Category Border Patrol 2021

465Km What was meant to be a great day of riding turned out to be meh. Because it was going to be a long day, the longest of the trip, we wanted a 5 am start. That turned into a… Continue Reading →

15Km Today is a rest, maintenance, and laundry day. Does not seem that there will be any sun and the mist is thick.  I did some research last night to see where we can do some laundry, get spares and… Continue Reading →

398km Waking up this morning I had only one thing on my mind. Herbalife! I’m not sure if it is an international brand and I’m not even bothered to Google it but what I do know is that if the… Continue Reading →

425Km Another early start after a great stay at Rand Self Catering. Did I mention how impressed we were? Without a doubt in the top 3 of our trip. We are planning to be on the road no later than… Continue Reading →

130Km Today we spend the day in Cape Town visiting family and doing some light maintenance work. So there was no need to get up early but my internal clock got me out of bed just after 6 and I… Continue Reading →

258km Melkbosstrand is hot and wind still this morning. While we are not in a big hurry we are up early and begin packing so that we are ready to go after breakfast, which we said we will have at… Continue Reading →

283km We went to be last night with the wind howling and the memory of the last 10km into Lamberts bay was still fresh in my mind. When we came to a stop there was a constant ringing in my… Continue Reading →

384km I slowly open the door this morning expecting the worse. The weather predicted cold weather but it was actually very pleasant. Perfect riding weather. We are planning an early 7 am start so I started making a noise at… Continue Reading →

0Km Today was initially intended for some sightseeing around Springbok but I needed to attend to some issues first. Over a drink last night I made the decision to be lazy and have the tire repaired at the local tire… Continue Reading →

345km It was meant to be a leisurely ride today so we had a very relaxed start, only getting up at 8. Not sure what we did last night but everything on the sidecar seat was wet and smelled like… Continue Reading →