Gypsybaron
Race Dog
Well, it all started with Bronzy – He had a Quantum that needed to go to Cape Town and said any Dog could drive it down, as long as he made his own way back. I jumped at the offer but wasn’t first in line. It turned out that the other Dogs had other commitments, so I got the chance to go after all. I had to take the screen and mirrors off for the GS to fit……
Offloaded and ready to be reassembled in Cape Town
They saw me coming, and fearing an invasion, decided to close up shop.
At the Mouillepoint Lighthouse.
I met 2 GREAT Dogs in Cape Town, and saw the Café Bobber that is taking form in Freak’s garage
Heimer suggested I do the Seweweekspoort and the Swartberg pass. On the way to Laingsburg (Via Du Toitskloof Pass) I took a quick detour on a dirt road that looked nice at first, but got progressively worse. As I didn’t have a back-up vehicle, and no-one knew where I was headed (including myself) I turned around.
Filled up at Laingsburg and I was raring to go but disaster struck on my way to Seweweekspoort :-[ With the pannier support bracket broken – on TAR! – I was in a predicament – If I do the pass, my pannier might get lost completely, so I grudgingly decided to slab it all the way back.
Exactly 111 km from Beaufort West I saw this lost soul
They were on their way back from Cape Town, and the towbar broke. The owner had already left to get it repaired.
I slept over in Beaufort West, on Friday morning my mom phoned to tell me the submersible pump doesn’t work and they are without water. So, instead of taking a slow, sightseeing tour of the Western and Northern Cape as I intended, I did the 970 km to Zeerust in one day. I took it v-e-r-y easy on the dirt, but managed one final pic for the day – 1 km from her house on the farm.
All in all a very enjoyable trip. First thing before I go that direction again - GET SOME SOFT PANNIERS!
Offloaded and ready to be reassembled in Cape Town
They saw me coming, and fearing an invasion, decided to close up shop.
At the Mouillepoint Lighthouse.
I met 2 GREAT Dogs in Cape Town, and saw the Café Bobber that is taking form in Freak’s garage
Heimer suggested I do the Seweweekspoort and the Swartberg pass. On the way to Laingsburg (Via Du Toitskloof Pass) I took a quick detour on a dirt road that looked nice at first, but got progressively worse. As I didn’t have a back-up vehicle, and no-one knew where I was headed (including myself) I turned around.
Filled up at Laingsburg and I was raring to go but disaster struck on my way to Seweweekspoort :-[ With the pannier support bracket broken – on TAR! – I was in a predicament – If I do the pass, my pannier might get lost completely, so I grudgingly decided to slab it all the way back.
Exactly 111 km from Beaufort West I saw this lost soul
They were on their way back from Cape Town, and the towbar broke. The owner had already left to get it repaired.
I slept over in Beaufort West, on Friday morning my mom phoned to tell me the submersible pump doesn’t work and they are without water. So, instead of taking a slow, sightseeing tour of the Western and Northern Cape as I intended, I did the 970 km to Zeerust in one day. I took it v-e-r-y easy on the dirt, but managed one final pic for the day – 1 km from her house on the farm.
All in all a very enjoyable trip. First thing before I go that direction again - GET SOME SOFT PANNIERS!
