Dustdevil
Race Dog
I did not plan much for Saturday, sleep in late, hang about the house and take the kids for a bicycle ride etc, when next my brother in law suddenly walked around in his bike jacket. Now Leon is the quiet type and he would never want to impose by asking if one would want to join him. You basically just need to invite yourself along. I decided I was not going to sit around the house while he is out exploring roads I am dying to go check out myself. We studied the map and saw a dotted secondary road going north west and ending up on some major dirt roads closer to Noupoort. It was about 12 by the time we were on the bikes leaving the town(Middelburg EC) behind in a pile of dust. I was exited to be on the bike again but the excitement does not last as only about 5 km out of town we arrived at a locked gate. It is apparent that hardly anyone is using this road much.
We had a good look at the map again and I decided that this locked gate is braking the law so I was going to open the gate even if I have to cut the fence. It turned out that we could easily get the locked chain over the post with no real damage caused.
Now as far as locked gates is concerned, my folks stay about 70 km on the other side of Middelburg on a similar secondary road and we had from time to time major stock thefts and other problems with drunken elements moving right past our house. Now even though we were about the only people using this road and the council never did any maintenance on the road but because it would appear on some maps we were not allowed to lock the gates preventing passage to anyone.
I new I was perfectly in my right to open this gate as it is not on a private road. Oh boy and were we glad we did. The next 25 odd km turned out to be DS heaven and the old R80G/S of Leon was having such n good time on this stretch of road that have been neglected to rot to the point where it is still perfectly manageable but with a element of surprise around every corner.
Entering DS heaven
We had a good look at the map again and I decided that this locked gate is braking the law so I was going to open the gate even if I have to cut the fence. It turned out that we could easily get the locked chain over the post with no real damage caused.
Now as far as locked gates is concerned, my folks stay about 70 km on the other side of Middelburg on a similar secondary road and we had from time to time major stock thefts and other problems with drunken elements moving right past our house. Now even though we were about the only people using this road and the council never did any maintenance on the road but because it would appear on some maps we were not allowed to lock the gates preventing passage to anyone.
I new I was perfectly in my right to open this gate as it is not on a private road. Oh boy and were we glad we did. The next 25 odd km turned out to be DS heaven and the old R80G/S of Leon was having such n good time on this stretch of road that have been neglected to rot to the point where it is still perfectly manageable but with a element of surprise around every corner.
Entering DS heaven
goats in the streets, churches lined up in rows and eligible young men everywhere. One could be mistaken to think this place is the YMCA headquarters.
