BMWMCC Cape overnight, off road ride to the Biedouw Valley, including a night ride, and home via Wuppertal.
We are planning an overnight ride to the Biedouw Valley for the weekend of 25 to 26 February 2012.
The weekend will consist of a fairly direct route there, an afternoon spent relaxing and swimming at the pools and then a 60km night drive (in pairs) down to the Doring River. Then home on Sunday via everyone’s “must do” route of Wupperthal, Esel Bank, the Cederberg Oasis and Ceres. So a full action packed weekend with plenty of riding and awesome scenery.
The night ride: I have twice now had to do a night ride, and the experience was both surreal and exhilarating, something I think we should all experience. I think the Biedouw Valley offers a safe environment to try this if it is your first time.
The ride home will unfortunately not suit absolute novices. There is a few hundred meters of sand on the way home and the rest of the route is mostly twee spoor with some pebbles and fairly steep accents and descents at each end. Search the forum for details of other rides that have taken place in this wonder world if you are uncertain.
Accommodation options as follows:
- Camping in your own tent or under the stars on shaded lawns
- House accommodation as follows, in 6 rooms:
- 1 Double bed, 2 single beds, on suite bathroom
- 1 Double bed
- 1 Double bed, 1 single bed
- 1 Double bed, 2 single beds
- 2 single beds
- 2 single beds
Due to the nature of the usual make up of our rides, double beds will be treated as singles for folks sharing rooms if need be. If you are booking as a single for a bed, please expect to have to share.
There are decent ablutions, consisting of two bathrooms for those who stay inside the house besides the room with the on suite and separate ablutions outside the house with two showers and two toilets for both men and women.
We will once again “self cater” for Saturday and so you will need to plan and make you own food for lunch and supper, however we will be provided with coffee and tea, “biskuit” and muffins for breakfast on Sunday and we will stop for a bite at the Cederberg Oasis on the way back home.
The trip will be accompanied by a back up vehicle and trailer as usual for peace of mind and also to carry small bags and tents etc if need be. Please note the vehicle will not follow us between the Biedouw and Matjiesrivier but will have to go around on the home journey and meet us at the Oasis for lunch.
Costs :
Camping - R230.00 per person which includes camping accommodation, breakfast, and a contribution to the backup vehicle and crew.
House - R300.00 per person which includes housing accommodation, breakfast, and a contribution to the backup vehicle and crew.
Interested in joining us? Drop me a mail at warrene@savino.co.za or post to this thread using your real name and I will be in touch. We will need to limit this ride to around 20 motorcycles in total, so basically 17 excluding the “crew”.
Thanks Warren
The night ride sounds fun...pls count me in.
Please add me to the list.
Warren you can add my father and me
Mike Adendorff
Adie Adendorff
Hey Warren, please put my name down for a double bed.
Please add me.
Hein
With a single bed somewhere (in the house) please.
I will take a campsite thanks!
Please add Felice and I to the list 
Hi Warren, pse add Gavin and myself to the list; will chat re accommodation. Thanks, Karin
Please add Francois
Thanks Warren
Noddy
Camping
Noddy
I will do the camping thing please
Completely forgot to ad that we will be camping.
Thanks
Camping please.
Hi Warren, i am in.
Single bed, if avalable, otherwise camping.
Warren Ellwood House
Natalie Ellwood House
Trevor Versveld House
Tony Schlee Camp
Mike Adendorff Camp
Adie Adendorff Camp
David Cade House
Geoff Edwards Camp
Sean Hidden House
Hein Ehlers House
John Geldenhuys Camp
Stan Van Rensburg Camp
Felice Camp
Karin Pohl House
Gavin Wood House
Graham Montgomery Camp
Francois Naude Camp
Leon Lee Camp
Ian Inch House
Wernich Stipp Camp
Michael Bucholtz House
Andre Nel Camp
Danie Malan House
Derrick martin Camp
Back up:
Sian and Pam Versfeld
Hi
Just paid into account
Thanks
Leon
Emails sent to all.
Thanks for all the payments that have been received.
Both the adendorffs are paid for.
Thanks
Hi Warren
Could you please put me on the waiting list? For camping or a room.
My partner Rinette just moved her daughter's 16th b/day party from 25th Feb to 03rd March, so I got a get-out-of-C-T-free pass...!
here's hoping
Zebra "last-minute-dot-com" 
Warren has really raised the bar this time. Easy stretches, technical riding, sand, the most beautiful scenery, overnighting at Mertenshof - this trip had it all. In my view it was his best ever and that is saying something.
Thanks very much to Warren and Natalie for arranging it as well as to Sian and Pam for doing backup duties.
Had a fantastic weekend away!
Great route to Mertenshof.
Chilling in reservoir and water falls
New experience...night riding
Sore head for breakfast
Always wanted to climb the Wuppertal trek on a bike…done and dusted
Cedarburg Oasis always good.
Great crowd...lots of laughs
Big thanks Warren, Sian, Pam and a big hug for Natalie.
Fantastic weekend.
The route had it all - some good, twisty tar sections followed by a sneak preview of the following days riding conditions on the way to Biedouw valley. The night ride was, ermm, interesting. I found riding at dusk on the way out more difficult/streesful than the ride back in complete darkness. Warren kept the best for Sunday morning as we tackled the route to Oasis via Wuppertal and Esselbank.
Thank you Warren for organising yet another great weekend trip. A big thank you to Natalie for the delicious salmon and to David your cooking it.
A very special thanks to Sian and Pam for riding backup.
Let's do it again soon!
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