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Day 2 would take us through 6 dirt passes.

Fullershoek pass, Blinkwater pass, Katberg (up and down), Michels pass, Wolfrivier pass, Dontsa pass

We started early with a quick tour of the historic parts of Fort Beaufort.

We have recently returned from an ambitious (and I'm happy to say, successful) 8 day filming trip to the Eastern Cape to capture 55 pre-determined passes on video. It turned into quite a trip, with lots of mud, deserted roads, cows, goats, pigs, dogs, warthogs and other ancillary hazards - like road signs, so old and rusted as to be illegible. In our news release today we take you into the details and offer some pics of the trip plus a short video of a hugely talented singer we discovered in a pub in Hogsback. That alone is worth the click-through!

Adriaan de Bruyn and I recently did a six day trip - around 3000km - in the Eastern Cape. We stayed over at Steytlerville, Hogsback, Rhodes, Haga Haga and Stormsriver Mouth. Here are a few pictures...

For more pics on this trip, visit my blog at:  www.biking2nowhere.com

'Four wheels may move the body...but two wheels move the soul.'

My biggest fear is that one day I will look back on my life and wish I had done more. Experienced more. Lived more.  That I will regret the things I did NOT do, rather than those attempted and failed.

 

'''Katberg – ‘n Kat met Kloue''' Ek het grootgeword in hierdie omgewing en baie stories gehoor van noue ontkomings in die Katbergpas – destyds die enigste padroete tussen Fort Beaufort en Queenstown. My pa het my vertel dat hulle op ‘n keer in digte mis oor die Katberg pas gery het. My Oupa het bestuur en my pa-hulle moes weerskante van die kar loop en teen die deur tik sodra die kar te naby die afgrond beweeg. Die bestuurder kon nie sien waar die pad se rand is nie! Sedertdien is die nuwe teerpadpas gebou en word die ou pas gladnie meer onderhou nie. Van daardie tyd af het die ou Katbergpas my gefassineer en wou ek self gaan kyk hoe dit daar lyk.