Archive of BMW Motorrad Club Cape (2006 - 2019)

When I asked my dear wife what she wanted to do for her 40th birthday the answer was "get away from it all to a beautiful place". Believe it or not, but in the dry and dusty Northern Cape that need not be too far away - although some will say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I was considering a few venues, but none ticked all the boxes, especially as we would prefer to do it on the bikes. It should not be too far, we only had the Friday to Sunday. It must include dust roads- riding tar in our part of the world can be boring and we anyway prefer the less travelled roads- but the roads should not be too taxing as our last gravel travel on the bikes were over the New Year-break. Also I was still recovering from a broken ankle (not bike related) and did not know how the ankle would stand up to the rough stuff.

Four degrees Celcius Saturday morning in Ceres belies the sun's heat, but the expectations of the coming week and many gravel miles heats up our bodies. On the very bad road between Loeriesfontein and Pofadder mishaps forced two bikes to return home, luckily without serious injuries. Augrabies Falls an -Park deserve a six day visit all by itself. At Karoopoort the customary stop to adjust suspension and tyre pressure Ceres Karoopoort Wiele nagaan