The Orange Atlantic adventure (110 odd pics)

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Grumpy Mutt
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Day 1 - Milnerton to Clanwilliam

Well the first day actually should have been JHB to CPT by plane but that would be a bit boring so we will fast forward to the actual riding days. When we landed at CPT a light drizzle was falling and the wind blowing, yes we were in the mother city ready for the start of nine days of exploring. After eventually finding the bikes we went searching for Milnerton and our five star lodging for the night, the Formula One Hotel  :D Now we are from GP and even with three GPS's we only found the possie at about 10 pm ! Some Jack Daniels were consumed to lighten the spirits.

Five riders were ready to go ride the Western and Northern Cape. The route would take us from the beautifull Cederberg to the Western Cape's sand and the barren landscape of the Nortern Cape. There were three XR 650's (Runner, Redrider and Gforce), a KTM Adventure (Allover) and the DRZ of DD.

Redrider getting ready to leave Milnerton and hopefully outrun the cold.

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Group photo at the seaside, we are not used to the big dam you guys have down there there  ;D

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Heading towards Langebaan we got onto the first dirt of the trip, good thing to as the wind on the R27 was not fun.

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After a quick stop it was decided to head for Paternoster and a well deserved lunch. It was a good choice as the fish and chips were top class !

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After the lunch stop it was back onto the dirt on our way all along the coast to Lambertsbaai via the small town of Dwarskersbos and Noordkuil.

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The road hugged the coastline which made for some excellent scenery.

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The Lagoon near Velddrif, conveniently we also found fuel and a bar  ;D The DRZ ran out of fuel just before Velddrif. The headwinds caused my fuel consumption to drop from 380 km to 300 km. Luckily Allover's Adventure is like a fuel tanker !

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Although mainly tar the first day offered some great scenery and at around three we arrived at Clanwilliam where we would spend the next two days exploring the Cederberg and surrounds. Our home from home.

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