BMW MCC : Off road weekend : Gifberge : 5th - 6th June

Sounds like fun, but I would not be able to join this ride. 

Maybe next time?

Hi Geoff

You can put my name on the list please.

Thanks

What option Arno?

Chalet sharing?

Geoff & Noelene - Own cottage

Warren & Natalie Ellwood - Own cottage

Arno Rossouw & Chris Bothma - Cottage sharing

Johan & Tracey de Jager - Own cottage

Jeanne Vermaak, Marita Nell &  Rhian Meats - Cottage sharing

Hein Carstens & Jos Maree & Leon Lee - Cottage sharing

Tony Schlee & Andre Nel - Cottage sharing

Chris Grinton, Peter Mann & Justin Clohessy - Cottage sharing

Peter & Di O Hanlon - Cottage sharing

Neil Wilkie - Camping

Geoffrey Kite & Sean Hidden - Cottage sharing

Trevor Versveld & Chris Dunn  -  Cottage sharing

Mark & Heidi Erntzen - Cottage sharing

Bruno Letarte & Graham Montgomery

Which route on the Oasis ride qualifies?

The ride to the Cederberg Oasis.

Have ridden parts of this route but not all........hey if the going gets tough we turn around.

The first trip I ever did on my bike was to Waterval.... That was the first dirt road i ever rode... first time I ever stood up.... I'd been riding for less than a month.

Some typical Cloudy pics of the trip...

new bike

mirror ball

Night Light

favorite DJ

Legs ahoy

Hey Geoff, please put me down for a cottage sharing!

Please add me to the list - (have also replied via mail).

Plus Andre' Nel (not yet a club member).

Thanks.

Cloud you travel with a disco mirror ball ? Now I have seen everything LOL

This trip looks nice , and very reasonable priced too , Geoff please put my name down tentatively . I 'll share with PG and the other girls .

Dinner and breakfast will be supplied at R120.00PP.

Please put my name down for a cottage to share. I will share with anyone (male/female) but must warn that I do snore.

Who do we pay and how much - Accomadation / breakfast and supper / backup vehicle and most important the BOOZE.

What time do we depart and from where?

Those that are on Geoff's list will get an email with the details...

Nee ou Leon, die keer moet jy die Booze saamdra. Tyd om wiskey to begin drink.

Will 2L old brown be enough for me for Saturday night. I will believe it gets quite cold there.

If it is colder than Oasis then I will need to consider bringing 4L of the "soetes".

Warren I will see if the whiskey will fit in my secret compartment.

According to the South African Weather Service, the expected maximum temperature on Friday in this Northern Cape town was 7°C and the minimum temperature was 3°C

Pack in that winter warmers

Still room for 2 more people!

The following are riding with me in the beginners group,

Group 1

Geoff Russell
Noelene Russell
Leon Lee
Warren Ellwood
Natalie Ellwood
Marc Erntzen
Andre Nel
Geoffrey Kite
Tony Schlee
Rhian Meats

Graham Montgomery

Bruno Letarte

Marita Nel

The following will be riding with Peter in group 2.

Peter & Di O Hanlon

Chris Bothma
Johan & Tracey de Jager
Jeanne Vermaak
Hein Carstens
Jos Maree
Chris Grinton
Peter Mann
Justin Clohessy
Neill Wilkie
Sean Hidden
Chris Dunn
Trevor Versfeld

Arno Rossouw

Back up vehicle :

Heidi Erntzen

I will be joining, sharing with Graham if there is still room.

You are booked Bruno.

keen to go if i can make arrangements for my dogs!

You will all really enjoy the gifberge,

I deliberately left the name gifberge out of my post (WHO PUT THE NAME IN MY SUBJECT!!!!!!!!!!) (SOMEONE WITH MODERATOR RIGHTS)

So as not to put anyone off.

This is on the list of must-do's.

We did on one day what you will do in two and group discipline is very different to three bike enduro style disciplines so don't worry about speed.

Please take lots of photos, watch out for sheep, you ride through farmland and so are their guests in their territory. Which means you look for them, not them for you.

Guilty as charged Andy!!

Trip is now full.....................weather is looking great!!!

Morning all,

Firstly I have had a call from Waterval Resort telling me that they are a pillow and pillow case short. If you inadvertently packed it with your goodies please let me know as I will have to pay for it's replacement!!

Thanks for all the call's, SMS's & e mails regarding the weekend I really appreciate each and every one of them and they all go a long way to remind me why I put these trips together.

A special thanks to Heidi for driving the back up vehicle it is really appreciated.

To all the beginners (real beginners) I hope that you learnt another few things about off road riding and also how to stretch your boundaries.

To all the lady riders and the two lady pillion riders a special word of thanks for joining us and I hope you had a great time.

To Pete for leading the "advanced" group on a route he had never ridden before I salute you.

To the "sedate" group I hope I sort of passed the test of leading you while I pushed my own boundaries of learning to take things easy and to stop often.

I look forward to the Trip reports from both groups as well as lots of pics.

To all the new "property" owners I wish you luck with your new "farming" ventures.

Then finally to all the non Club Members I hope you really enjoyed our band of "Brothers" and would like to urge you to join the Club (which you can do online)and thereby contribute towards the putting together of all these "outings"!

Let me not forget to thank Marc Erntzen for very generously offering to sponsor a "complete" medical kit for our Club rides. Mark on behalf of our Club we thank you sincerely for this fantastic gesture. May we never have to use it!

Now let me get to work on the next ride.

Fond regards to you all.

Geoff.

Great ride Geoff, thanks to you and Peter O'

Was lekka bumping into you folks, looks like you had fun

Thanks Geoff for organising a great weekend! And thanks to Pete (and Arno) for leading the ride! It was great to get dirty again and ride with new and old friends (and some strange guy on a KTM! )

Another fine place the club took me on. A bit sore this morning but I can say that I have survived a Geoff trip.

And yes Geoff can do 80Km/h and less on gravel. I know some of you will not believe this but it is true. These rumours that Geoff is a Valentino Rossi on gravel is unfounded. He waited for us regular. Allowed us to look at some scenery. Even allowed us to have a snack time in the middle of nowhere.

Thank you Geoff for the lekker trip.

Thanks Geoff for an awesome weekend.

Good weather (besides the little bit of mist at the start), good roads (mostly) and great company. What more could one ask for?

home for the night

Mostly enjoyable ..... ok, so the few "scary moments" were also quite fun in retrospect!!

Who said Geoff doesn't stop?

Stop-1

Stop-2

 Stop-3

Stop-4

Plus a few more unscheduled stops in and around the sand monster.  All-in-all, plently of stops!

Big thanks also to Johan and Tracey for patiently riding sweeper on both days for the sedate group (apologies for the poor handsignals at times).

Thanks Tony for the nice pictures! If someone else has taken pictures, please share them here or give us your Flikr/Picasa link so we can all enjoy them.  I'm especially thinking of the guy that was taking pics on top of Kobeepas(?) as we were riding up, beginner's group.