Lance and I headed to the biannual Cederberg Oasis spitbraai, but unfortunately never reached it. We explored two little roads off Nuwekloof Pass. One was easy-going and pretty.

 

 

 

 

 

The invitation by Geoff Russell caught my eye : 

Swartland Beauty

Come and join your fellow Club Members and Guests for an Off Road Day ride through the Swartland.

With the recent rains the Swartland should in fact be called "Die Groenland" as most of the Farm Lands are covered in Green as the Wheat Takes Hold.

This serves as your invitation to join the BMW MRCCape on an ALL TAR Breakfast ride into the Swartland District. 

Be part of history if you join this ride for breakfast reservations made at the Gouda Hotel.  This will be the very first biker breakfast group received on a Sunday as the restaurant are normally closed on a Sunday.  Gouda Hotel hosts interesting events and worth it to contcact their Facebook page or just visit on a future date. 

Date: 10 April 2016

Meeting place: ENGEN Plattekloof parking area, Plattekloof centre

Ride Report : Off Road Day Ride 1st July

SO on a slightly sunny day we met at Plattekloof Engen garage for our first ladies off -road BEGINNERS ride . All of us on BMW's except Suzette on her KTM 990 beast. There were to be 10 lady riders of whom 4 had hardly any tar riding experience, let alone any off –road experience. In order to lure the ladies’ bikes out of their respective garages I decide to make this the shortest , easiest, most level , most straight, most good gravel road ride that I can find in all of the Western Cape short of staying in the car park. Wisely I rope in Annie and Geoff , and the week before the ride Geoff and Noeline kindly hosts Annie and I first at Geoff’s computer and then at his bar . Geoff gives us some interesting and safe routes which we proceed to cut and slash to make it even easier and shorter .