The Badger
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My wife Fran and I were returning to Durban from doing some work in PE and after leaving Orange Elephant Back Packers in Addo and saying cheers to John ( Casting From Turd) we headed to Hogsback.
Now we had heard that this is a special place but we did not expect to fall in love.
We arrived on the tar road coming in from the East from a town called Alice and you wind up a stunning pass through ancient forests. It has one main road dotted with a hotel and a couple of restaurants, a petrol garage and a little supermarket with a post office inside.
We stayed at Away with the Fairies backpackers and they have a bath on the edge of a lovely cliff( see pic)
The food was good and met 4 other bikers.......one was ThumpXR650 from PE on his way down from the Kalahari.
We explored a couple of waterfalls and spent some time in these old ancient forests in the area but we need to go back with more time as there a few 4x4 routes I need to explore.
I can see why JR Tolkien was inspired to write the Hobbit after spending time here.
When we left we headed out west and came to a fork in the road and the left fork said 4x4 only........... what a track ......See picks.
All in all, Hogsback cast it's magic spell on Fran and I and we cant wait to go back there.
Now we had heard that this is a special place but we did not expect to fall in love.
We arrived on the tar road coming in from the East from a town called Alice and you wind up a stunning pass through ancient forests. It has one main road dotted with a hotel and a couple of restaurants, a petrol garage and a little supermarket with a post office inside.
We stayed at Away with the Fairies backpackers and they have a bath on the edge of a lovely cliff( see pic)
The food was good and met 4 other bikers.......one was ThumpXR650 from PE on his way down from the Kalahari.
We explored a couple of waterfalls and spent some time in these old ancient forests in the area but we need to go back with more time as there a few 4x4 routes I need to explore.
I can see why JR Tolkien was inspired to write the Hobbit after spending time here.
When we left we headed out west and came to a fork in the road and the left fork said 4x4 only........... what a track ......See picks.
All in all, Hogsback cast it's magic spell on Fran and I and we cant wait to go back there.
