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there are several alternate roads south of Derby . . . also you can skirt Koster to the south but i normally need to refuel . . . at the Xenon Garage ? and have a take away chicken burger  :biggrin: many roads to ride south of Groot Marico to . .

no route . . .  i woke up and found myself there  :imaposer: sorry madmike999  :biggrin: couldnt resist . . . i will post a map of some of the roads i ride in that area as soon as i get a chance  :thumleft:

my little Canon Ixus 750 . . .  with a wonky lens . . . struggled to catch the beauty surrounding me . . . fertile soil in the Kuilfontein valley . . . stopped at a community project . . .  Ticky the old tobacco shed . . . and a younger but no less precarious structure  :biggrin...

jislaaik ! . . .  still unemployed . . .  debit orders are bouncing like a rubber ball on a coca cola ding bat . . . so whats left to do . . . take another ride  :thumleft: This was a last minute decission . . .  but that bungied water bottle . . really  :o ja . . . i was lying down  :)...

First Day in the Office - Early March 2010 I have a meeting with Santa van Baard at the Groot Marico information centre … today, early rather than late … After seeing Nick and Trix off to school, I hastily pack basic tools, find and able body to repair hole in exhaust … I ride towards a scrap...

do it  ;)

Monday 2nd February 2010  My head is thick and stubborn and wants a landmark to reset itself . . . I write a silly note . . . its 01h00 and we are driven . . . we want to ride . . . about turn . . . moonlight on flat veld . . .Severn once again . . . pass the grumpy dogs . . .over a spruit and...

Sunday 1st February 2010  A pain in my wrist, more intense than that inflicted by a Zulu spear on Pretorius’ left hand at the Battle of Blood River, wakes me . . .  I walk a little . . . the pre dawn sky large and spectacular . . . a bird in the valley south of ‘our’ dune flies off the ground...

Andre does a McGiver on the water container . . . We take the tar road to Rietfontein . . . not the one originally planned . . . but we have lost so much time and are now driven to complete the ‘Desert Loop’. A wounded and bloody moon rises behind us . . . a couple of vehicles pass from the...

The road is good and fast and wide . .  . my heart is pounding with joy  ;D some back packer lodges . . . a fresh puff adder, maybe hit by a vehicle a little earlier . . . stop to refuel . . . at the 90degree left Andre stops suddenly and tears off his kit . . .  a flying biting bug ‘Vrrrssssss’...

:-[ you are right . . . lost so much time on first day at Bray . . . decided to make best time to complete ride . . .  also i guess we only entered the outskirts of the Kalahari north of Rietfontein . . .  ahh well another ride will be absolutely necessary  :)

Saturday 31st January 2010  I wake with a cracking headache and the awesome awesome light of early dawn . . . We see it was a good spot . . . . do our toilet . . .  take pics . . . drink coffee and eat oats with butter and salt . .  .my all time favourite even at home. This is the toilet...

jislaaik ! . . . third attempt at posting rest of report . . .  connection slow . . . and haven't had a gap to sit at Seattle or somewhere . . . so not trying to be melodramatic . . . seriaas  :lamer:

Onward . . . Vergelee . . . two bakkies driving at an uncomfortable speed for us to pass . . . side by side . . .delay us a little . . . Andre passes . . . white dust billows behind them . . . I discover a visored helmet, without goggles, does not keep the dust out my eyes . . . I hold my breath...

Friday 30th January 2010 Andre arrived 20 minutes early at 3h40 . . . he had to cups of take away coffee so that was cool  :) Who the hell took this pic ? Nicholas standing silhouetted in the doorway . . . alone and waving. The plan is to get to Sannieshof asap . . . all tar . . . Andre...

Wednesday 13th January 2010 The date is set . . .  30/01, 31/01 & 1/02 . . .  a ride into the Kalahari . . . I am depressed . . . my ZX10 race bike is crippled with R65,000 damage . . . my job looks set to finish end of Feb . . . my finances non-existent . . . notice given on my cottage in...

made it . . . now to get ride report together . . . some teasers . . . ready to rock n roll :-) minor problems . . . lonely . . . awesome . . . hard . . . inspiring . . . . and just a little bit crazy :-)

planning a ride . . .  :ricky: leaving Saturday 30th Jan 2010 retrenched . . . ended lease on home . . . broke up with girl friend . . . bounced back though  :mwink: it is a challenge for me . . . dont know if i can make it . . . want a long hard ride . . . taste that freedom which eludes...

'batlift' - nice :D i wasn't in the contact but drove with his body in the ambulance to Grootfontein . . .

hey thanks ! :D amazing pics :D amazing report :D amazing nostalgia :D was in the bats near Otavi around '81 or '82, my memory is not as good as yours :scratch: in the middle of this insanity we were sent on a opfok, ripples of rebellion spread through our unit . . . i remeber scenes...