Thanks Oupa Gerrit and Deekay... even a report AWESOME!!!!! Man we missed out!!!! But it sounds like it was a lot of FUN, Can't wait for next week!!!!
Yeah I spotted Routers Route dug up from the highway.. that dark fiber project or something... but no worries.. its only avoided until a new path has been walked in again yeeehaaaa!!! 2009/2/20 Gerrit van Niekerk <[email protected]> > > Hardy could not make the ride and neither Eric. After some > trying-to-ignore and passing-the-buck, I agreed to lead and Deekay to > sweep. I pleaded with Hardy to keep this a secret and send out one of > his normal enthusiastic invites; this deeply offended Deekay as he > correctly perceived that I was scared of him sending out another > foul-weather-stay-away message. Don't worry QT; just kidding :) > > All that did not help as only two other joined in, but then quality > made up for quantity as they were none other than Power Girl of Mt. > Vinson, Antarctica fame and Nico the Faithful. So we set out into the > dusk only to be stopped by bunting tape across the trail. Watching out > for the newly dug trench, we were stopped by some solid hurdles across > the trail. After two more such hurdles we deduced that they were > erected to keep quad bikes and scramblers from keeping the > neighbouring residents out of sleep. > > After two quick loops in Exstacy Park we did encounter a newly dug > trench. The only way to get to Roller Coaster was to port our bikes > across a narrow brick wall built inside the dug-out. Down Roller > Coaster and Rail Road no actual or even potential mugger was > encountered. > > A deep dried-out vehicle track on the road next to the railway line on > the way to Smuts House claimed the first victim for the night when the > wheel of the leading bike did not align too well with the rut, but no > real harm was done. Later on our faithful friend also had a bit of a > misunderstanding with a rocky track; also without serious > consequences. > > The fun started up Smuts koppie when the leader lost the track and > bundi-bashed for a while before picking up the trail, but the real fun > started when he got lost going down the other side and landed in a > rocky, steep downhill trail. Everybody agreed that it would be wiser > to rather walk than trying to ride this one. At the bottom the trail > became rideable, but barely so - we had some serious skills training > before ending up somewhere past the cement factory. > > The trip to St Georges proceeded smoothly and since we were warned > about Router's Route being dug up and thought the gravel road to be > too boring, we headed back in the direction of Smuts House and went > down Heartbreak Hill; what a nice change from going up Heartbreak > Hill! > > As I did not quite know the way to the tunnel going under the R21, > Deekay agreed to lead with me sweeping. It turned out he did not know > either. The trail we eventually took was probably last used by a > certain Pretorius driving an ox-wagon some one and a half centuries > ago. We bundu-bashed through head-high grass until we miraculously > exited at the on-ramp to the R21 from Nellmapius Drive. > > All agreed that we certainly introduced some enjoyable features to the > ride and parted with big smiles, pitying all the riders missing out on > this adventure. > > Oupa Gert > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DarkAndDirty" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DarkAndDirty?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
