A Bashful Report

[shark_za]

I'm glad all those that rode with me are home safe. Hope to hear the same from everyone!
Rassie let us know whats up as soon as you see this.

Willem I'm with you on that, I met a whole bunch of people and somehow we all managed to gel so well it as scary. The flowing of the golden nectar was proof.
The Vrystaaters were great fun, glad Frits had a jol, dont camp next to Willem if the sound of a timber mill bothers you. Hentie and DeanDJ eish, my swahili vocabulary grew quite a bit with the odd jeagers and whatever else it was you kept handing out. Great to meet you both.

LS, Kaboef, Watermat, big up for the long km's to get there!  Also a pleasure to meet you.

[LouisXander]

So after all the talk about the great riding the area has to offer, you were all to pissed to ride? 

I think that sum's it up quite nicely. 

My GPS tells me we travelled 1522km in 3 days - Enough, not?

I did 1945.5km in 3 days, not bad I'dd say, including Lesotho with Sidetrack at night in rain, Lundeans neck, Tiffendell, Rhodes, Barkly East back to the site on Saturday with Fritz and his GoMoto!! And today back to JHB!

Lekker!!!!

[DeonDj]

DeonDJ clocking in...., fark I am knakkered, had to get up early this morning at 5, drive to Bethlehem, get the in laws, take them to Colesberg, did the same route back to Wepener, I flikkered the Tuscon cage lights at you again SharkZA, just at the turn off I saw you guys......., only returned now home after 11 hours on the road in total, big farken storm here at the moment.

The bash was "Saad van die Wildehond hardcore broer, bad to the bone, it was as if we all just gelled, k@rk praat took the main stage, thanks to Hein and kie, Jagermeister did the rest as usuall, myself and Hentiebm, well what could you say more...? I will post pics, I hope I do not fall asleep.....

[DeonDj]

Big respect for this guy Lucky Striker on his DRZ 400, one buttock at a time on the seat resting the other one every other k hey Cyril??/

[Plothond]

Our trip (JJRed, AMX and myself) started this way 
Eat your heart out Jacko !!!   - Enforced rest break 






After brekkie in Harrismith we went upto the Monantsa Pass border point




Seeing that this is a BASH report - I'll post the rest of the Day 1 pics without too much commentry

Monantsa Pass:










Zamalek stop




Even though it is still very dry and Lesotho is desperate for water - it is still beautifull






Day 2 to follow........

[Swanniebraai]

I'm glad all those that rode with me are home safe. Hope to hear the same from everyone!
Rassie let us know whats up as soon as you see this.

Willem I'm with you on that, I met a whole bunch of people and somehow we all managed to gel so well it as scary. The flowing of the golden nectar was proof.
The Vrystaaters were great fun, glad Frits had a jol, dont camp next to Willem if the sound of a timber mill bothers you. Hentie and DeanDJ eish, my swahili vocabulary grew quite a bit with the odd jeagers and whatever else it was you kept handing out. Great to meet you both.

LS, Kaboef, Watermat, big up for the long km's to get there!  Also a pleasure to meet you.

Sharkie, you surprised me a lot . . in a good way! On the forum you come through like your avatar, kinda blunt en bot but once I met you at the bash, broe you have a golden heart pumping in you, one can actually come to like you a lot!  

en o ja, dit was leke om te sien hoe jy daai 450 kook da oppie beach! Jy kan man!

[LouisXander]

P I C T U R E S  W A N T E D !  Now and a lot of them ...

And I thought I was going to meet the Bash VETERAN!!!

[LouisXander]

Made it home at around 4 pm with major monkey butt ! But was alot of fun, riding Lesotho at night not knowing where we are going with a V-Strom lekker Louis 

Believe me, this looks MUCH easier than it actually was!!! I believe my actual words to SideTrack  was: "Ek nou f@kken bang ek drop hom weer, dan bek@k ek myself"  Luckily he didn't post the actual picture, the Strom was lying with wheels higher than the tank!!

But, I'll never badmouth a Strom again! It's the King of Africa Bru!!!

[Swanniebraai]

......, dont camp next to Willem if the sound of a timber mill bothers you.

Skies manne, het jul gewaarsku ek raas erger as Crazy Porra se Katoom! Boonop blaas ons lilos toe af middel innie nag, 2 aande op klippe geslaap, dit was die ergste, seke daaroor die groter geraas van binne af, sorry again chums!

LX, Haba haba, Milkybar en Biela, was bly ja was saam berge toe, dit was 'n jol!
Hoop jou wonde genees gou MB!

Thx Michnus, vir gisteraand se laatnag advice en lekker gesels, dit het ingesink!

[Plothond]

We stayed at Ramabanta

There was an acute water shortage, but non-the-less a fantastic stay over








Groenie busy with KLR  repairs




I could not believe my eyes when this came out of one persons "spares" in his kit
Amazing..... you can even break down on the sea .....




Leaving Ramabanta




Waiting for Groenie and kie to return from filling up. Turns out they could not get fuel anywhere closeby - so they went an alternative route and we carried on without them






This route will be known as the Shark route (by Day) and the Sidetrack & Louis route (by night   )








Soon Shark found himself a little bogged down  






The rest of the route was uneventful as a whole
- but really scenic and the riding was fantastic






















The waterfall Shark wanted us to see - but due to the dryness, there was not to much to see




Sidetrack got ...... erm.... sidetracked  






Photographic proof that all roads lead to Lesotho  






That was the excitment for day 2.....

edit...  

Oh yes - there was one more thing. Crazy Porra can now also be referred to as "The Mutton Man" - lets just say he met a sheep along the way..... and.... the smell of sheep braai most probably permeated the air in Lesotho that night  

[RASSIE_]

Shark dankie vir die belangstelling,ek wil net vir almal dankie sê vir al die hulp deur die naweek, te veel name om op te noem. Ek en Watermat het 15h30 op Worcester aangekom,gat is seerder as enkel want ek kon nooit staan nie. Gebreekte enkel word dinsdag geoppereer,is te veel geswel van die trip huistoe,verder gaan dit goed,n hond kla mos nie.

[Plothond]

Day 3 - "D" day  

Early morning. The remnants of a VERY sucessful party stil evident










We got down to BASH business quite early - about 7:30 ish I think  






Popipants, Leo, Funacide






Legs 1 (AMX), Legs 2 (JJRed), Popipants, Welsh, Funacide, Crazt porra (Mutton Man), IDR








Then it got Hot, so we migrated to the Clifton on the Caledon

Groenie

















Ganjora showing the battlescars from last weekends fall




Ganjora going Middle East  























Beauty Treatment commences  


















Late Afternoon K@k praat






i Travel on Gravel  




...... and what did I get out of the BASH  

Well - the BEST jol EVER EVER EVER on a Wilddog trip. If you were one of those that did not come - you LOSt out big big big time !!!!!

..... and this  




Well done Hein and Wino and the rest - you did well
This is an Adventure Riders forum - and those that attended well done to all of you !!!

Till we ride again  

[Jerrycan]

Thanks for all the pics Plot, you okes had a STUNNING camping spot, never mind the jol! 

[Cave Girl]

Whew what more can be said - What a great place to have the bash - I thought we were going to have to rough it and my bike was packed accordingly half of the stuff I could have left behind - there was a Spectacular bath, pic's already posted, Ice cold beer on tap constantly. Perfect weather once we got there. Fantastic company - far to much food - Red the potato salad was great!!!

My Friday started at 4am - No way was I going to be late and get left behind - walked outside and seriously considered unpacking the bike and going by car, but my sense of adventure prevailed. A huge back up on the freeway had a few people late for work on Friday fortunatly it was in the opposite direction. Got to the meeting point at 5.45 and had just finished filling up when Leo arrived. A call just after 6 from Cono confirmed he was going to be late so I stayed behind and waited for him and Transporter. We left at 7.52. Took a wrong turn in Sasolburg and Cono lead us up the garden path so to speak - I had a fight with the mud monster in a section of the road all of 5m long - Transporter thanks for getting the bike off my leg and then picking up the bike. I am starting to doubt my ability to ride Delila and on more than one occation wished I was on the KLE. Will need to do some serious time in the saddle on the TA before I am comfortable. We managed to loose Transporter in Ficksburg (I think) when we stopped for Lunch. Cono thanks for keeping me on the Tar on the way there - think the 500km ride gave me a lot of confidence and although very nervous as we turned onto the dirt I managed to keep the bike upright ... Got to the bash and had to stop halfway down the hill and then was to poop scared to take the bike any further and had to get one of the guys to take the bike down for me. Had a major hangover Saturday am and there was no way I was capable of riding so got to perfect my casting as there were no fish biting. For some strange reason most dogs faded rather early Saturday Night.
Woke up this morning around 4.30 to the sound of bikes starting and tents being packed. Managed to persuade one of the guys to take my bike back up the little rocky bit - no way I was going to fall my ass off in front of so many people   Cono took me back on a longer route - Thanks really getting the hang of riding the TA on dirt - Well to be honest the road out was a dirt highway and Cono was good enough to do it slowley to keep me company. THANKS!!!!!!
The rest of the trip was uneventfull and I got home just after 4. Will post some pic's tomorrow.
Thanks to all for making this a great weekend!!!!

[Swanniebraai]

Here is our contribution of pics to the bash! Compliments to Nokia N95 8G.

Me and Biela en route to the bash, stopped at Excelsior for a break.



Meeting Killroy, Welsh, Hentie, Deon and Leon at Lord Fraser in Wepener.













The beach party started!



















 . . . deep into the night, people enjoying each other's company . . .

[Swanniebraai]

Saturday morn, 8h00, me, Biela, LouisX, Haba haba & Milkybar decided to do a quickie to Lundean's neck pass, the quickie turned out to be a 12hr trip, doing 550k's for the day, going up Lundeans, giving in to the temptation of visiting Tiffendell, via Rhodes, Barclay East back, returning to a cheerful basecamp at 20H30. Remember we had to comply with Biela's gomoto , doing 80-100  max. What an awesome  trip, here a lot of pics!

We were so fotrunate to have our bread buttered both sides; doing both the bash and this trip altogether!











Geelkop marsmannetjies: Haba & Wifey!

















Can you spot the "CAT"?













































































Ouch! MB's scars!, Hope they fade soon!



Picnic time! 2720m, 15h00 PM



Te koud hierbo vir die monster, seker ge immigreer!





The way down via Rhodes, wow what a great ride down!



Rhodes! 33 inwoners (kids ingesluit)











Petrol R10/L, you dont argue!







Laatmiddag oppad terug basis toe, moeg , honger but blessed!



This here is where my story ends . . .

Thx once more to each and all of you wonderful and prescious people, you being at the bash, gave it the great flavor it had!
Thanks to all involved!

Willem out!

[KiLRoy]

Great Willem man!!!  Lekker om jou the ontmoet.  Dink daai laaitie van jou gaan nog 'n groot Willehond word - sy kop is reg aangeskroef.  Op so klong kan mens trots wees....

Tot wedersiens?

Hein

[Welsh]

Just reporting in, got back safe at around 12:15 and straight out for lunch!!!

Thanks for the ride Kilroy Leo and Transporter, enjoyed but no pics, camera ate some beach dust. 

Now pissy I missed thursday...

Welsh 

[DeonDj]

6 am Bath time - Willem and kie,



Swimmer brrrrr - cold man!

A very entertaining fire walker we had....

Yep hair and fire does not mix...

Our esteemed leader swing his arms and raising his voice for the price giving




Bush camp - in the ulu, no pansies here just do it Wilddog style




Next lot of pics will folow soon..

[letsgofishing]

The route there through Lesotho looks awesome - a really lekker ride!
Great pics that everyone has posted