Riding the brown snake

[dust rat]

3 of us Free State dogs got bored of the flat, dry terrain and decided to go look for action so we decided to follow the Caledon from Maseru to Ficksburg. The dogs Losper,Twister & Dustrat. 

 

[dust rat]

We found what we were after alright

 

[dust rat]

I forgot Twister's 950 was behind me when I had to get out of the mud  > :

 

[Losper]

Ek en Twister het  06h30 uit Bloemfontein vertrek.  In Ladybrand het Dust Rat by ons aangesluit en vandaar is ons na die Maseru grenspos. Net langs die grenspos begin die polisie patrollie pad wat al langs die Caledon revier loop in die rigting van Ficksburg. Ons het op die "pad" gery vir 100km ( slegs 40km soos die kraai vlieg ) en dit het 4,5ure geneem. Die roete is verskriklik mooi en oor die algemeen baie maklik maar plek plek is dit redelik tegnies en ook baie tegnies op ander gedeeltes waar ons vreeslik baie modder gekry het.
Een  van die mees interesantste roetes wat ek nog gery het

 

[Losper]

nog kiekies

 

[Losper]

Nog kiekies

 

[Losper]

nog

 

[Losper]

Nog

 

[dust rat]

Nog

I think the driver of that loader was in big K$#@^K!!!

 

[letsgofishing]

Awesome! That looks like a lekker ride!!! :thumleft:

 

[Losper]

More photies to follow, stay tuned

 

[Sandban(g)k]

Ons het uitgemis, dit kwaai lekke :thumleft:

 

[The Badger]

Awesome ride there chaps.......thanks for sharing :thumleft:

 

[Thump]

Nog

I think the driver of that loader was in big K$#@^K!!!

I don't think they've found him, he's still rrrunnnning.

Nice to see the freestate so green, lekker ride.

 

[twister]

My contribution

Dust Rat

Not so long ago we drowned two bikes in our group. Water crossings are handled with a little more respect, for now anyways

Looking back at Losper as this was one of the many gates we had to open

The direction of travel was not always clear. Taking a break as we decided where to go. We rode with 2 plastic bikes for a while and would soon found out why they decided to make a left.

Decisions decisions Losper said right Dustrat left. Eventually I went left and they went right.,

Judging by the looks of the grass we should have guessed that we would run into mud. This section was tricky as you needed to build up momentum but there was no grip.

Struggling up the rocks proved to be the better option.

We came through here!!!!

This bed of mud made you wish you haven't tried in the first place, because by the time you realised you were stuck it was to late to turn back. The solution 3 men per bike (2x3??)

Scenery like this makes me realize why my relationship with tar went sour.

When Losper decided to do the trip the purpose was to go to the cherry festival. Wemet some friends that took the much faster wife friendly route and ended up spending an hour or so near the food and drinks stalls.

We bailed out via gravel and tar to get to Ficksburg to get some food. The start of the journey back would be from the opposite side. The scenery was even more beautiful. Maybe the reason for this was because there were no gates.

Losper has always got another angle to look at things.

Just before this picture was taken we had yet another water crossing to negotiate(see Lospers pictures). What he failed to mention is that the water had a nasty smell, probably because higher up there is a township.

Along the river there is plenty interesting detours and we utilized them thoroughly.

 

[Gee eS]

Lekke RR and nice Picks. :ricky:

 

[Poenjas]

Moerse lekker pics  :thumleft:

 

[XXL]

Very nice!

 

[dust rat]

Some more pics of the trip & cherry festival