The Bushpig Thumper Bash - Bankfontein farm - 12-14 April 2024 - Two Nights off line! & RR

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Ri said:
Friday morning was frosty and cold and my fingers froze during packing up and scraping a half inch of ice off the bike's seat. Tony motioned for me to lead, and off we went following the suggested route which turned out to be a nice gravel road. I soon had to stop and warm my fingers on the bike's header pipe as they were frostbitten and painful, despite leather gloves and woolen inner gloves.

All too soon we came to the tar road connecting Graaff-Reinet and Middelburg and realised we'd taken the direct route out of Nieu-Bethesda. On my map I found a shortcut leading to what I presumed was the Kompasberg road, and we turned onto a slightly rough but passable gravel road, to be halted by a mudbath. We looked at it from all angles and discussed strategies. Finally I psyched myself up and ploughed through the very edge, almost coming to grief on the far side. Then we walked Tony's bike through and carried on victoriously.
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The road was scenic and wide but slowly became more washed out and rocky. Tony hasn't had breakfast and this affected his blood sugar and energy levels, and knowing we weren't going to see a Wimpy soon, I decided a snack stop was called for. As I turned off the engine and turned to wait for Tony, a majestic kudu bull with massive horns gracefully moved away and we watched it go, spellbound.
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If you zoom in on the last photo, you can see its horns slightly above and to the right of the black pole that is almost in the centre of the photo.

I hauled out dried fruit and nuts. Tony chipped in some biltong and we had a veld feast.
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.. wow ... thats the road through "Bergplaas Nature Reserve" ... nice to see it rained there, did vegetation survey's there mid Feb to mid March and the sun was scorching ... those railway track bridges is unreal ... wonder who build them, I "visited" them all ....
 
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Ri said:
Friday morning was frosty and cold and my fingers froze during packing up and scraping a half inch of ice off the bike's seat. Tony motioned for me to lead, and off we went following the suggested route which turned out to be a nice gravel road. I soon had to stop and warm my fingers on the bike's header pipe as they were frostbitten and painful, despite leather gloves and woolen inner gloves.

All too soon we came to the tar road connecting Graaff-Reinet and Middelburg and realised we'd taken the direct route out of Nieu-Bethesda. On my map I found a shortcut leading to what I presumed was the Kompasberg road, and we turned onto a slightly rough but passable gravel road, to be halted by a mudbath. We looked at it from all angles and discussed strategies. Finally I psyched myself up and ploughed through the very edge, almost coming to grief on the far side. Then we walked Tony's bike through and carried on victoriously.
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The road was scenic and wide but slowly became more washed out and rocky. Tony hasn't had breakfast and this affected his blood sugar and energy levels, and knowing we weren't going to see a Wimpy soon, I decided a snack stop was called for. As I turned off the engine and turned to wait for Tony, a majestic kudu bull with massive horns gracefully moved away and we watched it go, spellbound.
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If you zoom in on the last photo, you can see its horns slightly above and to the right of the black pole that is almost in the centre of the photo.

I hauled out dried fruit and nuts. Tony chipped in some biltong and we had a veld feast.
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Karoo is green
 
Pics from @Tony the Boney
The entrepid @petri oosthuizen and Robocop on the S132 on our way to Lukhoff and Orania.
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TheBear said:
Staaaadig nou. Kersfees is nog vêr! Jy lyk piekfyn. Hulle het 'n swak kwaliteit kamera gebruik.
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Norrefok.
Die bike is dan in proportion.
Rob ook.
Tot die fokken PADBORDJIE lyk klein as jy daai pens sien!
Daas ook fokkol fout met Betta se rear shock, haar BAAS is n Dikgat
 
heinzz said:
Kak man, daai bike se tank is grooter as jou tank. Lyk vir my soepel en fiks. Wie wil nou 16jaar oud lyk😜
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Gaan NOU my tekkies soek.
Rook net nog so enetjie.
Nee moer.
Seriously.
Hoe meer ek na daai pic kyk hoe dikker word ek.
Tot my XL helmet lyk klein.
Soos n tietkop.
My size 11 pote lyk ook soos daai Chinese wat hulle voete so opbind.
Alles ALLES lyk klein, daai moerse pens verswelg alles.
Skuus ek freak so uit.
Maar fokkit😵‍💫
Thanks again @RobCrouch
....gewonner hoekom kyk daai goose by Orania nie terug nie.
Fok syt my jammer gekry.
 
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