Somerset East loop

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Well my shares were extremely low with the wife and I needed to boost them quickly (long weekend soon) so I decided to take her to a cozy retreat. Glen Avon is a farm steeped in history and a wonderful place to just relax, it has trout dams and glorious mountain riding tracks behind it, my personal favorite is a 116km loop which takes you from mountain climbing tracks to fast twisty tracks with all terrain, sand, water (when the rains eventually come), rocky paths ect .
My wife has not been on gravel with Crayola, my new GSA, and was looking forward to the ride.
Well we arrive Friday evening and into the original 1800’s house we move, as my wife was admiring the cozy little spot she finds the first of many eight legged creatures whom she is extremely scared of .It was my duty to relocate the poor creatures to safety before my boots were used to squish them.
Here are a few photos.

 

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In the 1800s the voortrekkers used to take their maize to the mill on Glen Avon farm and camp while it was ground into maize.
Some of the wood holding up the aqueduct is over a hundred years old. Great craftsmen those days.

 

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While the wheel was turning with the water it also turned a shaft that in turn spun a smaller wheel which had a saw on one end for slicing timber.

 

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1+2= two of the dams taking strain in the drought.
3=Glen Avon farm from the top of the berg.
4+5=beginning our loop and our picnic spot on top of the dry berg

 

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1+2+3=going through a little pass
4=water at last
5=Elandsdrift dam

 

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Well this was a surprise they are doing some serious upgrades to this silted up mud puddle called Elandsdrift dam.

 

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1+2=dam upgrades, new sluice gates.
3+4+5= our next stop was Witmos Ox wagon camp

 

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1+2=hell of big traps those days
3= lager
4=on the way out of the loop.
5=rewards

 

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Some more photos of our little house with it eight legged pets.
Photo 2 is for Glenink……….Kkssst

 

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1+2+3=graveyard and crypt on the farm.
Robert Hart the first owner was born on 1st January 1777 and I was born 1st January 1963……….
4= bridge crossing
5=Middleton rally but others will tell that story.

The end

 

[Jughead]

:thumleft: Thanks for sharing.

 

[nemodakar]

Thanks Drazil.

Don't you think the laager would be a nice spot for a bash?

 

[JERINOMO]

Nice trip Drazil.

I want to get my wife more involved in rides. I took her for a breakfast in J-Bay, We also had an outing to Blue Horizon Bay and hugged the coast back to PE one Saturday afternoon.

She enjoys it a lot, but she haven't been on gravel yet so I must make a plan sometime.

Cheers.

 

[dawie louw]

Verlang ek na nou na my hometown. Was julle ook by Glen Avon waterval? Ossewa kamp sal lekker bash venue maak, glo nie Anton sal mind nie. EC bly maar net die beste.

 

[Tweetie]

Nice one again Drazil.

 

[wolweseun]

Nice

Behind the Mountain at Somerset East is an amazing area I really like it there thanks for sharing

 

[TerrorSA]

Nice RR  :thumleft:

 

[BMWPE]

would like to go there send me the co- ords

 

[DRAZIL]

would like to go there send me the co- ords

Here is the loop,let me know when you going that way.

 

[Dora 9]

Very cool trip, great pics, lovely bike too.