McGregor

It was a long weekend, and on the Friday night Gav and I realised we had not really planned anything. A bit of internet research and a quick phonecall to McGregor found us accommodation for the Saturday night; the idea being that we would simply point the bikes in a direction and take things from there. We had ridden the Koppies gravel road near Villiersdorp a week or so earlier, but wanted to go back and explore a bit more, so headed out from Cape Town via Stellenbosch and Franschhoek. It was a perfect day for being out on your bike, and being mid-morning on the Saturday of a long weekend, the roads were lovely and quiet.

So, we could not join JR and his group at the last minute and after things changed we decided to go to Struisbaai; the group concisted off: Johan & Tracey - R 1200 GSA Neil & Jane - R 1200 GS Tanya - F 650 GS Johann - KTM 640 Adventure We all met at the Orhcard Farmstall just outside Grabouw, from here we took gravel road to Botrivier, from Botrivier a bit of tar back towards the N2 and just before reaching the N2 we turned right onto gravel all the way to Caledon. Orchard Farmstall You might ask "a KTM with BMW bikes, how does this work?" well trust me Johann got all his hell from the BMW guys, but we have to admit, his riding gear is quite impressive....ALL BMW !!! This is the reason why he was allowed to join us, the fact that he is Tanya's boyfriend has got NOTHING to do with it.....