20 minute detour via Pappegaaiberg ...

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Eisbein

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Hi there !

This almost can't count as a 'ride', but here goes anyway.

On Saturday I had my hair cut in Stellenbosch, so on the way back I took the road that goes past the station. Looking left I saw these roads all over Pappegaaiberg.

Just had to check out if I could get there without breaking any laws.

Turned left and over the railway line and left at the 4way stop.

At the end of that road I saw what I wanted to see: A little gravel spot with 3 roads leading up ...
:D


So this was me taking a detour with my cellphone camera, while realising that having (and using) a DS bike isn't only justified by epic rides or long holiday tours into the unknown, but also to sometimes just go down that little turnoff you've been passing for years in your daily commute, just to see where it'll spit you out again - looking at a familiar environment from an unfamiliar angle...

What an awsome day it was after the 'winter' of the past couple of weeks.


I've gone up the left one with one rule - where the road forks, I'll take the one that goes higher up...


One of the roads that goes to the top where the comms towers are:
(At one point I had to stand up and lean over the handlebars to keep from lifting the front...)

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View from the top:
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View towards Kuilsrivier - I could see table mountain:
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I saw the hill accross (closer the Kayamandi) :
(Nice little steep rocky road)
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Sauerkraut standing next to the comms area:
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The road up to the other hill:
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Nice photos of Sauerkraut grazing:
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View towards the other tower/strand side :
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Coming down from the hill looking back at the comms tower:
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That's it - out through Kayamandi and on towards Bottelary road and home...


Next weekend is the Attakwas kloof ride - looking forward to that !


 
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