Jislaaik I was glad it was an INTRO ride ... I was breathing heavily after we got up SMUTS on the right-hand path...
I wanna go back and ride that other route DOWN...!! It's the path going down to Holy Trail, but from the Cement Factory side... (not the one we sometimes do) On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Hardy <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
