Here you can see the line we took starting on the left hand side of the pic and cutting across. Note the significant damage on the side of the road. Talking to some local farmers later this is apparently an accident hotspot on this road.


I spoke to one of the farmers earlier that I met on the road about Anysberg nature reserve as a detour option. He said that should be a good route to take since my son would be able to view some game up close in the reserve. I have ridden the gravel road to Ladismith many times, so thought it should be a nice diversion to go through Anysberg and add a bit to the treat of the trip for my son. This was to be my first bad call of the day...
We turned left on the road to Touwsrivier and went past Hoek van die Berg farm. There were a few watercrossings on this road, but nothing serious.

We turned right on the Bloutoring road starting to make our way toward Anysberg reserve. We notably have not encountered another vehicle since about 5 km after Montagu.


We got to this watercrossing which was preceeded by a very muddy section. After taking the picture I thought things look good enough and we weaved through the mud. About halfway through the water we nearly got stuck in the mud and we only just made it through. I told my son that there is no way we return that way again. This was to be my second bad call for the day.

Thankfully the road got significantly better and I got the feeling that we are starting to really get into this trip now. The Karoo looked beautiful and I was glad to have my boy with me to experience this.

