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    Parklands Bush Rides (was once quarry riding) - awesome playpen - be careful of crime and oncoming traffic

    Welcome - We'll be leaving from Rivergate Business Park at 8:30 sharpish. See you there. Bring water and a sense of humour. Lighter bikes are much easier, but big bikes can also manage if ridden well. Tyre pressures in the region of half a bar or less are advantageous. There are 2 filling...
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    Parklands Bush Rides (was once quarry riding) - awesome playpen - be careful of crime and oncoming traffic

    Caron, Angus and I started off the year in the best possible way. I started early and opened a third, somewhat easier way into the Abyss Extension. I knew I'd not be able to make it up the two I'd made yesterday. Caron and Angus found me and we tackled the new track. It's a proper kak track, I...
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    Parklands Bush Rides (was once quarry riding) - awesome playpen - be careful of crime and oncoming traffic

    Had fun this morning cutting an extension (purple) to The Abyss (green). It is not an easy track, with off-camber ups and downs as well as a heavily vegetated sandy bank to negotiate. It will present quite a challenge. Then I scouted a much easier track roughly parallel to the first so that I'd...
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    Parklands Bush Rides (was once quarry riding) - awesome playpen - be careful of crime and oncoming traffic

    Hey, there's the aforementioned sacrificial wattle branch in the second shot! :ROFLMAO:
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    Parklands Bush Rides (was once quarry riding) - awesome playpen - be careful of crime and oncoming traffic

    Interesting day. I got out there early to be met with a small but fierce veld fire against the northern fence of the silly conservation area. By beating it with a fresh green wattle branch I was able to put out the grass fire. I moved most of the dry wood out of the way and it died down within...
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    Parklands Bush Rides (was once quarry riding) - awesome playpen - be careful of crime and oncoming traffic

    Thank you, JohnR, Aldo and Pieter for the lekkerest time this morning. JohnR is finding his balance again after bypass surgery, and Aldo was on his newly gotten YZ125. Both of them did amazingly. Pieter really enjoyed the Abyss.
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    Parklands Bush Rides (was once quarry riding) - awesome playpen - be careful of crime and oncoming traffic

    Early ride in the morning - 7am at Rivergate, the usual spot.
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    Parklands Bush Rides (was once quarry riding) - awesome playpen - be careful of crime and oncoming traffic

    Jonnie plus Jonnie's brother plus friend, Dgimon, Brad, Peter, Kim, Lance, Angus, DavidM, CraigR and William made up a fine group to explore all the new tracks, some many times. At times a bit chaotic, but always the best fun a person can have. Thank you everyone. I've been very lucky to have...
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    Parklands Bush Rides (was once quarry riding) - awesome playpen - be careful of crime and oncoming traffic

    We've had a lot of big bikes join us from time to time. T7s, 660s, ATs, big KTMs - even GS's! The open flowing trails are very rideable with a T7. The tight stuff less so. If you'd like to give it a go, join us on Sunday. We'll be doing a mix of trails and we can show you the layout of the area...
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    Parklands Bush Rides (was once quarry riding) - awesome playpen - be careful of crime and oncoming traffic

    I went out alone today in a "howling south-easter". Made a testing new track. It needs to be lengthened to its full potential but it's quite serious as it is. Look forward to setting the Sunday crowd off on it. The whole area is ripe for all sorts of challenges. Watch this space!:sneaky: Here I...
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    Parklands Bush Rides (was once quarry riding) - awesome playpen - be careful of crime and oncoming traffic

    Great morning out there. Thanks, Lance, William, Angus and DavidM. We did all the new technical stuff and started developing some new track. The area around the dump continues to surprise us, delivering a seemingly unending supply of small challenges. Long may it last! Here's David's track...
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    Parklands Bush Rides (was once quarry riding) - awesome playpen - be careful of crime and oncoming traffic

    And so we did develop more track. DavidM, Raymond, Anton, AndrewG and I opened a new, quite technical bit off the gravel highway next to the rail line. We also rode the Masperoad that we opened last week. The pic below shows David stopping and starting along that track. The GPS was in his...
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    Parklands Bush Rides (was once quarry riding) - awesome playpen - be careful of crime and oncoming traffic

    DavidM wants to develop more track and I'm all for it. Basically we should make new tracks faster than the people who can't control their right hands ruin them. Angus is also working on some new stuff. Should be an interesting day. See you in the morning. 8:30 blast off.
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    Parklands Bush Rides (was once quarry riding) - awesome playpen - be careful of crime and oncoming traffic

    Ah, well done. Sorry about that. We looked for you in vain. Please do come again. Promise to look after you better. DavidM and I opened a new track, "The Masperoad". You need a hinge in the middle of your bike to negotiate it properly. Great fun. Angus took Caron, William, Ronwyn (sp?), on a...
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    Parklands Bush Rides (was once quarry riding) - awesome playpen - be careful of crime and oncoming traffic

    Angus will take the group on some longer, more flowing tracks this Sunday. DavidM has a broken digit (he breaks easily), so we'll be making some new nasties.:ROFLMAO:
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    Parklands Bush Rides (was once quarry riding) - awesome playpen - be careful of crime and oncoming traffic

    William, Willie, Tyrone, Wayne, Quentin, DavidM, Matt and JanH and I started off with a little new track next to the Eskom servitude and then on to some of the new stuff. William was nursing a wrist injury and left very early, and Lance caught up to us and joined. Everyone enjoyed the new...
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    Parklands Bush Rides (was once quarry riding) - awesome playpen - be careful of crime and oncoming traffic

    Sunday's going to be perfect. There are a bunch of new tracks to try. Bring your dirtbike and see what you can do.
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    Parklands Bush Rides (was once quarry riding) - awesome playpen - be careful of crime and oncoming traffic

    William and I had a great time today finding all sorts of short challenges to test the riders on Sunday. I hope I'll be able to remember them all. Thanks William! As usual the track doesn't show the new bits yet.
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    Parklands Bush Rides (was once quarry riding) - awesome playpen - be careful of crime and oncoming traffic

    Aldo, Pieter, Matt, DavidM, Willie and JohnR (just back from heart bypass surgery) joined me to explore all the new tracks. Which we did to great effect. I looked after JohnR by taking the railway service track there and back. DavidM took the group out to where the fun began and Aldo led the...
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    Parklands Bush Rides (was once quarry riding) - awesome playpen - be careful of crime and oncoming traffic

    Popped out alone today and opened 2 new tracks. Sunday's going to be interesting!
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