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2011 October -- Our Great African Eastern Cape Adventure in the Drakensberg Mountains..
2011 October -- Our Great African Eastern Cape Adventure in the Drakensberg Mountains.
What makes a "good" dual sport adventure "GREAT"?
And why is it always about the group of people with their individual characters and group dynamics that always seem to make these rides so.........."lakka"?
2009 Great African Baviaanskloof with Rough and Ready
2009 Baviaanskloof Rough and Ready Group pick on the top of the 4x4 route on a private farm.
Rony our leader was confused when he should be rough and when ready? The first night I must tell he slept in all his gear, boots and all as he worked and partied so hard he wanted to be first dressed and ready the following. The reason I loved the tour was because it was so informal. morning.
Tired listeners during the mornings briefing from Rony
Lesotho, The Mountain Kingdom awaits...
After much pre trip planning we had all the fine details for a sucessful trip and everything seemed to go according to plan.
We plotted the route after speaking to the guys Wayne Haylett, Cobus Botha, Hendro Scholts (5 Capped springbok), Niel Duplessis (Coach for the Cheetas.) and myself Russ Rathbone
ROUTE:
Day1:
Packing and loading Bikes
· Bloemfontein
After a long trip by car we arrived in Bloem exhausted
OUT REACH - Wild Coast 2008
OUTREACH WILD COAST 2008
Led into the Dwesa Nature Reserve by Geoff Russell and his merry men and women to do a deed that I think was quite special and needs to be mentioned as one story with in another.
This good will deed made Giz,I and I'm certain all the others in our group to experience that nice fuzzy feeling inside your tummy when you do something good for your fellow mankind.
At the initial briefing at Geoff's home he informed us that the last time he was in the Dwesa Nature Reserve he was guided through the nature reserve by a delightful young local man who was dressed in civilian clothes.It was then and there that Geoff decided to do the following.
