Niekerkshek, Suurbraak

1- DR650 in front of abandoned railway house. Lots of these around and a sad sight.
2 - Inside is in a sad state. Wonder whom these properties belong too.
3 - Back over Tradouws Pass
4 - Getting creative
5 - Suurbraak, need to see whats on the other side of the river.

While in Suurbraak, I ventured into the mountains.
Firstly I followed a trial that headed towards a ravine (pic 1) and came upon this small keerwal (pic 2). After contemplating a quick dip I decided against it as the water looked deep, icy cold and it really wasn’t that hot!
I turned around and tried another trial, and was soon crossing deep gully’s and mud patches. The jeep trail petered out and became a goat track.
You can go up into the Langeberg mountains quite a way but you are on the wrong (mountain) side of the river and will have to go back eventually because this is part of the Marloth nature reserve and hikers on the grueling 5 day hiking trail frown upon men in ATGATT on bikes tearing along on the hiking trail. Pic 3
Soon, though, the gully’s became tiresome and I knew I would have to cross them again as I couldn’t follow the trail much further than the first ravine and waterfall.
Pic 4 shows one of the gully’s I had to walk the bike through.
Pic 5 shows Suurbraak from the hiking trial.