DD650
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What do cosmos, easter eggs, canons, wagons and dirt have in common? A bike trip over Easter weekend to the Battle fields of the Free State and Natal!
Our first stop was the Memel hotel, arriving at last light after a boring, busy ride on tar roads. But the next day was a day for passes! Memel is really dirt bike ‘hemel’. The first dirt road, and first cosmos sighting, started right outside of Memel where we turned towards Normandien pass. But we first made a turn pass Muller’s pass.
First cosmos of the trip.
Stunning scenery and roads.
Top of Muller’s pass.
From Muller’s pass we turned towards Normandien pass. We were riding with this mountain next to us when we spotted a little road way up on top of the mountain. We both hoped that we would get to ride that little road.
And low and behold, that is Normandien pass! What a stunning road, nothing technical, but going quite high up and with breath-taking views from the top!
Going down we saw a sign to ‘Die Ark’ and turned in to see what it is about. We did’nt see ‘Die Ark’ but the views were stunning!
After Normandien pass we turned towards Collin’s pass. The road going up Collin’s pass wasn’t the nicest road, quite rocky and we had to take it slower, but the views more than made up for that!
At the top of Collin’s pass.
We found this tiny butterfly on a cosmos.
The road going down Collin’s pass was some of the best roads of the weekend – very scenic, lined with cosmos and smoother than the best tar roads! It made for some great high speed riding!
Our first stop was the Memel hotel, arriving at last light after a boring, busy ride on tar roads. But the next day was a day for passes! Memel is really dirt bike ‘hemel’. The first dirt road, and first cosmos sighting, started right outside of Memel where we turned towards Normandien pass. But we first made a turn pass Muller’s pass.
First cosmos of the trip.
Stunning scenery and roads.
Top of Muller’s pass.
From Muller’s pass we turned towards Normandien pass. We were riding with this mountain next to us when we spotted a little road way up on top of the mountain. We both hoped that we would get to ride that little road.
And low and behold, that is Normandien pass! What a stunning road, nothing technical, but going quite high up and with breath-taking views from the top!
Going down we saw a sign to ‘Die Ark’ and turned in to see what it is about. We did’nt see ‘Die Ark’ but the views were stunning!
After Normandien pass we turned towards Collin’s pass. The road going up Collin’s pass wasn’t the nicest road, quite rocky and we had to take it slower, but the views more than made up for that!
At the top of Collin’s pass.
We found this tiny butterfly on a cosmos.
The road going down Collin’s pass was some of the best roads of the weekend – very scenic, lined with cosmos and smoother than the best tar roads! It made for some great high speed riding!