TOPPIES EN LAAAATIE HELL TOE

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Friday morning early i met two of my grandpa,s friends for a trip to Gamkaskloof better known as the Hell,  known as Vuilbaard and Dick the puller of wire

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We set off for the golden high way just outside Uitenhage which took us to Steyleville 159km of good gravel road where we we had breakfast at the Royal Hotel.

From Steyleville we travel led by tar as the clouds above has become very dark and extremely cold. On arrive at Willomore the first stop was PEP STORE for a jersey.

A great dirt road was then taken to Prince Albert

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On arrival in Prince Albert we quickly found our accommodation great house with four bedrooms (Sommeso)

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Friday evening a great supper was had at the SWARTBERG ARMS

Saturday morning we set off for the ride down to the Hell lyk my die toppies trek swaar maar hulle was bok vir die joll ek kan nie beskryf hoe mooi die area is nie maar his is photo.s

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As jy mooi kyk can jy die muur van rotse sien waar ons noeg moet uitkom

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Ons kom tor heel bo en begin die pad hell toe die eerste ding wat ons sien is oom Koos se klip daar en dan begin die gesprek oor die kip hoe die m ... kry hom by die huis

Mense ons ry toe verder but I tell you Discovery se most dangerous roads het F...l op die een baan pad Hell toe. 


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Na a lang ry kom ons toe by die Hell uit

Restaurant is oop op Saturday

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Motor fiets Zundapp 24cc

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Family garage

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Counted 23 of these fellow some climbing sheer rock face and some resting in the sun on the road

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After breakfast the fellow set off to Prince Albert for a great braai  one cannot explain how the road to the Hell zigzags up the mountain some places one has to make a three point turn


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Sondag oggend val ons toe in die pad huis to via Meirings Poort De Rust lanks die kus af

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There are so many great stories about The Hell,    The Hell gets its name from the Khoisan word Lion - Gamka
The first permanent European farmer to put his roots down there was Petrus Swanepoel this was in 1830, other families ,which became synonymous with the Hell were the Maries,Mostert,Cordier, Nels and Joubert clans


A popular story goes that a stock inspector Piet Botha was sent down to the kloof in 1940 to check stock numbers he had such a difficult time getting there he referred to his trip as pure hell 

[b]Selly we missed you on this trip 

Nou manne as jou vrou vir jou se vlieg jy Hell toe      its a weekend away with her blessing[/b]



GREAT FRIENDS GREAT RIDE            THE OLDER WE GET THE BETTER WE WHERE





 
Lekker,,, hier is ek by MY klip op ons onlangse trippie daar deur.

 

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Mooi RR :thumleft:
Moenie die outoppies verby kyk nie hulle kom ook daar  :lol8:
 
Lekker!!

We also stayed at Sommerso when we went to the area about 2 years ago.

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JMOL said:
Lekker!!

We also stayed at Sommerso when we went to the area about 2 years ago.

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My fiets was noggie daar nie!!!!

Kom ons gaan weer!!!!
 
great ride :thumleft:
good of you to take your seniors for a HELL of a trip :biggrin:(Ian told me his dad Dick,really enjoyed) :thumleft:
 
the Swarberg pass is truly a ride all adventure bikers must do the just include Oudmragie
 
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