Archive of BMW Motorrad Club Cape (2006 - 2019)

My first tour with the club (probably why I was volunteered as report writer!). The others were meeting for breakfast by the N2 and were due to pick me up in Hermanus at 08.45. They were 35mins late, without explanation, and it was only on the second evening when the straf-dops were being awarded that I discovered why; Tommie couldn’t find the N2! He joined us later in the day. Day 1 took us over the Tradouw Pass and through Meiringspoort to Prince Albert and the Swartberg Hotel. It was a beautiful first day, lekker sunshine and a welcoming swimming pool at the hotel.

Some think it folly, others madness, even dangerous and few are in agreement, to take long bike trips by oneself is the ultimate riding experience.

Is it not lonely, boring or intimidating are often the responses to hearing about such a trip?  Well it is actually wonderfully selfish.  You go, start and stop when or wherever you want.  Travel at a speed that suites yourself.  The Route can be changed on a whim and places explored without considering anybody else.