gerhad
Race Dog
Had two days and one night of riding and camping and decided to follow Wayneh's plan to do a Cederberg trip. Did not plan alot and would take it as it come. Depart at 7h10 from Brackenfell.
Reach the windmills generatot thingy's and got the first dirt road there
Took several roads which become tar at the end and ended up in Malmesbury with the R45. At the police station I turned right and took the gravel road that leaded me too Riebeeck Wes. The green 'wingerde' looked so good along the road and you could get that summer feeling.
Came across this little river with an old iron bridge. It was getting warmer and the water looked so refreshing, but I gave the swim a pass for the moment.
Just outside Porterville I got to Dasklippas which looked quite promising. Not having a riding plan I decided to go up the pass and to find a hang-glider or whatever you call it competition on top!!
By now it was getting seriously hot and I decided to head on along the mountains on gravel in search for the N7 to Citrusdal wher I have to get fuel and some supplies for the nights camping. But first I stopped at Kardoesie on top of Piekenierskloof pass for lunch and something to drink.
It was FARKING warm between Citrusdal and Clainwilliam!!! It was warmer with the visor open as when I closed it. I couldn't believe how warm the wind was and that it's actually much better when the visor is closed. Tok the turnoff to Algeria which were quite a bad gravel road. The roads from here wasn't the best I've seen. Came across another promisinf river which I passed, but the scenery was awesome. Also went throuhg a pass on this road.
Decided to camp at Driehoek, any place where you could take a swim would be heaven!! Paid R80.00 for the night and Bob \'s my uncle!
https://Dinner were then served.....
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While lying there, almost asleep, I heard a bike with a nice loud pipe pulling in. It was a Dakar from Gauteng, 2 up with two side paniers and a top box!! It was quite loaded! It was a guy and his wife from Joburg and they toured Namibie via Botswana heading for Kleinmond and then back home. Cobus is a very pleasant guy and we made good friends.
Played with the camera settings when it became dark and even tried to wright my girlfriend something in the darkness of the night, but it didn't work very good....
The next morning I made some breakfast and coffee and packed everything before getting to hot. Took the gravel road to Ceres throught the very beautifull landscapes.
The road were quite bad, but it got better later on. My next town would be Ceres and from there it was tar all the way back home. Ride through Bain's kloof which was a first for me, very beautiful!
Total km travelled were 589 km
Fuel used was 29l (20.7 km/l)
Avg. moving speed was 71 km/h
I enjoyed the trip very much just for the fact that you have time alone with yourself. And it is nice to see the fingerprints of our Creator around us!!
Wish you all a very merry Christmas!!
Reach the windmills generatot thingy's and got the first dirt road there
Took several roads which become tar at the end and ended up in Malmesbury with the R45. At the police station I turned right and took the gravel road that leaded me too Riebeeck Wes. The green 'wingerde' looked so good along the road and you could get that summer feeling.
Came across this little river with an old iron bridge. It was getting warmer and the water looked so refreshing, but I gave the swim a pass for the moment.
Just outside Porterville I got to Dasklippas which looked quite promising. Not having a riding plan I decided to go up the pass and to find a hang-glider or whatever you call it competition on top!!
By now it was getting seriously hot and I decided to head on along the mountains on gravel in search for the N7 to Citrusdal wher I have to get fuel and some supplies for the nights camping. But first I stopped at Kardoesie on top of Piekenierskloof pass for lunch and something to drink.
It was FARKING warm between Citrusdal and Clainwilliam!!! It was warmer with the visor open as when I closed it. I couldn't believe how warm the wind was and that it's actually much better when the visor is closed. Tok the turnoff to Algeria which were quite a bad gravel road. The roads from here wasn't the best I've seen. Came across another promisinf river which I passed, but the scenery was awesome. Also went throuhg a pass on this road.
Decided to camp at Driehoek, any place where you could take a swim would be heaven!! Paid R80.00 for the night and Bob \'s my uncle!
https://Dinner were then served.....
[URL=https://imageshack.us][IMG]https://img174.imageshack.us/img174/9426/dsc02888qy9.jpg
While lying there, almost asleep, I heard a bike with a nice loud pipe pulling in. It was a Dakar from Gauteng, 2 up with two side paniers and a top box!! It was quite loaded! It was a guy and his wife from Joburg and they toured Namibie via Botswana heading for Kleinmond and then back home. Cobus is a very pleasant guy and we made good friends.
Played with the camera settings when it became dark and even tried to wright my girlfriend something in the darkness of the night, but it didn't work very good....
The next morning I made some breakfast and coffee and packed everything before getting to hot. Took the gravel road to Ceres throught the very beautifull landscapes.
The road were quite bad, but it got better later on. My next town would be Ceres and from there it was tar all the way back home. Ride through Bain's kloof which was a first for me, very beautiful!
Total km travelled were 589 km
Fuel used was 29l (20.7 km/l)
Avg. moving speed was 71 km/h
I enjoyed the trip very much just for the fact that you have time alone with yourself. And it is nice to see the fingerprints of our Creator around us!!
Wish you all a very merry Christmas!!
