Author Topic: Limpopo makes me moist. (Read 6779 times)

Noneking · « **on:** March 19, 2018, 09:31:23 pm »

Teaser........

@Dwerg crossing Kamlilibone River after heavy downpours previous day.

Noneking · « **Reply #1 on:** March 19, 2018, 09:48:42 pm »

@chopper pilot arranged for a bunch of us to visit Gerrit Du Toit in Tzaneen for a long weekend of riding some of the amazing routes in the area. Gerrit is the owner of Oppie Oewer and offers fantastic accommodation and guided tours of the areas surrounding Tzaneen. Oppie Oewer is situated on the edge of the Letaba River.

Noneking · « **Reply #2 on:** March 19, 2018, 09:57:03 pm »

Loading @chopperpilot 's and Johan's bikes in Nelspruit. My new-to-me Husky 501 would be arriving in Tzaneen with @Dwerg and @MonkeyNot that evening

Noneking · « **Reply #3 on:** March 19, 2018, 10:22:14 pm »

We left Nelspruit just after 2pm and encountered heavy rain on the other side of Strydom Tunnel. Rivers of water next to the road. This did not bode well for our first ride the next morning.

onderbroek · « **Reply #4 on:** March 20, 2018, 06:31:55 am »

Lekker part of the country

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Noneking · « **Reply #5 on:** March 20, 2018, 06:49:48 am »

Saturday was our first day of riding and it started off with a stretch of tar to Die Eiland where we put fuel in the bikes and bought a few snacks for the trip which would see us hugging the KNP fence for a while.

armpump · « **Reply #6 on:** March 20, 2018, 06:52:22 am »

OomD · « **Reply #7 on:** March 20, 2018, 06:59:10 am »

Epic!

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Noneking · « **Reply #8 on:** March 20, 2018, 06:59:54 am »

Wasn’t long before we reached our first play pen......

@chopperpilot styling it!

Noneking · « **Reply #9 on:** March 20, 2018, 07:01:37 am »

Noneking · « **Reply #10 on:** March 20, 2018, 07:02:33 am »

Noneking · « **Reply #11 on:** March 20, 2018, 07:03:36 am »

@Dwerg thinking whether he should forgive me for dragging him into the river bed kicking and screaming

Noneking · « **Reply #12 on:** March 20, 2018, 07:04:18 am »

>Herman< · « **Reply #13 on:** March 20, 2018, 07:40:04 am »

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Dwerg · « **Reply #14 on:** March 20, 2018, 07:59:20 am »

Quote from: Noneking on March 20, 2018, 06:59:54 am

Wasn’t long before we reached our first play pen......

I wasn’t too keen on going down into this river at first. It was still early in the morning and we were up until AM hours drinking tea and discussing knitting. Rivers became a theme for the trip though and soon staying out of them wouldn’t be an option

Noneking · « **Reply #15 on:** March 20, 2018, 08:15:29 am »

More wet gravel followed and when we stopped at the Little Letaba River, we knew we might be in for a MOIST day......

armpump · « **Reply #16 on:** March 20, 2018, 08:17:29 am »

Must be the lite plastic riders mindset Dwerg

Noneking · « **Reply #17 on:** March 20, 2018, 08:20:10 am »

Noneking · « **Reply #18 on:** March 20, 2018, 08:25:14 am »

Soon we had first challenge of the day in front of us. Kamlilibone river....... The usually bone dry riverbed was now a 100m wide raging

river. Gerrit crossed first on the 990, followed by myself on the Husky 501. Next up was Andreas on the Suzuki, which promptly stalled slap bang in the middle of the river.

Noneking · « **Reply #19 on:** March 20, 2018, 08:30:55 am »

It was decided to play things safe and walk the rest of the bikes through as it was still early and lots of riding to follow.

@Dwerg coming through with the 690