Vaalseun
Pack Dog
This is my first report, and if things don't work out as they should it's either because LuckyStriker's instructions are up to no good, or alternatively because I should not have more than 4 glasses of Woolies boxwine in one sitting. However, let's be postive and hope it all works out.
There are a few good things about your better half being away for a week. You don't have to brush your teeth twice a day, or make the bed, or remove the dirty dishes from the TV room, or wear fresh underpants. The goodest of them all is however that you can ride all day.
I've been eyeing the famous canal route near Brits for some time, apparantly much liked by Malgat whom I never had the privelage to meet in person. I was also keen to do it now before the mud-monster rears it's ugly head again. So, after some searching of previous posts I got hold of a route (thanks GundaGunda), but because I'm an armgat who cannot afford one of those fancy GPS's, I had to import it to Garmap first and from there to Google Earth, then print it out in full colour on A3 (14 pages in total) to eventually serve as my navigation tool.....and I did not get lost once.
Left home in Alberton at 06:00, had a quick brekkie at the Wimpy near Ta'Malie's place and then proceeded to the starting point near Mt. Amanzi at around 08:00. The little bridge in the background is the tar road
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My first impression was that the route will live up to expection, and the early morning light was ideal for this piccie:
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The water at this point was fairly stagnant and somewhat smelly, probably because the Hartebeespoort dam it's so contaminated. Someone mentioned to me that the dam is pretty much sterile, and one of the worst examples of water contamination.
As in many other households, Sunday is wash-day. Water is extracted from the canal by throwing a bucket attached to a rope into the water and then pulling it up. At this point, the sides of the canal are quite steep and the water level low, and anyone falling in will probably drown on the spot or just drift down-stream until someone can throw in some kind of rescue rope.
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There are a few good things about your better half being away for a week. You don't have to brush your teeth twice a day, or make the bed, or remove the dirty dishes from the TV room, or wear fresh underpants. The goodest of them all is however that you can ride all day.
I've been eyeing the famous canal route near Brits for some time, apparantly much liked by Malgat whom I never had the privelage to meet in person. I was also keen to do it now before the mud-monster rears it's ugly head again. So, after some searching of previous posts I got hold of a route (thanks GundaGunda), but because I'm an armgat who cannot afford one of those fancy GPS's, I had to import it to Garmap first and from there to Google Earth, then print it out in full colour on A3 (14 pages in total) to eventually serve as my navigation tool.....and I did not get lost once.
Left home in Alberton at 06:00, had a quick brekkie at the Wimpy near Ta'Malie's place and then proceeded to the starting point near Mt. Amanzi at around 08:00. The little bridge in the background is the tar road
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My first impression was that the route will live up to expection, and the early morning light was ideal for this piccie:
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The water at this point was fairly stagnant and somewhat smelly, probably because the Hartebeespoort dam it's so contaminated. Someone mentioned to me that the dam is pretty much sterile, and one of the worst examples of water contamination.
As in many other households, Sunday is wash-day. Water is extracted from the canal by throwing a bucket attached to a rope into the water and then pulling it up. At this point, the sides of the canal are quite steep and the water level low, and anyone falling in will probably drown on the spot or just drift down-stream until someone can throw in some kind of rescue rope.
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