Bliknêrs
Race Dog
Today I had the pleasure of riding to Barrydale with a keen photographer, historian and very handy man.
He warned me he'll be riding slow and urged me to go ahead and meet him in Barrydale but I stuck with him. I rode behind the trike all the way
Just as you enter Tradouws Pass from the Suurbraak side, theres a sement bridge build in 1966. Most of us has ridden over the bridge, I have been over it countless times.
As you go over the bridge, should you look over your right shoulder you will see the remains of the original bridge, built in 1870 by Thomas Bain. Today we stopped here and walked through the bushes as he wanted to take some photographs of the bridge for a project he's involved in.
I tagged along and took the following pics with my cellphone.
The solid wooden beams are massive. The structure of the bridge, apart from the all important part where you walk/ride on are still intact - even after 140 years. Aparently the surface has been filled with sand, mud and who knows what else over the years to make it more usable, trapping moisture and leading to the ultimate demise of the bridge itself.
If it had a wooden surface it would have been usable today still.
Please observe the massive wooden beams and the hand made square bolts and metal plates. Must have been a mission. The sides of the bridge are built of local stone and a piece of art in itself.
He warned me he'll be riding slow and urged me to go ahead and meet him in Barrydale but I stuck with him. I rode behind the trike all the way
Just as you enter Tradouws Pass from the Suurbraak side, theres a sement bridge build in 1966. Most of us has ridden over the bridge, I have been over it countless times.
As you go over the bridge, should you look over your right shoulder you will see the remains of the original bridge, built in 1870 by Thomas Bain. Today we stopped here and walked through the bushes as he wanted to take some photographs of the bridge for a project he's involved in.
I tagged along and took the following pics with my cellphone.
The solid wooden beams are massive. The structure of the bridge, apart from the all important part where you walk/ride on are still intact - even after 140 years. Aparently the surface has been filled with sand, mud and who knows what else over the years to make it more usable, trapping moisture and leading to the ultimate demise of the bridge itself.
If it had a wooden surface it would have been usable today still.
Please observe the massive wooden beams and the hand made square bolts and metal plates. Must have been a mission. The sides of the bridge are built of local stone and a piece of art in itself.
