A pensive looking Highsider, not that he was taking any strain from the ride. I think he was just getting a bit worried about some of the others.
And before we knew it we were out of the shit and onto a nice dirt road heading back towards Mooi River.
Unfortunately about 50km out of Mooi River on the tar the predicted thunderstorm struck, albeit earlier than I expected, and it was a motherfucker of a storm. Apologies for the harsh language, but it really was

At one stage I had to pull over on the side of the road and stop it was coming down so hard. needless to say we all got thoroughly drenched. Thanks to Jannie on his AT for letting me put my cell phone in his top box, otherwise it would be history from the rain. I had chosen to go minimalist and was wearing only an MX shirt, no jacket.
The planned return section through the Karkloof forests was abandoned and we stayed on tar until Mooi River. There we invaded the Wimpy and hot coffee and cheeseburgers were the order of the day. Before long the rain stopped and the durban crew headed home on the N3 and I took a leisurely ride home through the Midlands Meander to Hilton.
Days like this are what it's all about
