EC Hogs 2021

[Flowers]

Riders: Mwendo, Flowers, RobertTheGerman(RTG) and Hugh101. Serial cancellation dogs were cancelled and not invited.
Day 1
After Coronas killed Hogs 2020 we tried again in 2021. We met at  Shell N2 Strand. Tar to Suurbraak then dirt via Gysmanshoek pass onto vanwyksdorp. Here we encountered our 1st bike troubles as RTGs bikd started hooting flashing and cutting out. Hugh101s trusted 1150 started revving to almost red line in excitement. Fortunately a kind soul in a blue bakkie stopped and "vroeteled with Hugh and his engine" and the 1150 calmed down. Over Rooiberg pass & At Calitzdorp RTG inspected his trusted German 800 horse with yhe help of Hugh101 and Google a loose battery cable was fixed. We then continued on the Oudemuragie pad behind Oudtshoorn through de Rust(beer stop as wine was limited to 5man ksnne)to overnight at MeijersRust. A braai & early to bed. After 478km.

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[Flowers]

Day 2
De Rust Uniondale Baviaanskloof to Orange Elephant Addo.
Eventful day started in Uniondale with the sparkling personality Mwendo buying expensive sparkling water for his backpack. Baviaanskloof is adventure bike heaven. 2 twats on GSs riding abreast and a sexually frustrated tannie from Gauteng in a Ford bakkie trying her best to prevent us overtaking did little to dampen our enthusiasm. A quick burger at the place on the left after Baviaanskloof and on to Orange Elephant for a pleasant evening with the Castings of Turd fellow.

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[Flowers]

Day 3 from Addo to Mountain Shadows.
Fortunately our navigation experts were not so experts and we skipped the planned start through Addo. Mwendo made up taking us through some stunning back roads for windmill fans. Amazingly the mighty 701 dwarfed the windmills see pics). The small tank on 701 necessitated frequent fuel stops. EC is a mixture of hope and despair. Some tidy towns like Bedford and Lady Grey and domd real filthy shitholes like Queenstown or whatever its called now ( the Queen must be very pleased). The highlights of the day were Catberg pass ( not for beginners) and some wonderful backroads and tweespoors. Sadly due to work crisis commitments Mwendo had to leave us in Queenstown. With our lead navigation expert gone we were but 3 lost souls. By some miracle we made it to our home for 3 nights the lovely Mountain Shadows. Where we were greeted by full moon. There was also a party of adventure bike riders from KZN. Nice friendly bunch.

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[Knucklhead/knuckey]

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[Flowers]

Day 4
Scheduled rest day.
After 3 +450km days we had scheduled a rest day. So we did a quick ride to Rhodes, Naudes Neck back through Rhodes to Berkley East and home to Mountain Shadows for s 200km rest day.

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[Flowers]

Day 5
Bastervoet pass Tiffendale and Lundeans Nek all in  day.
Sounds impressive but not really.
After Hugh101 let his pig have zzz short rest we bailed out of Bastervoet just as it was getting really interesting. Turned around and headed to Lundeans nek. On the way without our navigator we saw a sign to Tiffendale. So off we went. Various warnings were ignored. Great riding up up up we go until in the middle of a mountain pass there are more tyres on the road than you will find at your local Tyre Wheel & Tyre. Back Down we go in search of Lundeans nek. We were not disappointed what a beautiful pass and ride there.
Adventure bike heaven.

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[Chrisl]

Great trip and photos so far!! :thumleft:

 

[Flowers]

Day 6
Escape the rain....well that was the plan. Mountain Shadows to Graaf Reneit. Via Hofmeyer etc.
We fled the heavy rain forecast for Rhodes and surrounding area.
RTG bikes battery cable snapped in a large pothole 12km outside Hofmeyer in a mini thunderstorm. With the hrlp of Hugh101 and me watching he made a connection and on we went. So great open roads with not a soul around. Adventure bike heaven. Sadly day 6 saw Hugh101 having some minor clutch problems but we all made it safe to Camdeboo cottages and Coldstream for a decent bottle of wine and pizza's. Another memorable day with RTG and Hugh101

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[Wolzac]

:ricky: :thumleft:
Beautiful Pic of the Church GR.

 

[Flowers]

Day 7
Graaf Reneit rest day.
The local bike shop fixed RTGs battery problems for a minor cash payment. So we took the opportunity to visit some museums. Starting with the car museum owned by the pet food factory owners. At last dog shit is being put to good use. Well worth  a visit. We tried to get cultured and visit the Dominees House museum. Interesting but we still not cultured.
Upload cap reached  :-(
More photos next month

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[Heimer]

Lekker.

 

[hugh101]

Some pics from the car museum in Graaf Reinet

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[hugh101]

Hitting the dirt just outside suurbraak

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[hugh101]

Gysmanshoek Pass

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[hugh101]

Hitting the road into the Baviaans

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[Knucklhead/knuckey]

Day 2
De Rust Uniondale Baviaanskloof to Orange Elephant Addo.
Eventful day started in Uniondale with the sparkling personality Mwendo buying expensive sparkling water for his backpack. Baviaanskloof is adventure bike heaven. 2 twats on GSs riding abreast and a sexually frustrated tannie from Gauteng in a Ford bakkie trying her best to prevent us overtaking did little to dampen our enthusiasm. A quick burger at the place on the left after Baviaanskloof and on to Orange Elephant for a pleasant evening with the Castings of Turd fellow.

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No pics of the elephant with the turd,  kak place  :biggrin: [member=15964]elandsrider[/member] ....

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[Flowers]

So a new month means I can post a few more pics. Really enjoyed Graaf Reneit then it was just 2 as @hugh101 tarred it to Barrydale with his dodgy clutch. Except for the 1000 locusts that tried to commit suicide on my helmet and me a great days riding via Steytlerville Willomore and more to just past Klaarstroom.

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[Flowers]

After a great night of on a beautiful working ostrich farm we moved on to our last night in Prince Albert with a quick day trip in and out of Gamkaskloof. Never experienced that road so quiet except for a few crazy cyclists.

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[Flowers]

Great meal and service at the hotel. Highly recommended. Then the road home over Swartberg pass Calitzdorp Rooiberg pass ladysmith Montague and home.

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[Noneking]

Great pics!