Carnivore
Race Dog
Well, quite a bit has been written about the EC Bash already. For me, it was again a challenge, in my own personal nemnesis â?? Inventory Management, or what not to take!!
Seriously, my main concern was the bitter coldâ?¦ and possible rainâ?¦ so I had a tent, some groundsheets courtesy of Magnus Malan and some warm fleecys and tracksuit. Why then did my luggage resemble a summer camp for schoolgirls?
Huhâ?¦ maybe I am just a bad packer! And because I forgot (or neglected) to get decent batteries, my camera said Howzit after the following pictures.
Beagle Boy and I left KFC Kabega Park as planned (!) at 5:45 am on Friday morning. I wuz sniffing and hoesing already, and should probably have been contemplating a visit to the Dotore instead of embarking on this frigid fracas. But it was nice to share the ride with BB, and we took a lekker slow cruise up the Gamtoos Valley, using a dirt track near the Koekoepan Padstal.
Sunrise came with sadly very little pink and orange in the sky â?? it was absolutely cloudless. Here the sun is beginning to caress the Cockscomb Mountain Range
After a chilling ride into Patensie, we got some supplies from the TjopShop, and had a decently large mug of coffee at this little place â??also the Real Estate Agent and the Launderette!
We were the first to get there, after Watty of course, and as the dogs arrived, a sense of adventure and expectation built, in spite of my personal pulmonary and nasal misery. Wolveseunâ??s GS800 was a very early addition to the equestrian ranks (OK, motorized equestrian, thenâ?¦)
This was a dangerous place. An Iron Shark and a Red Tiger lived here, and those are serious fighting chairs.
At some stage, the raging battle for stuporforous supremacy was interrupted by a refreshments breakâ?¦
We asked this gent whether his name came from the sound of a body hitting the wrong end of the stunt ramp, or from some other strange endeavours in the nightâ?¦. But Kaboef wasnâ??t saying... :mwink:
Two rather pleasant gentlemen â?? Herms and Gorra.
Edgy thinking some dark thoughts about this XT660R..?
Had my camera been drinking? It was all a bit of a blur, really..
A right motley crew scoffing biscuits and coffee on Sarraday morrring! (shudder)
Warming upâ?¦ there was more than enough wood to burn. Sorry about the carbon footprint and all thatâ?¦
Some going this way, some going that way, some just going nowhere at all.
Watty, Mrs and Mr KT-Emmer, Trailrider and GoGirl. (KT-Emmer would like a pen pal to PM withâ?¦ :biggrin
Regretfully, my surveillance equipment failed me, and the rest of the Bash will be covered no doubt by others. Suffice to say, that I thoroughly enjoyed the banter and camaraderie of all our visitors and locals and look forward to the next gathering.
Seriously, my main concern was the bitter coldâ?¦ and possible rainâ?¦ so I had a tent, some groundsheets courtesy of Magnus Malan and some warm fleecys and tracksuit. Why then did my luggage resemble a summer camp for schoolgirls?
Huhâ?¦ maybe I am just a bad packer! And because I forgot (or neglected) to get decent batteries, my camera said Howzit after the following pictures.
Beagle Boy and I left KFC Kabega Park as planned (!) at 5:45 am on Friday morning. I wuz sniffing and hoesing already, and should probably have been contemplating a visit to the Dotore instead of embarking on this frigid fracas. But it was nice to share the ride with BB, and we took a lekker slow cruise up the Gamtoos Valley, using a dirt track near the Koekoepan Padstal.
Sunrise came with sadly very little pink and orange in the sky â?? it was absolutely cloudless. Here the sun is beginning to caress the Cockscomb Mountain Range
After a chilling ride into Patensie, we got some supplies from the TjopShop, and had a decently large mug of coffee at this little place â??also the Real Estate Agent and the Launderette!
We were the first to get there, after Watty of course, and as the dogs arrived, a sense of adventure and expectation built, in spite of my personal pulmonary and nasal misery. Wolveseunâ??s GS800 was a very early addition to the equestrian ranks (OK, motorized equestrian, thenâ?¦)
This was a dangerous place. An Iron Shark and a Red Tiger lived here, and those are serious fighting chairs.
At some stage, the raging battle for stuporforous supremacy was interrupted by a refreshments breakâ?¦
We asked this gent whether his name came from the sound of a body hitting the wrong end of the stunt ramp, or from some other strange endeavours in the nightâ?¦. But Kaboef wasnâ??t saying... :mwink:
Two rather pleasant gentlemen â?? Herms and Gorra.
Edgy thinking some dark thoughts about this XT660R..?
Had my camera been drinking? It was all a bit of a blur, really..
A right motley crew scoffing biscuits and coffee on Sarraday morrring! (shudder)
Warming upâ?¦ there was more than enough wood to burn. Sorry about the carbon footprint and all thatâ?¦
Some going this way, some going that way, some just going nowhere at all.
Watty, Mrs and Mr KT-Emmer, Trailrider and GoGirl. (KT-Emmer would like a pen pal to PM withâ?¦ :biggrin
Regretfully, my surveillance equipment failed me, and the rest of the Bash will be covered no doubt by others. Suffice to say, that I thoroughly enjoyed the banter and camaraderie of all our visitors and locals and look forward to the next gathering.
