Recent content by Wonderingweehen

Excellent ride report.  Used up at least 30 minutes of my boring working day.  2 more hours to go  :bueller:

Excellent information Mother  :sip: This is a trip I would love to do.  On an off-road bike though.

Chris (or should I say Doctor Dolittle as you seem to have many interesting relationships with animals)  :imaposer: That was an epic ride report! Thanks for writing it in English.  I couldn’t help but use Google translate to find out about the socks.  JJR puts me to shame as I only have two...

I promise I only rode the bike a short way in my plukkies

Snap.  Me too.  Welcome to the forum.  Check out the ride report of my latest bike trip.  You can find it by searching for "Koes Pan and Other Pleasant Places".  All the Wild Dogs I met there were very nice :-)

We got back to Martin’s at 14:00, unpacked and sat in his garage for a few hours, reflecting on the monster journey and drinking the remainder of the red papsak I’d bought in Bethanie.  After a shower, we shared a Springbok potjie which was very good and spicy. Thanks again Flossie.

We set-off early and kicked ourselves that we hadn’t gotten fuel the evening before as we had to wait for a supply tanker to off-load.  We were actually very lucky.  Shimbungu said there was no fuel two days earlier when he’d passed through.  The car he was in, tried to make it to Walvis, but...

Day 7 GT had me awake much earlier than I wanted, but softened the blow with a Polisiekoffie delivered to my tent.  I surfaced as GT returned from a shower, which apparently had turned cold just at the end.  After breakfast (Thanks GT)….. and some detective work.  We found another shower block...

I think the worst section of road we encountered was the last 40km, leading towards Maltahohe.  It was shockingly corrugated and my bike snaked plenty.  I was pretty shook up by the time we stopped for fuel.  But slamming my fingers in a door helped take my mind off it. Doh! After this, the...

A little later than anticipated, Bjorn took me on a tour of the farm and showed me the cottages he had built and the partially constructed Chapel he was busy with.  Made from Windhoek draft bottles. We got back at midday to find a happy GT.  After a phone call to BMW Windhoek, he’d discovered...

Turns out the flat was caused by the tube rubbing against the rough edges of a restraint, installed within the tyre to prevent it slipping from the rim.  Fortunately I’d brought two new tubes with me.  I carefully inserted one and used Bjorn’s compressor to inflate the tyre (GT’s compressor...

Day 6 After helping ourselves to the buffet breakfast and a number of coffee’s, we were about to take a tour of the farm when Bjorn mentioned to me “Do you know you have a flat front tyre?”  Always the optimist, I was grateful it happened at the Hotel and thought it a good opportunity to learn...

Fortunately our pal Flossie knows the owners of Helmeringhausen and had made arrangements for us to stay in rooms and get an evening meal.  GT even put on a clean shirt to mark the occasion.  The soup, Springbok fillet and dessert was excellent.  We both slept very well after that.  I liked a...

One pint stretched to two but we eventually prized ourselves away to continue our journey to Helmeringausen.  The road was tar until Bethanie, then good gravel after.  But the wind was so strong, GT and I were grateful to arrive.  We marked the occasion by sharing a bottle of red, which we had...

After collecting my bike, we re-traced yesterday’s journey back onto the B4 and continued further South of Keetmanshop towards some liquid refreshment, apple cake and fuel at the Seeheim Hotel.