries,except  for a broken indicator,and front mudgaurd.
The temp. by this time really was soaring.We had a short strech of tar ,then about 5 k`s gravell road to Abbotdale,Kalbaskraal,gravel back to the (302),Occudale rd,to Kontemans Kloof,Plattekloof and Ended at The Panarama Clinik.
Adventures better half had a bad accident in the Cederberg and was airlifted here.All the WD hope she has a speedy recovery.
We linned up in the car park,made a bit of noise and Justin did a wheelie(Drive-Bye) before we split up and went our seperate ways.
Mark,Wes and I went on to Doodle to meet up with Kirt( Adventurer) for a couple of wet ones.
Thank guys ! to  all who came along for the ride.
I really enjoyed all your company,oh! and you Mountain Boy.Even if you  are moving to Bothasig!

Mark Hardy`s got the pics.
So I`m sure he will post them soon

 
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