Archive of BMW Motorrad Club Cape (2006 - 2019)

First of all, all credit for all the photographs must go to Wayne Haylett. The man is a genius with a camera. These pictures are a few of  the 300 odd he took over the weekend. Many thanks Wayne, and for giving me the "rights" to use them here.

Right, now to the story.

The group (minus 2) at the rondezvous.: Still under the impression that we were in for fairly decent weather the whole weekend.

Our route took us on a quick trip down the N1, through the Slanghoek Valley and into Ceres. Then out over Theronsberg Pass and into the Karoo, turning off first the R355 and then the R356 onto the Matjiesfontein Road.

Deflating tyres before the dirt and the karoo.

First shot of my favorite place: The Ceres Karoo

The first "catch up"stop in the karoo.

The scene of Sian's oops (I think)

After her crash, very brave girl

 Sian then rode on for quite a distance, all the way to Matjiesfontein in fact, but when we stopped she couldn't get off her bike and we then discovered her knee was quite badly damaged. Thanks Jackie for your help. So bike on trailer and Sian was taken to Worcester Medi Clinic and unfortunately Sian and Trevor would not return.

Why we take the back up. Instant transport for both patient and bike.

The group carried on towards the dam.: Spectacular roads

And more stunning roads and scenary

We lunched in Laingsburg and some us bought some extra meat and beverage as we were not sure what time the back up vehicle would get to us that evening. As it turns out, it was a good move.

Finally the drop down the Bosluiskloof Pass into the Gamka Valley

Gerald negotiating the pass

Natalie, hardly ever stands.: Must be all that dirt bike riding.

Tony doesn't have a dirt bike: So not sure what his story is.

And finally it was time to relax

We were worried when the backup had not arrived later: Fox told us we would get signal on a nearby mountain, which we did.

We luckily got hold of Wendy and Pam as they were on the way to Beaufort West. When they hadn't arrived a few hours later, Mike and I went for a ride in the dark back up the pass and eventually met the girls at the entrance to the valley, after almost getting taken out by a flying kudu (no photo, sorry).

When the backup finally arrived, we got down to some cooking and chatting.

A good evening was had by all, some more than others. There was quite a wind blowing but it didn't seem to dampen spirits.

Wayne's bike at the dam wall. : Looking back towards where the cottages are.

The fantastic Moon rise.

4am, some folks are up early.: But we're thankfull they were.

I thought I heard some howling

Day two :

Veiw of the cottages from the mountain

Your ride Captain's will do anything to keep the costs down

No Mr Russell, I have not been converted, sorry.

The clubs latest acquisition, very smart

The Gamkapoort Dam wall

I dont know, you'll have to ask them

Our happy group being a bit dilly

Warm up ala Rusty

So far the weather looks good

Seweweekspoort

After Ladysmith Wayne's photo's sort of stop, I think he, like everyone else was praying to stay upright as the rain suddenly came down in buckets.

The scene of Hein's oops.

The roads became treachorous and sometimes bloody dangerous as we made our way towards the promised tar 120km away. Hein had a fall and elected to put his bike on the trailer and the rest of us just plodded on.

When we finally reached the tar it had stopped raining and was clearing up. But when we phoned Trevor in Cape Town he told us it was hailing. Thankfully we seemed to ride around the rest of the rain and arrived home in fairly nice conditions.

Once again, I just want to thank everyone on this trip for making it memorable, both for the company and the spirit. I remember looking at Gerald one time where we stopped to check for headlights coming in the pouring rain, when we saw them he just gave me a nod, which said "let's get on with it". That summed up our situation, nothing we could do but get on with it. And we did. 

Let's do it again some time, how's everyone's diary for 2025 looking .

Thank you