Cederberg Outride

Packed and ready for another weekend adventure
Planning to go through Cederberg, Eselbank, Wupperthal destination, Biedouw valley

Joined by another biker for the trip

Rather boring trip till we hit the gravel, but a crisp morning with some fog patches greets us on the way

Time for breakfast

That is what we came for, crossing from tar to dirt, deflating the tyres

First destination, Cederberg Oasis

After a quick lunch and a cold one, it's off again onto our destination

Crossing the river at Eselbank

Ice cold mountain pool at Eselbank waterfall

4x4 Recommended, well the KLR performed like a 4x4

Wupperthal Moravian Church

No fuel, too late, restricted times, but no problem, plenty of fuel left

Leaving Wupperthal, destination, Biedouw valley

Campsite

Time to set up camp, and have a good night's rest

Sunset after a nice day's ride

Rise and shine, crisp morning with early fog over the mountains

Leaving the Biedouw valley

Englishman's grave, onto Pakhuis pass

What the last fire through the region left, beautiful in it's own way

Clanwilliam Jail, 1808

"Road food", a quick lunch and on the road again

Middelberg pass

Almost home, another great trip with great friends

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Rainy geocaching trip

Easter weekend and raining in Hermanus
Maybe I'm a fair weather biker?, but it's my choice
Sunday morning the weather looked like it's going to break
Found a new geocache in the area and off I went

Got it

It is still raining very lightly, and I'm very relaxed, taking it nice and slow, going back home, enjoying nature

It's officially autumn, and even the leaves seems to know it, all the changing colours

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KLR 650

It has been a week without a motorbike
It is time
Got a new Kawasaki KLR 650, one of the best "budget" dual purpose motorbikes available

Took delivery of it, and took the Clarence Drive route home
One of the best scenery routes around the coastline of False Bay

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Early morning of the next day, it is time to take out the bike and use it for the purpose it was bought

Going onto gravel for the first time, first for the bike that is

Travelling through the dirt roads leading to Elim,  a village on the Agulhas Plain, in the Western Cape
Established in 1824 by German missionaries as a Moravian mission station
Today, Elim's thatchers are renowned for their craftsmanship

No more fuel

Back on the gravel track, for some more exploring - crossing a cattle guard, this guard can't stop the KLR

Sandy's Glen

A bus of yesteryear, no passengers on this trip

Taking in the scenery with Hermanus in the distance

The bike, the trip, the area, - as I say, "Live, or Die"

If you don't live your live, you surely will die

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