3 SOUTIES SUKKEL WITH 1 BOER IN BAVIAANS & DIE HEL

[JMOL]

Jou fotos is asemrowend!  Ek hou veral van die twee waar David jou in die stof los en die een van jou bike daarna.  As ek sulke tonele sien, voel dit vir my asof die Liewen Heer die trip spesiaal geseën het.  Ek kan nie wag vir die res nie. 

Baie dankie Nannie.  Dankie vir die kompliment.  Ek waardeer dit.  Moet se ons het daardie foto so beplan, maar met die oog was dit soveel mooier.  Die plan was ook dat hy daar "weg spin"sodat ons 'n groter effek op hom in die stof ook kon kry, maar nou ja - boys will be boys    Dit het toe nie so lekker gewerk nie - die spinnery 

[JMOL]

Jou fotos is asemrowend!  Ek hou veral van die twee waar David jou in die stof los en die een van jou bike daarna.  As ek sulke tonele sien, voel dit vir my asof die Liewen Heer die trip spesiaal geseën het.  Ek kan nie wag vir die res nie. 

Om eerlik te wees - ek kyk maar baie wat jy doen.  Ek loer check jou soos hul se    Daar is so baie ouens op die forum wat sulke mooi foto's neem - ek steel maar idees 

[JMOL]

Wé have founded a gravel road.  Not the R400, but we reckon that this road will end up somewhere . . . . .



The Sherriff has arrived 



Wiele is afgeblaas - nou is dit home jerome 



Don't steal or poach.



Vlaktes



Playtime



Next time Bie - thats a promise







Road signs of long ago when men were men and bakkies were Ford bakkies 

[JMOL]

Eventually we ended on the R400 and this road just goes on and on and on.  David is a much faster rider than what I am so I told him to carry on in the meantime and so every now and then, we meet each other.  



Here I stopped, drank some water and just listened to the sound of nothing.  It was so quite - what a pleasure!!



How many families lived in this farmhouse??  Maybe I must ask how many generations ?



I think they are still using this church hall - I might be wrong



Oom Theuns se Winkel next to the N9 between Cookhouse & Paterson.  The plan was to meet David here, but the lady told me that she saw no bike and immediately I thought David is lost or is lying somewhere in a sloot.  He has no Cellphone - how on earth will I get hold of him again I thought??

Later 2 farm labourers walked in and they said that they saw a bike on the road going toward Riebeeck East.  Thanks goodness - David is alive and he'll wait for me.  I had a nice cold Fanta and sami and off I go.



The chuch in Riebeeck East



We made it!!  In Grahamstown we were offerred a free breakfast at the local Wimpy because of our looks   

Thanks to you guys.  It was a pleasure for going on this trip.  I enjoyed every single moment and although I mentioned the costs in the begininning, the whole trip was priceless.

I bought a set of tyres for R500 on the forum and the rear tyre has to be replaced - money well spend 

To you all - thanks for travelling with and all the comments.  Much appreciated.

Until next time - be safe.

Jaco

[TVB]

Awesome, baie mooi en lekker! 

[GenXX]

sub. 

[Etta]

Excellent RR, i really want to do a trip like you did, well done 

[Brakenjan]

Dankie Jmol - was 'n lekker lees & kyk gewees. 

[Spore]

Regtig fantasties - al die bestandele vir n lekker trip is hierin vasgevat. Komplimente met al die mooi fotos!

[FortyZA]

Nice ride report, sitting here in Malawi for the next 9 months, I think of the roads and the area and when I see the photos I think of the times I have ridden there.

Thanks for sharing.

With regards the water crossings, it is the same story with a car, bakkie. Don't enter too fast, don't ride into the bow wave which is in front of you and don't stop as the water will surround you and water will be sucked in. That is why some bikes made it and other not. Same bikes yet some suffered and other not.

Just something I learned at 4x4 training and also at Country Trax when doing water crossings.

[Vis Arend]

Wel gedaan jong man.   

Baie, baie pragtig, lyk of julle dit gate uit geniet het.  Dankie dat julle dit met ons gedeel het, al kon ons dit nie saam meemaak nie het dit tog gevoel ons ry saam.   

Nou wanneer is ons volgende trip?

[Frannarossi]

Hel dit was nou 'n lekker trippie met nice foto's .Ek het daai paaie al so baie gery,maar elke keer as ek 'n RR lees wat iets met die Baviaans en die Hel en die Swarbergpas en Montagupas en en en te doen het,dan voel ek lus om my bike te pak,die werk en kliënte 'n put te druk en net te ry!

[spoedvark]

As ek daai watersproei so kyk - het die bike nie effe vinnig daar deurgery nie? Soortvan om 'n mooi foto te kan maak... 

That was the idea. Did not drown here though. Only later at a shorter but deaper one which we took quite easy. Maybe it was a build up of a few done like this one!!! Was a MOER of a lot of fun though!!!!!!!!

[DUSTRIDERS]

n Gawe trippie saam met goeie vriende bly maar lekker.

[spoedvark]

At the 2nd last "big" watercrossing, Spoedvark went through - very slow and bang bang - nothing.  David went - and the same.  Bikes are dead as mossies.  Mr+P went through and his Dakar just bam bam through the water.  I went - and came out safe the other side.  Here is a kiekie of the crossing - don't know the name.



No problem - we have plug spanner, BUT THEY DIDN'T FIT  

Luckily Spoedvark's family was coming from the opposite side and after Mr+P and I went forward to see if the were close, they came and help us.  One of their bikes also drowned at the crossing.



If it wasn't for the guy at the right we would have been there for much longer - thanks my friend.  Cannot remember your name.



After fitted a kreepy krauly pipe John (from Bloemfontein) told his wife to climb and off the go.



This is the crossing just before the gate on Willowmore's side.  Neville and I went through it 3 times and after what happened to the rest, we were a bit "versigtig" going through.



David doesn't want to take a change and he and Spoedvark is taking the bike for a walk  







In die mik vd moerbeiboom  



Oppisite the baviaans craft shop is a cafe(??) where I bought a roosterkoek & a Fanta.  They have these dolls in their garden.  Strange





After we filled up at Willowmore, we left for Prins Albert by tar.  Due to time, we didn't do the loop ChrisL told me to do, but I have to go back to do it ChrisL.



Relaxing on the stoep of the Swartberg Hotel



With Boerekos    while day 2 ends.

Wat is jou naam JMOL? Daar het jy sy naam!!! Kannie glo jy kon nie sy naam onthou nie!!!!!!! Must be the fact that you became an OUPA that you think you can now become forgetful!!! Trek net jou been swarrie!!! JACO!!!!!! Incase you have forgotten your own name!!

[Carrol]

Very nice trip

[KALLY]

You make me jealous, wish the title of the R/R read "4 SOUTIES SUKKEL WITH 1 BOER" Nice report Jamol

[SmuGS]

So JMOL why was your bike parked at Moto Mecca yesterday?

[Vis Arend]

You make me jealous, wish the title of the R/R read "4 SOUTIES SUKKEL WITH 1  2 BOER" Nice report Jamol

[Ian in Great Brak River]

Baie nice guys, thanks for sharing... it's a beautiful area around here.