The no-show snow show

[Kaboef]

So, as I said this afternoon, I went in search of some snow.
It is freezing cold here in the Cape.

The plan was a quick ride over Du Toit's kloof to Worcester to go look for snow.

At the Hugenot tunnel, as you take the offramp towards the pass. Note: No snow

Aint she purdy??

I did see a few local inhabitants foraging for food. One tried to hitch a ride on the bike, but I politely declined.

They proceeded to block the road so I could not get past, shouting stuff like: We demand a ride. But luckily they got bored quickly and I rode off.

The old tunnel. I it was roundabout here that I decided that I would never ever ride a bike without heated grips again. Damn, its nice. 8)

I went down the pass, and still finding no snow, decided to rather go find coffee at the hotel.

They had a fire going, and I warmed up inside. The tempation to drink a glass of OBS was great, but with the slippery roads and mist I decided to rather stick to coffee.

It started raining again, and I decided to again go over the pass, just to make sure it did not snow while I was drinking my coffee.

No snow this time as well. :?

The entrance to the (appr) 4km long Hugenot Tunnel. There are actually two tunnels running parralled to each other. Only one is open to traffic, the other one just sits there gathering moss. Would be great to go do some spelonking in there.

And the exit.

Then I rode in the direction of Drakenstein in search of some mud, and found it.
A wee watercrossing.

I looked at my watch and saw it was time to head home. So I took the boring N1 for the last strech.

Distance: About 150km
Duration: About 2hours.

And no snow.

 

[JourneyMan]

Ai! Lekker break away to get the mind of the work. 8)

 

[Lootch67]

Was worth a try though!

 

[Kaboef]

Yip. I was toying with the idea of a quick ride to Ceres over the Mitchells pass and Gydo pass to go check for snow there, but the darkness would have caught up with me.

I'll go on Wednesday afternoon. I might have a few hours to kill.

 

[Mark Hardy]

Keep up the search and when you find it, rooste it back into the clouds :twisted:
Happy hunting.

 

[GIDEON]

Oulik man soek verder

 

[bmad]

Kaboef, pity the hunt was not successful, at least you got to do it on a real bike! :wink:

and yes.....


... she is very purdy :thumbleft:

 

[Eisbein]

One tried to hitch a ride on the bike, but I politely declined.

Obviously because you didn't have any extra ATGATT with you ?




Nice day out !

 

[Kev]

Not all searches are successful. Very good attempt though! :thumbright:

 

[cono]

The tempation to drink a glass of OBS was great, but with the slippery roads and mist I decided to rather stick to coffee.

With pub named "PISCAT", it's no wonder you only drank coffee..
If the pub was called "DRONKGAT", what would you have had to drink ????