''Rough and ready''Easter 2009 Baviaans

- the meat , the meat and the meat , thanks Rony and Hennie

- the ride up , esp the last bit before Baviaans Kloof there was some serious dips in the road and all came too suddenly to slow down , I don't actually know how the bike made it through without crashing, or stayed in one piece ;

-the quiteness of Baviaans , spending a whole day alone with 30 baboons ;

- lying in my tent listening to Generaal and Hennie cracking jokes till early hours on the first evening ;

- watching Rony and Hennie cook;

- the camaraderie between everyone;

- the support and help between everyone;

- having a serious and deep spiritual discussion with Pol the back up driver ;

-the fun and laughter;

- hearing the hair -raising stories about the Saurday and Sunday rides from the guys and Gizzie who did it and conquered;

-and the best of all the prize -giving each evening by the very entertaining Rony who I think has missed his other calling as a top class entertainer. Each night's prizes were unique and funny . I won a prize on the last night , for having come all the way to Baviaans and then ( due to a rotten flu ) after having made it to the campsite I never left the camp site at all until we went home so saw nothing of Baviaans kloof ! ;

-Rusty won a booby prize every night so his bike had to wear the plastic water wings nearly every day ;

-watching Rusty being as exhuberant and naughty as only he can be ;

-on the a water break Rusty just HAD to ride over this VERY steep little hill next to the road just because it was there( pic above ) ( Russel antics) with his full panniers etc , and then he did it again ! ( I had to close my eyes in fear ) no wonder Gizzie is so brave , she has to live with Rusty

-Olaf and Pete's humour;

- Pete's gigantic tent;

-Maria's smiles;

-going to this cute quaint bottle store with the thickest walls with Willy and the lovely Maria ( Mauritzio's wife ) and putting in our order of alcohol for the last night at Baviaans. We had everyone's order written down by the ever efficient JdJ on a paper plate. I think we emptied the entire contents of the store ;

-the great ride off -road ride back from Baviaans , dirt all the way to Knysna through some lovely forests and the Sewe week poort ;

- being amazed that when a car drove towards me in sewe week poort which is NARROW he left me with only a few cm of road that I could ride on,in fact I had to ride so much on the edge of the road that my bike was leaning 45 degrees but despite that ,and thanks to training from Lourens I still opened up instead of dying with fear!! I think if I had tried to stop I would have fallen off the road;

- great seafood lunch at Mossel Bay sea front enjoying some last socialising with a great group of people;

- seeing how the guys and Gizzie rode the last 5 km before the tunnel hehe I never knew that this was an off -road section;

- smiling all the way home and excited about my next Rough and Ready trip

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