7 Bridges Ride Report

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ianhogg

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This weekend I spent a fantastic weekend up in Matatiele with Iain McDonald and on Saturday went to his 7 bridges ride in Lesotho starting from close to Ramatseliso's Gate and working around the Tsoelike (so-leaky) river valley.

There were 3 rides on offer, the three roof training loops, a less extreme loop with my old mate Stuart Joyner and an adventure bike loop over the Tsoelike suspension bridge. I'd like to get back and do that on a 650, as well as carrying up the Senqu and returning over the Moteng pass. I think in summer you could do it in a day.

Stuart was always a better rider on the day when we competed in the 80's and 30 years later in his mid 60's he still is. We had a fantastic ride which was quite extreme enough for me. If your balls are bulging in your trousers and you feel that you are up to more just have a look (picture below) at the Gold loop path to the land bridge. It is about a 2 foot wide ridge of scree at the cave line about 200m above the river. Ian
 

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