OPKOMS THE KLOOF

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COLES

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On a cloudy Sunday morning Budha my grandson and i set of to the kloof long the R62. Approx 123 km from P E we turned right onto the road Opkoms

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What followed was the best 57.9km of dirt i have ridden in a long time

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I recall the VW Rally in 84 when these roads where last driven in anger by the great Supervan in his all conquering Audi Quattro

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Buhda and my grandson

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During the 57 km one crosses the same river no fewer than four times

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       Grandson and Buhda having Kodak moment        time to observe the beauty

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As we wound our way up and down the mountain side we came across this fellow in the road

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The fellow was in no hurry and stood and looked at us for sometime before he walked away the more one whistled at him the more he would stop and look at us    grandson tells us he thinks it was a chick


Jy loer nog

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Buhda tells me that he built these roads way back also convinced us that this Jeffrey Galion Grader dated 1957 built in Joeburg was left there by the English

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      After a real great ride Buhda set out to burn the lunch  the story on the lunch will follow

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