Montagu, Touwsrivier, Warmwaterberg

With work being crazy the last month, I never got round to updating the website and post some pics. So heres some from last weeks ride. I will try to give some more info.
I was in Montagu on my DR650 when I got called out to Touwsriver. I had two options, take the Koo tar road or the gravel road through Ouberg Pass. Obviously I took the gravel road. You turn right just outside Montagu on the Barrydale side and head into the mountains.
1 - This sign is still in mph and I thought it quant.
2 - One day son, all this will be yours…
Then, while in Touwsriver, I got send out to Barrydale - after some swearing I realised it’s on my way home anyway. Quite a ride, but hey the roads are awesome. I had to go back the way I came, as the road forks to Ladismith and Montagu. I hoped I could get to Warmwaterberg and Barrydale via this road.
3 - Things went great after the turn off, but the road is long and straight. There were a lot of driffies, most without water and before to long I hardly noticed them. then I came over a hill and saw one with some water in it. Slipping and sliding to go slower I hit the water, slid on some silt and went down like a sack of sweet potatoes (sak patats). No harm done, just a bit wet, I pushed on.
4 - Then the road forked. No signs to say which way Barrydale is, but it had a sign for a driffie to the right and the general direction was right so I took that one.
5 - only to be confronted by this. Nothing even rings a bell (apart from Warmwaterberg which is where I was going) and it has got to be some of the silliest or greatest place names on one road sign that I have ever seen!
6- As I got to the Warmwaterberg entrance, I was confronted by this Lions, elephants?! WTF was that all about! I didn’t go in there but took the road to the right and after about 5km’s came upon an Eishkom guy sitting in his bakkie. We chatted for a while and he said he think I should turn around as he wasn’t certain the road I was on went all the way to Barrydale.
7- So I had to take my chances with maybe becoming lunch to a lion. Great. After I went in I saw a road sign for buffalo, then rhino, then giraffes. While pondering my relarive position on the food chain I came around a corner and saw something moving in the bushes right next to the road, against the fence. Next moment a great bloody 300kg koedoe bull charged across the road right in front of me. I got such a fright I could only skid to a halt 500m further and start fishing for my cellphone camera but by that time they were gone. So I took this photo instead!
8- Almost at Warmwaterberg. I was looking forward to a cold coke ans something to eat.
But the shop only opens at 5. So I pushed on to Ronnies and had a beer and a road kill burger!

Tags: CCK1019, DR650, Montagu, Touwsrivier, Warmwaterberg