I'm jealous....
2009/8/21 Gerrit van Niekerk <[email protected]> > Hardy couldn't lead. So he asked on the list for a volunteer. Mistake > number one. He mentioned a howling cold wind. Mistake number two. Many > excuses. Then Oupa Gert offered to lead - on the list again. Mistake number > three. I could sense the grumble: "Oupa Gert? We don't want to be out in the > cold the whole freakin night! Probably get lost as well..." > > So I pitched up on the stroke of seven; okay, maybe three minutes later. > And there were Power Girl and Mummy and ...nobody else. Three riders for a > Rock 'n Roll ride? That's not good. Power Girl has an uncomfortable feeling > about it. Sign number one. After much discussion about the safest routes and > taking into account the beautiful evening, starry skies, a bit chilly, but > not the slightest whisper of a wind, we decided to give it a go. Mummy > needed to do a quick pump for his recently Stanned tyre, but it went all > flat with Stans leaking at the rim. A bomb did not help. Sign number two - > the ride was not meant to take place. Power Girl had an adapter ready and > Mummy dashed off to the closest filling station in his car. To keep warm the > two of us rode a few circles in the parking lot when the end of my handle > bar fell off. Sign number three? Near loss number one. > > Finally the trio left the parking lot at 7h50. Up Cruiser. Fortunately the > burnt-down grass did not give any hiding place to ill-meaning citizens of > the veld. At the top my rear light fell off. Fortunately Power Girl saw the > glow in the grass and recovered it. Near loss number two. Straight down to > Nellmapius at the Plant Park; safer that way. > > Cornwall Hill RUSH should also be safe, so that is where we went. At this > stage Power Girl decided the pace was much too pedestrian and took the lead > under the pretext that she could not keep up. Well, yes; for the rest of the > night Mummy and I are out of breath trying to keep up with the relentless > Treil Mistress. No stopping to catch breath either; no sirree - right on at > all the normal stops! > > Up Roetter's Route and back towards the shebeen to do the steep climb > followed by the rocky road where Mummy shook off his tail-light. Fortunately > I'm at the back and saw it fall. Near loss number three. Eventually Power > Girl sensed she was alone and had to turn back to us. Up to the light that > takes forever to reach, down Mineshaft, Blairwitch forrest, down Roetter's, > up heartbreak, down to Smuts House, Python out and back at a breakneck speed > with PG still in the lead. > > The Tour-de-tar was done at a more reasonable pace and required a > photo-finish to determine the winner. Unfortunately the equipment did not > work, but I'm quite certain that PG also took that one by a split second. > For safety's sake we took Nellmapius, but then retraced our outwards route > backwards to reach the Moo-mall on the strike of ten. > > Total distance: about thirty three kms. Wipe-outs: none. Thrills: many more > than three. To all the people not turning up: You lost out guys and gals! > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
