Nice one oupa! On Jun 22, 2012 12:30 AM, "Gerrit van Niekerk" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Pre-amble: Carine, it did happen; here is the report :) > > June 21. That is the longest night of the year and at 19h00 it was quite > dark. And windy. That was perhaps the reason that only five riders were > somewhat undecided between the ride and a hot chocolate at Spur. In the end > the ride won with Hardy leading followed by newbie Tommy, Herman, Mark and > me sweeping to avoid being spotted when the inevitable happens. > > Reaching the top of Cruiser, we were quite warmed up despite the somewhat > icy wind. The first light incident happened soon after we started the track > down to Big Dipper. My home made light started bobbing all over the place > and on closer inspection it was revealed that the ring keeping the lamp > with the bulb in place had been lost. Going back to find it proved to be > fruitless and Mark donated a cable tie to keep the light more or less in > one piece. That proved to be a good solution that lasted for the entire > ride. > > Everything went fine doing Big Dipper, Wash-and-Go and Python. Then Hardy > decided to take a shortcut to Holy Trail and I missed most of the trail if > there was one at all, bumping over rocks and other obstacles. After doing > half of Holy Trail going up, it was decision time and Hardy presented the > options: Men, mouse or just chillers. Herman made the choice for us: Men. > So we went up Frikkin Woof. "Went" is the correct word; none of us rode it > all the way up. Then we were on the rocky part of the Track that Eric shall > name and there I did a very graceful sit-down when stopped by a rock. Note > that I was not spotted, but my light episodes earned me the right to do > this Light report. Episodes? We'll get to that... > > Tar road to Bat Tunnel followed by the road that might have been tarred at > some distant time and the climb up to the sub-station. Catching our breaths > near the top I discovered that my backup light was on my handlebar no more, > so we went back on our tracks and Hardy spotted it just after Bat Tunnel. > We went back back via Bat Tunnel for the third time, Blair witch, Shebeen > Queen and the lower half of the Mieliemuur. > > Thanks to the riders for yet another enjoyable ride end especially to > Hardy without whom it is just not the same. > > 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. > -- 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.
