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 […]
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 […]
There are a number of ways to reach Puntjie. If you’re riding a DR650SE or any dirt capable bike, you can take the Blombos road from Riversdale or the Vermaaklikheid road closer to Heidelberg. Both will take you about an hour and you will travel through an agricultural landscape on quite good gravel roads.
However, the […]
On 30 May 2008 I had the to go to Ladismith, Cape for business. Rain was forecast but seeing as we’re having a bit of a drought and the Karoo area where Ladismith is was in the grips of a 3 year drought, I decided I’d take my chances and left home around 7H30 on […]
Close to the eastern most part of the Langeberge, in the Southern Cape, lies Riversdale.
Having spend many a happy day on my grandparents farm near Novo, every time I get close to Riversdale and I get the clean, almost antiseptic smell of the various types of Agathosma (aka buchu) shrubs I’m instantly transported back in […]
