SGB
Race Dog
A riding drought over the last few weeks left me a little desperate, so Bruce's call to check if I am keen for a little burn on Saturday afternoon was soooo welcome! Goldilox has been standing in the shop as an ornament for too long and we felt it our duty too let her run a little, it is not good for a machine to stand for ever! ;D
So Saturday afternoon we met at my place and agreed that a casual ride around our area is in order, we would stick to the gravel roads and just have a jollie. So off we went, past Polo Pony through Shongweni and down to the first waterfall through the tunnel. The road is quite bad I thought, loose railway ballast to keep us awake, but all nice and fast track with a rock and a rut here and there, all in a day's ride.
At the waterfall we found some plastic bikes and riders smoking with the passengers of a stationary train.
What a good looking girl with the afternoon sun on her golden body.....
We were off quickly, and rode along the railway on the service road towards Hammarsdale, again very relaxed. Too relaxed..... So we decided to take the track to the waterfall, just to ger the heart rate up a little. This one keeps you awake, guaranteed, and it gets the sweat glands going nicely too. Plastic bikes frequent this track, but you don't see too many DS bikes here. But it is a wonderful ride.
First water crossing
Then a rocky bit
Some more water
"Strategy Stop"
Some more water
And found some plastic riders.
The second waterfall, not as big, but still a waterfall.
Nice couple, male and female in their natural habitat
On the way out, there is a steep climb with lots of loose rocks, about ballast size, and two steps right at the top. Momentum!!! And I did not take pics whilst climbing, must have been concentrating too hard.
At the top
We followed some more single tracks towards our own quarry. Some proper KZN hillclimbs are part of this route, always a nice and sweaty ride.
Arriving at the quarry from the back end
View from the other side:
We palyed aroud at this spot for a while, some real nice climbs and tracks over the humps to work the suspension. Good fun!
Quarry playing
We back tracked to the road and then continued along the railway, past the Hammarsdale MX track to the third waterfall view. This track has all the make-up for an interesting ride - ruts, rocks, stray cattle, sandy spots and so on.
At Hammarsdale, we made a U-turn and went back along the same track, and arrived home. What a great area we live in, never more than 30km from home and did 80 km total, busy for a few hours and worked up a little bit of a sweat.
Life is good! 8)
So Saturday afternoon we met at my place and agreed that a casual ride around our area is in order, we would stick to the gravel roads and just have a jollie. So off we went, past Polo Pony through Shongweni and down to the first waterfall through the tunnel. The road is quite bad I thought, loose railway ballast to keep us awake, but all nice and fast track with a rock and a rut here and there, all in a day's ride.
At the waterfall we found some plastic bikes and riders smoking with the passengers of a stationary train.
What a good looking girl with the afternoon sun on her golden body.....
We were off quickly, and rode along the railway on the service road towards Hammarsdale, again very relaxed. Too relaxed..... So we decided to take the track to the waterfall, just to ger the heart rate up a little. This one keeps you awake, guaranteed, and it gets the sweat glands going nicely too. Plastic bikes frequent this track, but you don't see too many DS bikes here. But it is a wonderful ride.
First water crossing
Then a rocky bit
Some more water
"Strategy Stop"
Some more water
And found some plastic riders.
The second waterfall, not as big, but still a waterfall.
Nice couple, male and female in their natural habitat
On the way out, there is a steep climb with lots of loose rocks, about ballast size, and two steps right at the top. Momentum!!! And I did not take pics whilst climbing, must have been concentrating too hard.
At the top
We followed some more single tracks towards our own quarry. Some proper KZN hillclimbs are part of this route, always a nice and sweaty ride.
Arriving at the quarry from the back end
View from the other side:
We palyed aroud at this spot for a while, some real nice climbs and tracks over the humps to work the suspension. Good fun!
Quarry playing
We back tracked to the road and then continued along the railway, past the Hammarsdale MX track to the third waterfall view. This track has all the make-up for an interesting ride - ruts, rocks, stray cattle, sandy spots and so on.
At Hammarsdale, we made a U-turn and went back along the same track, and arrived home. What a great area we live in, never more than 30km from home and did 80 km total, busy for a few hours and worked up a little bit of a sweat.
Life is good! 8)
But at least she brought home the Zumo..... 
