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Hel dis mooi daar! Ek sal moet plan maak.
Mountain Passes for happiness
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Dis bitter mooi, somer maande is hy nog mooier met als wat groen is so vêr soos die oog sien.
Ek hoop van harte hy het by die uitkykpunt gestop.
Ek het maar bietjie verder af gaan stop
After Lundeans I see the Dangershoek turnoff and ride down the valley track which followes the river. Towering cliffs all over. Due to the time I ride till I get to a cement road with a little Church on the hill then head back
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Is dit op die Lundean's Nek pad daai Oom Vis?
Heading through a couple of villages the road runs next to the Lesotho border, on the other side a Qauntum lies in the valley below. There are no barriers and the drop off is quite steap
On this side of the pass the countryside seems drier and the temperatures a couple of degrees hotter. Lots of Aloe’s in the mountain side. Eastern Cape for sure. The view back from where I came
Never underestimate the time needed to ride passes, it is now almost 12 and I have only done 160km for the day. The section from here to Lady Grey is tar so can ride a bit faster. I pass through Sterkspruit, eish not a nice place to be. It’s a sea of people and the only robot in town is broken. Luckily I filter the traffic and get back into open road heading for Lady Grey.
By small town standards Lady Grey still looks good and has a pleasant vibe to it. I still have Jouberts to do and decide to add about 2L of fuel just in case. Getting a cooldrink I head to a quite spot and under a Eucalyptus tree next to the church I take a break
Notice the original Jouberts Pass memorial stone on the museum’s stoep still in Dutch, later on top of the pass I saw a more modern one erected in the early 2000’s
Small town life
On this side of the pass the countryside seems drier and the temperatures a couple of degrees hotter. Lots of Aloe’s in the mountain side. Eastern Cape for sure. The view back from where I came
Never underestimate the time needed to ride passes, it is now almost 12 and I have only done 160km for the day. The section from here to Lady Grey is tar so can ride a bit faster. I pass through Sterkspruit, eish not a nice place to be. It’s a sea of people and the only robot in town is broken. Luckily I filter the traffic and get back into open road heading for Lady Grey.
By small town standards Lady Grey still looks good and has a pleasant vibe to it. I still have Jouberts to do and decide to add about 2L of fuel just in case. Getting a cooldrink I head to a quite spot and under a Eucalyptus tree next to the church I take a break
Notice the original Jouberts Pass memorial stone on the museum’s stoep still in Dutch, later on top of the pass I saw a more modern one erected in the early 2000’s
Small town life
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I must say Jouberts Pass was my favourite to ride. It’s more rocky, narrower and with more twists and turns than Lundeans, just perfect for the 250. Not sure how vehicles will pass each other on it. That said the vehicles that I saw on the passes was surely less than 5 and not one on Jouberts
Love the smell of pine trees
Up and up we go
Way down below the little hamlet of Lady Grey, did I mention this was a great ride ?
Perfect description indeed !
Love the smell of pine trees
Up and up we go
Way down below the little hamlet of Lady Grey, did I mention this was a great ride ?
Perfect description indeed !
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Once over the summit the road decends into farmlands with small river crossings every couple of kilometers. The locals gave every little drif an interesting name:
Kar sump drif
Kar wegspoel drif
Die hop hop sloot
To name a few
And so eventually the loop was completed right on about 300km which took most of the day. Fantastic riding and no hiccups at all so happy indeed. Then it was time for a well deserved laid back episode of Bush TV. Thanks for reading
Kar sump drif
Kar wegspoel drif
Die hop hop sloot
To name a few
And so eventually the loop was completed right on about 300km which took most of the day. Fantastic riding and no hiccups at all so happy indeed. Then it was time for a well deserved laid back episode of Bush TV. Thanks for reading
Ek het nou daai valley plat gery maar kry nie vir Tweedespruit of het hy Xhosa naam?
Jammer Sterkspruit. Ek maak reg
Aliwal Noord het ook n ander naam, amper nie geweet of ek na die regte plek ry nie
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Ek geniet die saamry, Jouberts seems a bit washed out in places since we last rode it. 2up and loaded...
Dankie dit het baie gehelp, ek kyk nou vir n een bike trailer maar daar is baie scamsters not soos met containers lyk myNie eers een foto van daai lelike trailer nie
Weer was perfek vir bike ry. Geen stof, nie te warmGreat weer en scenery. Mooi deel van die land en bly jy geniet die bike
I find it hard to take photos in such a way that one sees an uphill as a proper uphill, normally my photos just make it look flat. But this one of yours captures the climb very nicely, what a cool photo.
Thanks. That uphill kickstart and pull away was funI find it hard to take photos in such a way that one sees an uphill as a proper uphill, normally my photos just make it look flat. But this one of yours captures the climb very nicely, what a cool photo.
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