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Day 18. Planned route: Vosburg to Kroonstad 670km Actual route: Oukloof pass to my parent’s farm near Hopetown 530km. Behind schedule 400km Homeward – Bound. We wake up to a beautiful morning and are met with a cloudless sky. At least for now. It did not rain any more during the night and the...

Country Trax Moolmanshoek Got a little side tracked last weekend and so missing my usual Saturday post.  We had the opportunity to take part in the Country Trax Intermediate course that was held last weekend at Moolmanshoek in the Free State and what an excellent event it was. Will swop out...

Happy New Year – with tons of rain. Part 3. No matter how we push and pull the bike remains firmly stuck in one place. Our only option is to dig this bike out of the mud. Using our hands we clear a track for the bike to get trough. A ditch gets dug by hand to let the water drain out so we can...

Happy New Year – with tons of rain. Part 2. It seemed the water monster has passed through here not so long ago and left its brother the mud monster behind. The monster of the mud has chose the perfect spot to lay its ambush to catch unsuspected riders like ourselves expecting to be able to do...

Day 17. Planned route: Vleesbaai to Vosburg 600km Actual route: Vleesbaai to Oukloof pass 350km. Happy New Year – with tons of rain. Part 1. Reunited again after spending 4 days apart with our separate families and friends, we were eager to get going once more. I must be back in Rustenburg in...

Day 14 to 16. All 4 days that I spent with the family down by the coast the weather kept us in doors. The body needed the rest and we as a family had a lot of catching up to do. My career keep us as a family apart for most of the year so whatever time we can spent together we treasure. In...

Day 13. Actual route: Wilderness to Vleesbaai. 110km Early the morning I get a call from the family asking that I get myself in Vleesbaai early as possible. I guess they are a little worried about me. My mom is always a bit worried when I am on one of my little expeditions. It would have been...

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Day 12. Planned route: Wilderness to Vleesbaai. 110km Actual route: Uniondale to Wilderness 120km. Schedule: Behind 2 days. Over the hills and far away, he swears he will return one day. Far from the mountains and the seas, back in her arms he swears he'll be. Over the hills and far away. [as...

Day 11. Planned route: Rest day in Wilderness. Actual route: Patensie to Uniondale. 252 km Schedule: Behind 1 day. Bobbejaan klim die berg So haastig en so lastig Bobbejaan klim die berg So haastig en so lasting Bobbejaan klim die berg Om die boere te vererg Hoera vir die jollie bobejaan. (old...

Persoonlik dink ek nie een fiets is beter as 'n ander een nie. As ons almal dieselfde fietse gery het sou dit maar 'n bra vervelige wereld gewees het waarin ons bly. So nee jy het nie verkeerd gekoop nie. Begin met 'n naweek trip om jou toerusting te toets en werk dan van daar af. Die...

Day 10. Part 2. So here we are standing in Balfour in what seems to be a derelict church yard. We ate some peanuts and raisins to get some energy back into our systems as the road ahead is still far. I set of to explore the old church and the surrounding buildings. From the outside the...

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Skerp so vroeg op 'n Saterdag more Edgy.

Tx Stoetie Was met my Desember trip vir die eerste keer deur Frazerburg en daai stuk pad het vir my baie na die Loxton pad gelyk. So naby water dorp is die volgende stap roete.

Frazerburg op pad Loxton toe.

Korrek

In which town would you find this red little shop. and what the hell is kaggelkakkies?

Dit lyk vir my Bastervoet padterig.

Day 10. Part 1. Planned route: Baviaanskloof to Wilderness. 380km Actual route: Queenstown to Patensie. 490km Schedule: Behind 1 day. Christmas day. Our morale is somewhat low today. It is Christmas day and usually we spent it with our families. This year we chose not and instead decided to...