By Bike, by Ship!

Yesterday Trudie and I escorted the group to Klerksdorp and had breakie at the Wimpy.

Then they wanted to leave for the last of the 700 odd km of the day to Britstown

The group being Dorothy, Dave, Frik, Pikkie, Nic, Deon, Trevor, Beatrice, Elaine... and Trudie bursting with envy



Then they started to pull away...

Dave



Dot P



Elaine



And the others...

Ride safe, Bon voyage, return home safely!!

The Coetzee Clan and others will be joining this group in Cape Town where the the bikes will be docked on 28 Dec.

Ek sien niemand het vlerkies gepak nie! Dit gaan 'n epic wees.

Ek soek 'n Titanic foto... julle weet daai een daar waar die girl so voor op die skip staan met die arms gesprei... maar daar moet 'n BMW in die foto wees! hehe

Dave & Co is sending me pics to upload. They don't have facilities at hand.

I hope it is OK with everybody?!

The following looks like Matjiesfontein.

As Pikkie said - 'Two wheels, two glasses'

Keep it coming !!!

So today was the day to load the bikes. We met at the Caltex garage at
the entrance to the waterfront as arranged, only to find out that the ships
captain had decided that they would only load the bikes on Wednesday morning.

What a stroke of luck! Now we have the bikes for two days riding in Cape Town.

So we promptly headed out to Cape Point and then to Kalky's at Kalk bay harbour
for lunch.

After that to Atlantic Motorrad for two bikes to have some 'niggles' sorted out.

i'm stuck in the Strand without my bike... On family holiday. You're welcome to come visit :-(

Have fun and don't teach the captain's parrot too many new words!

Ps. I'm NEVER, EVER going on holiday without my bike EVER again. It makes me depressed

Copy Dave's Mail:

"To stay hydrated we are taking lots of fluids in Cape Town. View fram where we are having drinks in Moulle Point





"Berg River dam near Franschhoek"

Dave writes:

"The daily 'wine' down at the end of the day



Dorothy is drinking wine and Pikkie just ordered chips...

Ai tog, it looks so nice

Gelukkig gebruik hulle tamatiesous vir die chips... en nie rooiwyn nie.

Kollekteer julle dalk kultuur daaronder?

Nee - doen dit net anders vir 'n verandering.

Dave writes:

Loading the bikes

Die Vet K





(Frik het seker sulke druppeltjies gelos toe sy Pop in die lug hang.
TJ)



Some bikes in the hold


The loading over it is now time to relax at the Royal Cape Yacht Club before boarding later

Jaloers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Drix wou 'n Titanic shot gehad het!

tj wrote:Jaloers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

+ 10000

Hey, dis cheat! Maar close enough!!!

On board at last!



Bye Bye Cape Town

Arriving in Walvis Bay






For Drix - Titanic pose with bike in picture

Wie is daai oulike biker chicks in die wit suits? Is hulle verniet op die skip beskikbaar?

Nou se hy ons eers van hulle

tj wrote:

For Drix - Titanic pose with bike in picture

Ahhh, brilliant!!!

Lekker julle!

In the desert at Swakopmund - aerial slide - 1.2km long, 600m high at start



Afternoon shower in Keetmanshoop - cooled down from 41deg to 30deg



Our accommodation in Keetmanshoop

Enjoy !!