Dullstroom S Report

As ek reg getel het was ons 14 fietse en het soontoe en terug net oor die 600km gery. Net een passasier en drie vroueryers! Die pad was meestal goed en soms moes ons G om deur die slaggate te kom. Eweneens lekker.

Die brunch by Dunkeld was uit die boonste rakke en ons kan maar weer teruggaan soontoe. Wat 'n mooi plek!

LeRoy. Geluk en baie dankie vir hierdie rit wat jy op kort kennisgewing organiseer het. Uitstekend soos altyd.

Ons was 14 Fietse en 22 mense. Nadat die GS'ers by ons aangesluit het, was on 29 mense. The route we followed is very scenic and very beatiful to ride through. The road surface is not so nice in certain places, with the many potholes being very obvious from afar. So one could in time do the necessary to miss the potholes.

What started out as a nice sunny, cloudfree ride ended as a completely overcast cold day. We left Pretoria at 08:00 and arived at the venue at 11:20, including the "P & P" stop we did in Groblersdal. The GS'rs joined us at 11:50. Must admit it was nice having both groups together at the same venue. One could then spend time with friends you normally dont see at these rides.

Management at the venue laid out a special spread for the club, with the emphasis on the "Mothers", it being a Mothersday Brunch. The Mothers only payed R50, with the full price being R85. Each Mother also received a complementary glass of Champagne - with Johan insisting that he actually had some surgery done in this regard - 6 Champagnes later???.

After the cold on the bikes (9 degrees), especially over the last 100 odd kms as we started climbing towards Stoffberg and Belfast, the logg fires at Dunkeld Country Estate, in the restaurant was a welcome respite. The road into and the parking at the resort is bike friendly.

I tend to agree with Johan - the venue is extremely well suited towards this type of mass club ride, with management willing to accommodate our wants and needs - as they so aptly illustrated with this ride. The buffet was set up especially for the club and the service was really excellent - well done to Solette, Lisa and the rest of the personnel at Dunkeld. It is off the beaten track and we dont have to spend our peace and quite with the noisy HD and superbike crowd in central Dullstroom.

Am busy downloading the photos to Flickr before posting it during the evening. To the other members who took photos at the venue (Dani) i presume you will also upload them here.

LeRoy Olivier wrote:.......and we dont have to spend our peace and quite with the noisy HD and superbike crowd in central Dullstroom........

oeps........maybe a blessing in disguise then that I did not join

Very twisted!!!

Gemmerkat in Groblersdal

P & P stop in Groblersdal - the latter costing R1

Still to early and to cold - Coffee????

Christa ready to do Battle, tuck in ??????. Must admit the champagne was nice

Annelien - the best place to be - right in front of the fire place

See Peet also had some champagne

Johan before the champagne

No comment needed here

Elsabe, Andre, Attie, Faan, Elaine

Elsabe right in front of the fireplace

Willie, Johan, Willem & Maria, Jeff and his wife (New Members - Witbank)

And the 2 lovebirds at their own romantic table for 2

The GS Gang - Sias, Drix, Bon, Martin and Daleen

Attie & Annelien, with Andre in the background.



Bon & Drix

Geoff & Linda and Andre & Attie in the background

Bon & Elsabe & Drix


To all the members who, on a very cold, special day (Mothers Day) turned up, especially the Mothers, a special "Thank You" to you for doing the ride and making it special for us, your spouses (Spices). Thank you for all for making this day special and your company on the road and at the venue.

Jamie - you are not a traditional SB rider - at heart you're a Beemer - time to accept it - we missed you and your mini-club (being the whole family)

Glad you guys had a better time than me - spent 4 hours Sunday morning with my business partner sorting out the warehouse then drove down to Durban by car....quite a long day!!

Looked like a great trip and venue.
Thanks for the report back and the photos posted so quickly !!
Well done Leroy !
Glad to see Elsabe biking again !
Sorry the weather didn't co-operate, but winter is on it's way !

Hier's nog 'n paar fotos:

Aankoms......



Die omgewing.......











Party moes vroeg terug na Laurika.......




Sommige van die bittereinders.............

LeRoy Olivier wrote:Jamie - you are not a traditional SB rider - at heart you're a Beemer - time to accept it - we missed you and your mini-club (being the whole family)

I was referring to your noise remark.

You got the Beemer part right but seeing we are a lot of “draadsitters” around here, I can surely be "allowed" to love SB’s as well in fact with the exception of HD and Zongshen (sp), I like pretty much like everything on two wheels....just some more than others

wait, let’s make it more interesting………soon, very soon BMW will have their own Superbike………o don$er, wat gaan jy dan sê

Moet jy altyd alles so letterlik opneem. Ek dink jou bikes, beide K en Blade, klink fantasties - dit gaan om die persoon wat dit ry en hoe hy/sy hom/haarself gedra.

What will i say then - enjoy, and hope it creams the rest of the field, and whoever rides it - ride safe.

Thanks for your pics JCM! - (His first image posting)

André, LeRoy and Elsabe..


Great to have you with us on Club events again Elsabe!

The trip was wonderful. LeRoy thanx for a beautiful scenic route, though at stages we were enjoying the scene of potholes rushing pass our sides, while looking out for the next ones ahead.

Pity I left my camera at home. Cursed myself when we were chatting before departing at 08:00. I definitely cursed in silence the last 30 km before Grobblersdal for forgetting my Airhawk in my rush to get to the depart point that Sunday morning.

The company of the day was a shear pleasure to be with. This is one of the reasons I like travelling with the club on trips. Thanx to all for making it a pleasant trip for everyone else.

Thanks for a great day and to LeRoy for organising the ride. We look forward to the next one.

Pleasure always nice to have new people join the club and take part in the Club Rides.