3 x Friends vs 12 x Old Garden Route Passes via 3 x Enemy Brands ...

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XRRX

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After a long drought riding together, myself; Skolla & Baked Beans re-united this past 2 days through possibly the most scenic riding one can experience in the Garden Route ...

I don't recall all the names - but it started with the old Seven Passes from George to Knysna ...
 

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The first smoke-break and the current three major players in the sub-1200 category ...  :patch:
 

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Brunch was and interesting affair at "Totties" ...  ::) Best Chicken/Mayo I've ever had!!!  :eek: Worst Russian Skolla ever had!!!  :snorting: :lol8:
From a slowly recovering Knysna, we took "Kom se pad" towards Avontuur ...
 

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"Kom se pad" ...
 

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From "Kom se pad" we went left towards Avontuur (it is on this piece of road where potholes are born!!  :mad: ) and then right on the R340 towards Plett. From there we headed East by N2. After some coffee at The Crags, we turned right towards Natures Valley to go down and up the spectacular Grootrivier Pass, before we took the even more spectacular Bloukrans Pass (the closed one). On the EC side it is literally getting narrower and narrower on account of rock falls and bush encroachment, but shyte it is awesome!!  :thumleft:
 

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Bloukrans Pass continue ...
 

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Thx julle,dit was nice,paaie was redelik goed behalwe Gouna wat maar redelik vol slote is,die pad na Prins Alfred pas het maar sy normale gate en geen plek vir side step nie,'n lekker trippie gewees met my reisgenote :ricky:
 
We ended up at the Backpackers in Storms river Village. Not a bad place - except they were out of Brandy and Whisky !!!  :xxbah:
Nevertheless, we had a nice evening around the "braai" ... It is HERE where gorgeous young foreign ladies comes from ...  :eek: :eek: :drif: :eek7: :drif: :patch:
 

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Sunday morning the place was a "beehive" of activity, so we decided to get the hell outta there...
Basically back-tracked via the Bloukrans and Grootrivier again...
 

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We back-tracked up to R340's T-junction with the St. Alfred's Pass route ...
 

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... and then the usual stop at Angies - just to make sure they're still there ...  :patch:
 

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And then sadly last but not least ... the great De Vlugt route, and one last Pass in the form of Montagu Pass ...

Thx chaps - till next time ...  :thumleft:
 

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The right way to start a trip with a "steering damper" lol......... ;D
 
XRRX said:
Brunch was and interesting affair at "Totties" ...  ::) Best Chicken/Mayo I've ever had!!!  :eek: Worst Russian Skolla ever had!!!  :snorting: :lol8:
From a slowly recovering Knysna, we took "Kom se pad" towards Avontuur ...
Wait ... so lemme get this straight ... you stopped at a spot called "Totties Farm Kitchen" and then what ? Had to stop soon thereafter just to make sure ?
:ricky:
 

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Nou het julle al vir my 'n JOB sodat ek ook met 'n Creme Soda kan saamry  :laughing4:
 
Cool nice little ride thanks for the share.  :biggrin: :ricky:
 
Roxtar said:
The right way to start a trip with a "steering damper" lol......... ;D

:imaposer:

McSack said:
XRRX said:
Brunch was and interesting affair at "Totties" ...  ::) Best Chicken/Mayo I've ever had!!!  :eek: Worst Russian Skolla ever had!!!  :snorting: :lol8:
From a slowly recovering Knysna, we took "Kom se pad" towards Avontuur ...
Wait ... so lemme get this straight ... you stopped at a spot called "Totties Farm Kitchen" and then what ? Had to stop soon thereafter just to make sure ?
:ricky:

:imaposer: ::) yeah... yeah....

woody1 said:
Nou het julle al vir my 'n JOB sodat ek ook met 'n Creme Soda kan saamry  :laughing4:

:lol8:
Creme Soda is wat teen jou tel Woody!! Dis die Kaap hierdie!!!  :p
 
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