Right, I've passed to the left, and I'm sending a chaser so that we can get this thread rolling.
With the last three musketeers still on the road as I type, but now only a day or 2 away from home, I suppose it is good timing.
So Didi arrives in SA from his last hitch on his contract in the North Sea, as keen and eager as ever. The boy is practically frothing. Willem took him out shopping for a **** suite, this being his first bike and all. The waiting was a little bit too much to handle though, and the night before leaving Cape Town to come fetch his bike, we get all these pic's of Didi parading around in his **** suite at his mom's..
Saturday arrives and so does Didi with Willem's bakkie. He barely greets as he gets out and dart off to the garage to embrace his new beloved 2 wheel machine. He also brought up with him a couple of new knoblies for myself and John, the other local who decided to join in on the trip. We filled the day swinging spanners, changing tyres, getting bikes ready for the trip ahead, lots of beer drinking and bike talk, all while waiting for Willem, Wikus and Matt who're on they're way up from Cape Town via Wuperthal; and Riaan from Lambertsbaai.
With the whole gang safe at my spot by Saturday evening, the rest of the weekend was spent sampling Nieuwoudtville's finest. Skaaptjoppies, some early flowers on display and jeep tracks over and across the escarpment and surroundings.