Archive of BMW Motorrad Club Cape (2006 - 2019)

A trophy to my GS

To my English speaking friends, with great respect to you, I write this in Afrikaans, (want dis mos my taal), and sure you will forgive me for this. This is a story about my personal experiences of the BMW GS Trophy 2019 at Dullstroom.

Dis ’n lang storie die, so lees hom wanneer jy rustig is en tyd het.

On Wednesday 08 March 2017 I started my journey to Dullstroom Limpopo to attend the Special Forces Mountain Bike Event.

What do you get when you combine 23 people, 16 bikes, 14 days and 5500km on a trip through our beautiful country?

My friend Robin has a way of dropping bombshells. The figurative ones. "I'm riding my bike to our holiday house near the Kruger, via Naude's Nek" he announced. "Hmm," I said. Then I googled 'Naude's Nek' and the 'hmmmm' became a bit tinged with green. The highest pass in South Africa, and gravel to boot - what could be nicer. "Well, come along!" came the invitation. "Hmmmmm!!!!" I said