Attakwaskloof (Dial-ups beware!)

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Trailrider

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Attakwaskloof: Day 1


On Saturday Morning Topbox and I arrived at Honda George where Geoff, Kevin and Gavin were already waiting.

Topbox has a great bike and I can seriously see one of these in my future  ;D

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More and more bikes arrived. Introductions were done and bikes admired.

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Before long we were on our way. A couple of kmâ??s from Fancourt we hit the first dirt.

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The roads were wet and muddy and the going was slow.  :eek:

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Quite a few bikes had close calls. Mud is not the favorite road condition! At this stage I was wondering Hoo Hoo who would be the first to go downâ?¦  ;) ;D

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At the first stop road conditions was the topic of discussion. A light bike with knobblies has big advantages in these conditions.  :p

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Tyre pressures were adjusted and we were on our way again

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As the road conditions improved people started enjoying the South Cape scenery.

Clinton and LetsGoFishing enjoying the ride:

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Hallo Uiltjie!  8)

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The second stop was at a river where we enjoyed snacks and drinks.

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Next stop was at Diesel & Dust to fill up on petrol.

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Some bikes had some interesting â??extrasâ?  ;D

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Then Uiltjie â?? being the perfect Gentleman â?? decided that he would break the iceâ?¦  ;D ;D ;D

I did promise that I would report that he was power sliding at 220km/h on dirt when he went downâ?¦  ;) ;D ;D

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From freshly renamed Uitjie & Dust we followed the Haelkraal road and later turned North to Bonniedale Adventure Farm.

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This is a lovely road with ever changing scenery.

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This is the same spot where a certain lady from this forum decided to â??stopâ? on our Easter trip

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;D ;D ;D

Itâ??s a nice spot â?? one of many on this route

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From here itâ??s a short stint to the farm. I stopped at a gate to close it after everyone was through, but no one came. After a while we realized that something was wrong. Clinton rode back and found that Kevin from PE overshot a corner and had quite a bad fall. Iâ??m sure someone would post pics of that fall later.  :-\

On to the farm.

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This is a great destination and I hereby formally nominate it for a venue when we have a Cape regional bash.  ;D

We unpacked and relaxed. The liquid refreshments were close at hand.

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Geoff in a relaxed mood  8)

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When the sun started to set we were well underway to a great evening.

Uiltjieâ??s pride & joy

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Eisbein decided to look around. Check out the ATGATT.  ;D

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The party continued until the wee hours. More on that laterâ?¦  ;) ;D


Attakwaskloof: Day 2

When we woke this morning quite a few people werenâ??t as rowdy as the night before. Breakfast ranged from Weetbix to cold pies and braaivleis.

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Sauerkraut showing how cold it is

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Before we set out we all lined up for a group photo ( I canâ??t wait to see that pic Vicky) and when we pulled off I rode over a water pipe (which I did not see) at an angle.  :-\ With all the dew I had no grip and the front wheel washed out.  ::) I went down like a sack of potatoes much to the delight of the others and especially Uiltjieâ?¦  >:D

Iâ??m sure those pics will be posted and quoted over and overâ?¦

When the laughter died down we finally set out for Attakwaskloof.

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This is my favorite Kloof route. The pictures cannot do the scenery justice. Itâ??s absolutely amazing.

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A quick stop at the ghost town Woeskaâ?¦

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â?¦and then through the rest of the Kloof

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The Kloof road Tâ??s into the Herbertsdale / Van Wyks dorp road.

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Here we said goodbye to Uiltjie, Philip, Topbox and Surf who headed to Gysmanshoek Pass (I cant wait to see those pics).

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We headed over Cloetes Pass towards Herbertsdale

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At this turnoff the group split again and we said our goodbyes to the PE guys and Eisbein who continued to Hertsdale and the N2.

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LGF, â??Sweeperâ? Mike, Clinton, Sir G and I took the scenic route back to George

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King of the Hillâ?¦  8)

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We also saw the game that was so elusive the day before.

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And so another great ride came to an end. I hope all you guys got home safe. Thanks to all who attended â?? you guys made this ride a success. Special thanks to Sir G who led the group which in turn freed me up to take lots of pics, to â??Sweeperâ? Mike who closed the gates behind all of us and LGF who cleaned up this morning and even did the dishes!

I hope to see you guys again in the not to distant future.

In anticipation of what is going to happen in this thread I would like to leave you with this image:

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>:D ;D >:D ;D >:D ;D

Cheers!
 
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