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This is a story of a disastrous weekend for Lance and me. It included a crash and a forced overnight bike abandonment. Yet the whole experience, aside from the fear and the frustration, left me with the knowledge that we are surrounded by and incredible number of incredible people, whom are willing to help out beyond the point of what we’d consider reasonable.

Hi All,

As previously said, please forgive my spelling and tenses. I grew up in the Kalahari where we started crying and went into hiding when the Engelse came to visit us. Charles, please help us Afrikaanse ouens with an English spell and grammar check on this forum. I want to run away when I must write something on the forum.

Ag wat, let me try.

We had a nice all tar trip over the past weekend. 22-24/02/2013.

Na ‘n lang droogte was dit met groot opwinding dat ek weer die stofpaaie aangedurf het. Die JR groep het ‘n aanloklike driedag-toer beplan vir die laaste deel van die lang April vakansieweek – Anysberg, Calitzdorp, Swartbergpas, Prins Albert, Meiringspoort, De Rust, Dysselsdorp, Koutie, Uniondale, De Vlugt, (R339), Knysna, 7 passe na George... Ek wou graag my ouers op Jeffriesbaai besoek en hierdie buitengewoon lang week was die ideale geleentheid om dit te doen. Terselfdertyd ‘n goeie geleentheid om nuwe werelde te gaan verken. Ek het besluit om twee dae vroeer op my eie af te ry via ‘n deel van JR se roete. Paar dae later sou ek dan aansluit by die toergroep.

Thursday 1 May Discussions the previous evening when luggage was dropped off, already earmarked fellow riders and labeled some as the “slow” group and others as the “fast” group. Bright and early we set off to the Winelands Engen 1 Stop. The “slow” group would hit the road 30 minutes earlier than the “faster” 1150 group consisting of Ian Steyn 1150 GSA, Johan Burger 1150 GS, Arra van Zyl 1150 GS and HD 1200 GS. Ralph Teulings R80 GS (Mildred), Charles Melck on a Trans Alp and Brendan on a 1150 GS decided to meet the group in Touwsriver.Touwsriver The “slow” group departed at 07h00 at a steady 120km/h. We were faced with very cold conditions at Over Hex with the temperature not climbing above 8.5 degrees. Departing times worked out well as both groups met up in Touwsriver at the same time. After completing disclaimer forms and a short rider/pillion briefing by JR, Johan Mocke was asked to do a prayer for the safety of the group. Excitement and nervousness was evident as the guys deflated their tyres, ready to start the Knysna trip.Entrance to Anysberg Nature ReserveAnysberg coffee stop