Who would have thought George Area is so nice to ride.....

[mother]

I met Ken not so long ago on a Harley trip we were doing ....

In typical bike style one gets chatting and i discovered Ken got into dual purpose riding around two years ago......

Well this wouldn't be unusual if it wasn't for the fact that Ken is 81 years young......

This really pricked my interest as this is an admirable quality in a person that i can only look up to......
I really take my hat off to these die hard bikers because i would love to still be riding when I'm their age........my own dad only retired from biking at 84

this keeps me positive as i think there is hope for me  :biggrin:


Anyway let me not digress .......

Ken lives alone in George in a Retirement village and he invited me to come stay over and ride the roads around the George area

It wasnt long and we had made plans to get together.....

Ken is an ex pilot so navigation and trip planning is his thing....I was ok to just fall in with whatever he had planned for the day....

I did ask him to incorporate the old Montagu pass which ive always wanted to do , but never got around to riding .....(bucket list item)

Ken invited his neighbour Chris to join us on the ride

the joys of being retired is we could do a midweek ride .....

I drove up to George on Tuesday and we did this ride on Wednesday and then it was back to Cape town on Thursday

I have started making Gopro videos of my trip to visually tell the story so this one will be no different

It is a 3 part visual of the beautiful ride Ken and Chris took me on in and around George

It was an eye opener to realize what a beautiful and scenic place these guys get to ride in on a regular basis

On top of that hats off to Ken who continues to pursue his love of motorcycling and for an amazing ride

When I grow up I want to be like Ken

Map is the route we took

 

[Chrisl]

Sub!! :thumleft:

 

[mother]

As with any ride there is always time for a break here we had a coffee stop

Ken and I

 

[Beebop]

Yes, I've done that too, sadly only on 4 wheels, but that will change.

 

[MegaPix]

I am riding with

 

[mother]

Part one of the ride was this video up Montagu Pass


https://youtu.be/exPZg20nKLA

 

[mother]

Ken rides a 1250 GS Chris his neighbour rides a 800GS and i ride my 1250 GSA can you believe already 40000km on the clock now

 

[mother]

Part two of the ride video was from the Top of Montagu pass to Vanwyksdorp....

https://youtu.be/PW_FHtOQGZY

 

[mother]

I like to collect picture of churches when im in a particular area i have over 200 from years of collecting and all around the country had to get this one

Volmoed NG Church

 

[TVB]

:sip:

 

[mother]

three musketeers .. 

three blind mice... :biggrin:

or three stooges..... :laughing4:

u choose 

 

[caconcepts]

Very very nice...

 

[firecoast]

You going to do a New Year's planning thread this year???


Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!

 

[mother]

Lunch in Vanwyksdorp

 

[mother]

You going to do a New Year's planning thread this year???


Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!

:ricky:

:deal:

 

[mother]

Part Three of our ride and the final video


https://youtu.be/9UhFktwMixk

 

[mother]

An interesting thing happened at the bottom of Mullers Pass on the low water bridge crossing the Gourits River

on one of the poles there was a blue left hand GS Glove some one must have lost it and another person found it stuck it on the pole for riders to see

I have the glove in my possession ......my wife washed it and i put it out on the social media off road pages .....and am waiting for the owner to contact me

if you know the person let him PM me and i can arrange its return

Would love to know how the $%& one loses your glove on a ride anyway  :biggrin:

 

[mother]

and finally i got to take a pic of the church in Herbertsdale for my collection

 

[Andrew_Smith]

Beautiful route!

Hope that I can also be as blessed as Ken to enjoy motorcycling on 81.

:thumleft:

 

[mother]

Lastly a few random pics