Chrisl
Teelhond
Kuilie made the mistake of telling me he had two days off. Big mistake! Being a Thursday and a Friday we had 4 days.
Rode down to his place late Wednesday. We started a bit late on Thursday due to Kuilies work keeping him longer.
We took the tar all the way to Lutzville.
All credited goes to Kuilie who took the pics.
Packed and ready to leave. Yes Rone thats your new bike!!
Lunch at Kardoesie. View from there always beautiful.
Clanwilliamdam a bit low for that time of year.
Arrived on friend Michaels farm just before sunset. He was on the tractor spraying seedonions.
Best time of day for spraying. Not a breath of wind.
Will continue later...
Early morning mist over the Olifantsrivier.
It was cold but Sutherland was worse.
Left for Lutzville. Stopped at the spot I was hit headon eight years ago on my Tenere.
Filled up with fuel and turned off at Koekenaap for De Punt.
I have driven and ridden this road to work for 11 years.RovRat should know it well because he worked
here too as a diamonddiver.
Beachpumping with machines. No divers involved. Just takes a LOT of diesel and a calm sea.
The pipes we used. Thirty meters in lenght ans 6 inches in diameter.
Rob Eiland. They used to mine seal manure here and had a pulley system to get the bags to shore.
We kept on towards Geel Walle to show Kuilie my favorite crayfish divingspot. To get there you have
to drop down a gorge. Halfway down the gorge I realized this road is BAD and there is no way of turning
around! At the bottom Kuilie asked me " and how did you think are we getting out of here"? I had no
answer. It was steep full of loose sand and rocks and it was deeply rutted. I went first and dropped it
round the first blind corner. We picked the bike up and from there I just kept it open and straight. I
could not see Kuilie but heard the Scorch in the gorge. He made it!! I did not feel like picking up
another pig!
Blind turn top right of pic.
My landlords house.
My house for nearly ten years. They were good times. The name of the farm is Skaapvlei.Youll see the
sign just after Koekenaap on the left.
I had a couple of bikes that I used to ride to work. Started with a XT 500, XL 500 S,this one a XL 600 R
and a Tenere XT600. If I used the road along the coast it was 32 km to the mine. Longway on the public
roads it is 47km.
Gert du Toit se baai. Campsite further along the road. No ablutions and no campfees.
Logs that fell off a ship between Hermanus and Cape Point. Two washed up at here.
The Stig??? On the way to BrandseBaai.
Chicken Breyani always a winner on trips!
No wood in this area. Our ten minute fire.
Namaqa Sands pumpstation.
To be continued...
Rode down to his place late Wednesday. We started a bit late on Thursday due to Kuilies work keeping him longer.
We took the tar all the way to Lutzville.
All credited goes to Kuilie who took the pics.
Packed and ready to leave. Yes Rone thats your new bike!!
Lunch at Kardoesie. View from there always beautiful.
Clanwilliamdam a bit low for that time of year.
Arrived on friend Michaels farm just before sunset. He was on the tractor spraying seedonions.
Best time of day for spraying. Not a breath of wind.
Will continue later...
Early morning mist over the Olifantsrivier.
It was cold but Sutherland was worse.
Left for Lutzville. Stopped at the spot I was hit headon eight years ago on my Tenere.
Filled up with fuel and turned off at Koekenaap for De Punt.
I have driven and ridden this road to work for 11 years.RovRat should know it well because he worked
here too as a diamonddiver.
Beachpumping with machines. No divers involved. Just takes a LOT of diesel and a calm sea.
The pipes we used. Thirty meters in lenght ans 6 inches in diameter.
Rob Eiland. They used to mine seal manure here and had a pulley system to get the bags to shore.
We kept on towards Geel Walle to show Kuilie my favorite crayfish divingspot. To get there you have
to drop down a gorge. Halfway down the gorge I realized this road is BAD and there is no way of turning
around! At the bottom Kuilie asked me " and how did you think are we getting out of here"? I had no
answer. It was steep full of loose sand and rocks and it was deeply rutted. I went first and dropped it
round the first blind corner. We picked the bike up and from there I just kept it open and straight. I
could not see Kuilie but heard the Scorch in the gorge. He made it!! I did not feel like picking up
another pig!
Blind turn top right of pic.
My landlords house.
My house for nearly ten years. They were good times. The name of the farm is Skaapvlei.Youll see the
sign just after Koekenaap on the left.
I had a couple of bikes that I used to ride to work. Started with a XT 500, XL 500 S,this one a XL 600 R
and a Tenere XT600. If I used the road along the coast it was 32 km to the mine. Longway on the public
roads it is 47km.
Gert du Toit se baai. Campsite further along the road. No ablutions and no campfees.
Logs that fell off a ship between Hermanus and Cape Point. Two washed up at here.
The Stig??? On the way to BrandseBaai.
Chicken Breyani always a winner on trips!
No wood in this area. Our ten minute fire.
Namaqa Sands pumpstation.
To be continued...
