Archive of BMW Motorrad Club Cape (2006 - 2019)

It was a rainy miserable day on the public holiday of the 1st May 2009 at 6am to meet a CRAZY bunch of high adventure seekers at the Engen one stop on the N7. Giz and I had bike problems which delayed us in joining the group but later that arvie joined up in Vanrhynsdorp after they had finished lunch. Only once we fell in, did we start relaxing and enjoying the outing. Geoff informs me there were 19 bikes, three pillions and with Abie and his son John totaled 25 people at Jurg se Kaia. This is the picture of the wild, wild west ......................coast tour of May 2009: Its always always about the people

After much pre trip planning we had all the fine details for a sucessful trip and everything seemed to go according to plan. We plotted the route after speaking to the guys Wayne Haylett, Cobus Botha, Hendro Scholts (5 Capped springbok), Niel Duplessis (Coach for the Cheetas.) and myself Russ Rathbone ROUTE: Day1: Packing and loading Bikes · Bloemfontein After a long trip by car we arrived in Bloem exhausted

OUTREACH WILD COAST 2008 Led into the Dwesa Nature Reserve by Geoff Russell and his merry men and women to do a deed that I think was quite special and needs to be mentioned as one story with in another. This good will deed made Giz,I and I'm certain all the others in our group to experience that nice fuzzy feeling inside your tummy when you do something good for your fellow mankind. At the initial briefing at Geoff's home he informed us that the last time he was in the Dwesa Nature Reserve he was guided through the nature reserve by a delightful young local man who was dressed in civilian clothes.It was then and there that Geoff decided to do the following.