tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53123828288471026452024-03-13T11:39:19.201-07:00Braais, beers and bikesthe riderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13681668130209585709noreply@blogger.comBlogger756125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312382828847102645.post-91904337062227649722020-06-03T06:00:00.002-07:002020-06-03T06:00:32.059-07:00Twelve years I've been writing this blog, now I'm closing it<div style="text-align: justify;">
On Monday this blog was twelve years old, my first post was on 1st June 2008. This month I'll be closing it down, if this is not the last post then whatever I write next will be. I've been battling with poor readership for years and have been on the verge of closing it before but have persisted, but now we're leaving home and hopefully with in the next couple of months we're leaving the country.</div>
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I have been very disheartened with poor pageviews. I average 23 views per post and I get very few comments so it seems like I'm wasting my time. Comments are one of the ways by which the blogger can assess whether he/she is doing a good job or not so if you don't get them you don't know.<br />
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I am seriously going to miss this amazing bunch of people, my family; the members of the best bike club on the west coast (in my humble opinion) the Meeulanders. I haven't said goodbye to them yet and that's going to be a wrench. My brother Murray, bottom row kneeling right is the one who is buying my bike from me and I'm going to hand that over within the next couple of weeks. I was hoping for one more club ride at least but thanks to the damn Chinese that doesn't look like it's going to happen.</div>
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I am extremely grateful, privileged and proud to have been the President of this excellent club for over two years, that is a memory that I will cherish. </div>
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I'm going to miss the characters and the friends at my favourite biker bar; the Phoenix where we played pool every Friday afternoon apart from attending the various biker jols which were held there, I wonder if I'm even going to get a chance to go back to the pub before we leave, it doesn't look like it.</div>
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Sad times coming up but also exciting times, a fresh start with our family in the UK. My intention is to buy another motorbike over there, whether that comes to pass we shall see. I am not finished with bikes yet. </div>
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I am also particularly going to miss my old biking buddy, everyone's Uncle Frank. </div>
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We go back a long way, had many adventures together. He and I traveled to many rallies together and became well known. If it happened that one of us went alone to a rally we would always get asked; "Where's your buddy?", people were so used to seeing us together.</div>
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The ladies love Uncle Frank and so does he love the attention he gets from them, the ladies of the Meeulander MCC certainly look after him.</div>
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Before this ridiculous lockdown nonsense we used to have him over for dinner every Thursday night, we would sit out on my back veranda after dinner chatting and having a drink then the next day we would meet at the Phoenix for a couple of games of pool. It is going to be extremely difficult for me to say goodbye to him.</div>
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Of course I intend to stay in touch with the club via the facebook page and of course I will stay in touch with Frank via the telephone. (He is not online nor does he have whatsapp.)</div>
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Anyway that's it, I may have another post during this month but whatever happens I'm closing it at the end of the month. A big thank you to the few of you who have been reading this and to those of you who did post a comment every now and then. Cheers! Stay safe.</div>
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Since the end of March when we went into this totally unnecessary and extremely harsh lockdown we have not been able to buy alcohol, now the Government has decided that as we have been good boys we will be able to buy alcohol again from Monday 1st June - hallelujah! I will not be going on Monday though, it will be chaos although maybe I'll go down there to get some photos. Also I would like them to sell out of all their stale stock and get some fresh in. </div>
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The smokers have evidently not behaved themselves and will continue to be punished by not being able to buy cigarettes or tobacco, they will no doubt continue to pay exorbitant prices on the black market. I am so happy that we gave up smoking more than 40 years ago, maybe I should have given up drinking as well? Nah. No names, no pack drill but the word is that a certain Government minister is involved in the illicit cigarette trade and is coining it while the ban lasts. I'm not surprised.</div>
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As far as biking is concerned I have managed a few local rides, mainly to go shopping and then taking a slightly longer route to get home and whilst this has been lovely I am desperately in need of a long ride before I hand my bike over to my brother Murray. Maybe soon.</div>
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These are not affected by the current state of affairs and we have had quite a few, the last one was on Sunday; yesterday and it was a very nice one. We sat out on the back veranda, the weather was very pleasant and I tried a new starter.</div>
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I carefully de-boned a nice little piece of Lamb flank which is not as difficult as you might think, I then liberally sprinkled and rubbed it with my own favourite combination of herbs and spices and braaied it over good hot coals. I love a braai, Janet and I sat drinking and chatting in the warm sunlight, she drank Lime juice and soda water and I was on a very biker/macho Peppermint liqueur and Soda.</div>
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Crispy outside, soft and moist on the inside and eaten with a favourite HOT sauce from West Coast Chili in Langebaan they were very nice. Certainly made for a good starter, we waited a little while before we started with the mains.</div>
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Remember how I told you that we're down to drinking leftovers in the booze cabinet because bottle stores have been closed since the end of March? Why "they" decided that people should not be allowed to drink or smoke during lockdown is anyone's guess. We do have our suspicions about the cigarette ruling though, about officials involved with the black market trade in cigarettes making a fortune but we don't smoke and as this is not a political blog I will avoid that topic.</div>
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I digress, I have been drinking Schnapps, lemon juice and soda water because that's what we have, it's acceptable but not very nice so I don't drink much at all. This is quite novel for me, not drinking much I must say. Anyway the other evening I was contemplating not even bothering when suddenly a light bulb flashed on above my head! I jumped out of the chair and rushed through to the cupboard, in my bike jacket pocket I found my hip flask full of whisky!</div>
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What a happy boy! This presented a quandary; do I have four doubles or eight singles? I settled for and thoroughly enjoyed four double tots with ice. That was just the one evening though, the next night it was back to the other stuff. I am now on a three quarter bottle of Butlers Triple Sec with ice and soda water and it is actually better than the Scnapps but a bit sweet. We're made of stern stuff though, we'll tough it out.</div>
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That's all for now, we have to wait until Wednesday to see if our home brew red wine is going to be palatable, eager anticipation. In the meantime I have bought another Snoek so that's what we will be doing tomorrow, having a braai - with lousy drinks!</div>
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I'm tired of reading Covid-19 posts on social media because they're all bullshit, you read one that gives you hope and then within a day some other "expert" is telling you something else that dashes your hopes. I'm going with the one that told me this lockdown was a huge mistake and that very soon I'll be able to go and buy some wine and some whisky.</div>
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Here's what's left; the small bottle on the left is "<i><b>Sobieski</b></i>", with a tot of whisky liqueur left which is nice, I'll flatten that soon. Next to that is "<i><b>Butlers Triple Sec</b></i>", not sure about that one we will experiment. The long bottle, number three is foreign and very harsh, I don't even think Coke will help that one. Then there is a "<i><b>Buchu</b></i>" liqueur, also not very nice but maybe an acquired taste, half a bottle. Then a dash of<i><b> Pernod </b></i>which I have mostly used to make sauce in my seafood dishes for a prawn or calamari starter. The last one is an almost full <i><b>Peppermint liqueur, </b></i>which is nice in shooters like "<i><b>Springbokkies</b></i>" but I'm not sure how else we'll drink it. "Beggars can't be choosers" as the saying goes. These bottles have been in the cupboard for years and I have no idea where most of them came from.</div>
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I've ordered another Snoek which will be delivered tomorrow so that will be the next braai with again fish cakes for one meal and <i><b>Smoorsnoek </b></i>for another. For my few foreign readers Smoorsnoek is a tasty dish made with leftovers, a very basic method (there are plenty of recipes as this fish is a west coast staple and has been eaten here for centuries) is to fry onions until soft, add chopped potatoes and fry until soft than add the flaked snoek, stir in to warm through and it's ready, just serve on rice and add a good pat of butter, simple but delicious. </div>
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I can't seem to find a non copyright picture but if you are interested in what the fish looks like just google "<b><i>Thyrsites Atun</i></b>"<br />
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Friday we are going from level 5 to level 4 lockdown, I don't think it is going to make a lot of difference to us. Everyone has to wear a mask when out of the house or in the shops etc., it looks like cigarettes will be on sale but still no alcohol. There will be no recreational travel allowed and a curfew between 20h00 and 05h00 will be in effect, draconian measures limiting our freedom, measures which may even be unnecessary but what can we do?</div>
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Along with a great many other people we are now trying out a wine recipe; two cups of white sugar, four litres of pure red grape juice and one packet (10 grams) of yeast. Shake it well until the sugar has dissolved and leave it to stand with a loose top for at least one week. We have no idea what it tastes like but I got the recipe online, it's worth a try - next week I'll let you know.</div>
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So three days to go and then they are apparently going to start phasing out the lockdown so that we can slowly get back to normal, I don't think it's going to affect us much yet, we still won't be able to buy booze and recreational travel is still prohibited. Luckily friends and family have helped out with the booze problem.<br />
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After complaining online about my booze predicament our Club Pres., Anton gave me a bottle of whisky and two other brothers; Gerrie and Murray offered me wine and whisky, that is what the brotherhood is all about, we take care of each other.<br />
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I managed to buy a nice big Snoek last week for R100 which I consider a bargain because we will get three meals out of it. It was delivered frozen to my house but had not been frozen for long. On the weekend we had a braai, I cannot remember the last time we had a Snoek braai and being a seafood lover I was in my element. I am not an expert, there are thousands of Snoek fans in the western cape alone but this is my favourite way of preparing it.<br />
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Here's the meal; local Snoek lovers seeing this will probably all choose the same part of the fish; the stomach lining and belly fat so when there's a braai with a bunch of friends there's a fight for that and for the backbone starter. This time there was just the two of us and Janet's not that particular. I thoroughly enjoyed that meal, there was a lot left which I separated into two containers and froze. One will go to fish cakes and the other will go to "<i><b>Smoorsnoek</b></i>", I will tell you what that is when I make it.</div>
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I'm experiencing cabin fever, the trouble is this damn virus, because of its public relations makes me feel apprehensive when I go through to the shops. None of the other viruses that affected us; SARS, Ebola, Swine flu etc., had the impact that this Chinese one has because they weren't promoted and publicized by self proclaimed experts on social media the way this one has been. You can't go on line without seeing all manner of contradictory messages and dire warnings of impending doom, take for example the way it started off with panic buying of toilet paper of all things, why? There are people who now sit with cupboards full of toilet paper, they won't have to buy for years! I'm tired of it, I want to ride my motorbike, I want to ride it now. As the old song goes.</div>
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With that in mind here are some photos from past rides to whet your appetite before the roads are opened up to us again, soon please Mr. President!</div>
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Ten years ago now we took a couple of days off and rode down to Witsand, stayed a night in the Breede River lodge and ate rock oysters and fresh seafood. The weather was lousy at first but cleared by day three. Great ride.</div>
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Local bikers know this place very well, the "hole in the rock" between Ashton and Montagu built by Alfred Bain who was responsible for several mountain passes in the Western Cape. The road and the tunnel through the <b>Kalkoenkraanz</b> was opened in 1877. Just above it is the old blockhouse built by the British during the Anglo/Boer war.</div>
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It's a beautiful area, I love riding there. Since these photos were taken there has been extensive roadworks which I am sure will greatly improve the ride between Ashton and Montagu, I can't wait to go and have a look.</div>
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This is the R44 coming down from Porterville back to Piketberg, we have ridden this many times, western cape bikers will know it well, our annual "Polar Bear run" has been in Porterville for the past five years and this is the way home on Sunday with a hangover.<br />
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This happens quite often, after a nice lunch and a couple of glasses of wine Janet has a sleep, amongst bikers though this is not unusual, I know of lots of ladies who sleep on the back of the bike.<br />
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Well here we are only (hopefully) ten days to go and since I last posted the wine's finished, the beer's finished, there's only half the whisky left and so we'll start scratching through the left overs. Otherwise we are both well and keeping our spirits up. (Excuse the pun!)</div>
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There's not much to report, I spend a lot of time on my computer and we binge watch Netflix and YouTube. I have thousands of photographs which I am sorting through, many of them are club photos which I am putting together and copying for the club before we go, that is keeping me busy. Almost ninety folders to be copied onto a stick which I will hand over to Gerrie.</div>
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Last Wednesday I went through to the mall near Vredenburg to do a bit of shopping at Pick 'n Pay, I went on the bike and it was wonderful! It's only roughly 20km round trip, I did extend it a bit on the way back but although I didn't see any Police checks I was hesitant to take chances. I blew the cobwebs out of the zorst on the way back and I really did not want to get off the bike, I so badly wanted to go shopping in Stellenbosch or Worcester or somewhere like that. I'm going again this Wednesday and I'm definitely going to extend the ride a bit. Lovely stuff, normally I hate going shopping!</div>
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As I said I have been sorting photos and here is a shout out to Jim and Daphne Barker who I know read this blog, they live in England but have been visiting South Africa almost annually for ages, they were here a couple of months ago and we chatted about the old rallies we attended together. They used to ride a lovely British Racing Green Triumph which he kept here.</div>
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Way back in 2007 we attended the Freedom Road rally in Stilbaai together, that was my first one but I went to quite a few after that including some in Struisbaai. We rode together, Jim and Daphne and I along with my old riding buddy Frank, they have all since stopped riding but those were the days. I particularly remember that Friday, fueling up at Ashton and then hitting the wonderful 46km stretch of the R60 to Swellendam on the N2. We blitzed along that winding, undulating piece of biker heaven, Jim and Daphne two up and loaded with kit could certainly ride. I had to slow him down as we neared Swellendam, warning him about the ever present traffic cops, it was an exhilarating ride and I felt the adrenaline rush subsiding as we waited for the others.</div>
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Halfway? I certainly hope so. I'm going shopping tomorrow morning, there's something to look forward to! Sad isn't it? Under normal circumstances I try to avoid going shopping. Will we ever get back to the old "normal" again? I think things are going to change.</div>
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Let me tell you about the braai we had yesterday, I haven't got anything else to talk about and it was a good one even if I do say so myself. I would have loved to have had a couple of mates around too though.</div>
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The finished meal, a collaboration between us, clockwise from top; Karoo leg chop, pork and beef boerewors, bottom centre an egg/mayonnaise salad - a particular favourite of mine and bottom left the sadza doused with a tasty tomato and onion relish. It really was good, we love a braai and let me tell you that is not unusual here in South Africa, the braai is a way of life.</div>
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The quarantine period has been extended until the end of April, so far. So now we have eighteen days to go instead of three. I was expecting it, I did not think the original three weeks would be enough but it is getting tiresome and during the course of this coming week we are going to run out of booze! That's going to be serious, we can go to the shops to buy food and essentials but bottle stores remain closed. Cigarettes are also not being sold, I fail to see the logic in this, if people have to stay home let them be calm and happy! We'll manage I suppose, at least we don't smoke.</div>
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Cheers my family, all good so far. It seems like ages since we have been together. We need to ride! I need to go shopping again this week so I will go up to the Mall on the bike, it's not very far, about ten kms so a twenty km round trip - looking forward to that!</div>
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Stay safe everyone, stay home as far as possible and keep washing your hands. Strange times we are living through at the moment and one wonders what the world will be like when we come out of this, what social habits will change, we'll see.</div>
the riderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13681668130209585709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312382828847102645.post-24784437368846135562020-04-04T07:39:00.002-07:002020-04-04T07:39:44.452-07:00Day 9 of 21 days in quarantine<div style="text-align: justify;">
Going back briefly to day 8; our Club President, Anton called for a "Virtual drink together" at 18h00, we were to take a selfie of ourselves drinking a shooter and post the photos to our facebook page. It turned out to be a wonderfully uplifting experience. I have mentioned that I have been missing my mates, my club brothers and this was just what I needed, it wasn't quite the same as being in their company playing pool and talking shit or riding with them but it affirmed the brotherhood and the camaraderie upon which I thrive. These are the photos that were posted;</div>
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Most of the members are shown here, some couldn't take part for various reasons such as Uncle Frank who is so technologically challenged that his old Nokia phone is only good for calls and sms and he won't change it. We are assured that he had a shooter at the prescribed time though. Great people.</div>
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Now back to today, Saturday 4th and Cimeron Mcc called for a National Bikers Braai Day so Janet and I took part - as I said; having a braai anytime is no hardship.</div>
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the riderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13681668130209585709noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312382828847102645.post-14896563834636817042020-04-03T06:30:00.004-07:002020-04-03T06:30:56.132-07:00Day 8 of 21 days in quarantineApologies for not posting on day 6 and day 7 but there was really nothing to write about. It's getting a bit boring. I posted this on my facebook page this morning;<br />
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day 8 and I have a bit of cabin fever, it wouldn't be so bad if the
weather was terrible but it's not, it's beautiful and my motorbike is
standing idle, covered up. I would love to ride.<br />
Today I would be
going to the Phoenix bar to play pool with my mates in the afternoon
and Sunday would have been our monthly breakfast run. Truth be told I am
missing the company of other men, don't misunderstand me Janet and I
get along very well, we do not fight or argue and we do talk shit quite
often but the banter and bullshit that goes on between men is something
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13 days to go! (Hopefully, what if they extend the lockdown?)"~</div>
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I got a lot of sympathetic likes and comments, it seems the guys are feeling it. This is unprecedented, being retired I do stay at home a lot but up until now I have been able to go out when I wanted to. Now we're being forced to stay at home and I don't like it. It's not only me though, it's affecting my brothers too, just look at these pictures that came up on facebook this morning;</div>
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We have a "Biker's National Braai Day" tomorrow which we're all going to get involved in, this was suggested on one of the biker pages; have a braai at home at lunch time and post pictures of yourselves wearing your colours. It'll be fun and we don't need much of an excuse to have a braai anyway.</div>
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I'm probably going to have to venture out sometime during the coming week, out into the virus infested badlands. I will take my life in my hands in order to secure much needed supplies for our survival. It's going to be hell but it has to be done.</div>
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High tech PPE consists of a mask made out of one of Janet's shoulder pads with a panty liner stuck on the inside, and no it's not going to stick to my moustache! Wish me luck. Stay safe.</div>
the riderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13681668130209585709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312382828847102645.post-40031446528959190702020-03-31T08:33:00.001-07:002020-03-31T08:33:50.724-07:00Day 5 of 21 days in quaratine<div style="text-align: justify;">
I had to take the garbage out this morning, what excitement! As I wheeled the bin out I saw a neighbour about five houses down doing the same and we waved to each other, then the guy directly across the road came out and I shouted "Good morning" to him, he called "Morning, morning." back and I retreated into the sanctuary of my own home, wow! Excitement at the social contact welling in my chest.</div>
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Janet and I had a serious discussion this morning about our wine stock. After making calculations based on the empties that went out with the garbage we will run out before the 17th April if we carry on imbibing at our current rate! Unfortunately alcohol is not considered a necessity so during lockdown we cannot buy more, we are going to try and reduce our consumption to two glasses per night at dinner time. Let's see how that goes, I'm not very confident but as I said we have beer and whisky. I think when the bottle stores re open the queue will be longer than it was on the day before the lockdown!</div>
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Bikers on social media are calling for a 30 second engine rev at 16h00 today to show our solidarity in the fight against the coronavirus, I am in two minds about this, on the one hand I'm happy to start my bike up for the battery's sake and I will rev it but on the other hand us bikers already get on Joe Public's nerves with noisy antics. They will not have read about why this is happening because it has been passed around all the biker pages which they do not read, so as far as they are concerned it will just be "those bloody bikers making a noise again!" We'll see what dominates the pages later and in the morning.</div>
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A far more appealing notice went out a little while ago; Cimarron MCC in Capetown has suggested a National biker braai day on Saturday 4th April, we will braai in our own backyards and take selfies at our braai wearing our colours which we can post later on facebook. We will definitely take part in this, we enjoy a braai anyway.<br />
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The day has passed quietly but we read with dismay and a twinge of trepidation that one coronavirus death has taken place in the Saldanha Bay area. Stay in your homes people.<br />
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I was going through my old photographs, scanning and downloading from old albums so I thought I would post a few here. These are from my time in the BSAPolice force in the then Rhodesia, which incidentally at that time was the breadbasket of the African continent and which now is Zimbabwe, the basket case. I digress, this is where my love of motorcycles began;<br />
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Those were the days and I am proud to have served in one of the best Police forces in the world.</div>
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There are so many conflicting reports, advice messages and news items on the corona virus going around at the moment that it is difficult to know what to do. Today I watched a video by a young Czech woman who recommends the continual use of face masks by everyone when out in public, which she says they have been doing all the time and the virus has not been able to gain a foothold because of this. Doctors report that a face mask is unnecessary unless you are infected or you are in direct contact with people who have been infected, such as Doctors and Nurses etc., what to do?</div>
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The first is from an interview in Globes on 22nd March (just the other day), Dr. Yoram Lass, an Israeli physician, former Director General of the Health Ministry and also associate Dean of the Tel Aviv University Medical School;</div>
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<b>"Italy is known for its enormous morbidity in respiratory problems, more than three times any other European country. In the US about 40,000 people die in a regular flu season and so far 40 - 50 people have died of the coronavirus, most of them in a nursing home in Washington."</b></div>
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<b>"In every country more people die from regular flu compared with those who die from coronavirus"</b></div>
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<b>"There is a very good example that we all forget: The Swine flu in 2009. That was a virus that originated in Mexico and until today there is no vaccination against it. But what? At that time there was no facebook or there maybe was but it was in its infancy. The coronavirus, in contrast is a virus with public relations."</b></div>
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The next is from an article in the Washington Post on 21st March; "Facing Covid-19 reality; a national lockdown is no cure" by Michael T. Osterholm, regents professor and director of the center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota;</div>
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<b>"Consider the effects of shutting down offices, schools, transport systems, restaurants, hotels, stores, theaters, concert halls, sporting events and other venues indefinitely and leaving all of their workers unemployed and on the dole. The likely result would be not just a depression but a complete economic breakdown with countless permanently lost jobs, long before a vaccine is ready or natural immunity takes hold."</b></div>
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<b>"The best alternative will probably entail letting those at low risk for serious disease continue to work, keeping business and manufacturing operating and run society, while at the same time advising higher risk individuals to protect themselves through physical distancing and ramping up our healthcare capacity as aggresively as possible. With this battle plan we could gradually build up immunity without destroying the financial structures on which our lives are based."</b></div>
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I don't know what to think, these people obviously know what they are talking about, were people like this consulted? Food for thought.</div>
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I haven't needed to leave the house yet although I must admit to a bit of "cabin fever". Sorry about the boring posts, tomorrow I will post about motorbikes. I have to put the garbage out tomorrow morning, there's something to look forward to - what shall I wear?</div>
the riderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13681668130209585709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312382828847102645.post-35965369092343284102020-03-29T09:50:00.004-07:002020-03-29T09:50:50.561-07:00Day 3 of 21 days in quarantine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It has been a quiet day, we had a good lunch; roast pork belly with gravy, mash and peas and there's a lot leftover for another couple of meals. I'm going to put on weight that's for sure.<br />
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I'm worried my wine is not going to last. I also doubt that 21 days will be enough to "flatten the curve", I fear that the lockdown will be extended. They will have to open the bottle stores to let us re stock otherwise there will be big trouble. I haven't been out of the house yet and I don't plan to go unless it's absolutely necessary, from news items it seems like there's a large part of the population that is not taking this lockdown seriously, whether from bravado, ignorance or socio-economic circumstance it is bound to have a negative effect.</div>
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It's difficult to grasp the enormity of this pandemic, the whole planet is affected. Italy will apparently lose fifty percent of its population and no matter how we come out of this <b><i>THE WORLD WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN. </i></b>We could die from this.</div>
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I try not to be negative, I pray for my family and my friends and I eagerly await a return to normalcy. This is a bit of a negative post, let's see how it goes tomorrow. Stay safe, take care because we care.the riderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13681668130209585709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312382828847102645.post-20732377774141475242020-03-28T09:39:00.000-07:002020-03-29T09:23:06.927-07:00Day 2 of 21 days in quarantine<div style="text-align: justify;">
I slept like a log last night and only woke up at 07h30, that's very unusual for me I'm not normally a heavy sleeper and I wake up usually before 06h00. Lately I have been sleeping better and waking later and this I attribute to the cannabis oil I'm taking at night, amazing stuff and hopefully the dreaded corona virus also hates it.</div>
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It's only day 2 ! When you go on holiday for three weeks the time flashes by!</div>
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We went outside at 20h00 to go and clap and cheer for first responders after reading a post requesting this gesture of appreciation from everyone. We applauded briefly but apart from another couple across the street, who didn't applaud we were alone out there so I doubt whether any of the first responders heard us - thanks anyway guys and girls.<br />
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I think I heard one car going past our house during the day, it is extremely quiet. I read about people out on the streets getting confronted by Police and the occasional mini-brain jogger or dog walker getting sent home. It sounds like in general, with some small exceptions that people are adhering to the lockdown.<br />
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This is going to get boring and the scary thing is that it very well might be extended beyond April 16th. We were supposed to be out of the house by the end of April but we have now extended it to the end of May because although we have sent all the furniture that will accompany us overseas to storage there is still a lot that must be sold or donated. This can only happen when people can move freely around.<br />
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We're drinking our first glass of wine for the day, it's now 17h00 although as it is Saturday we did have two beers at lunchtime. I must monitor what we are drinking and calculate if our stocks are going to last otherwise Janet might have to go on rations.<br />
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We are going through very unusual times right now, this quarantine is weird. I am quite used to being at home having been retired for over three years but the fact that I cannot go out is worrying, I cannot get on the bike and go for a ride and at the moment the weather is perfect for that. It's scary and I must confess to a feeling of apprehension, I've never felt this way before and I don't like it.<br />
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The Chinese have a lot to answer for and they should be shunned by the international community, at the moment they are starting their factories and businesses up and are profiting from the virus that they unleashed on the world. They are manufacturing masks and gloves and even ventilators when back in June last year they knew of the virus but withheld the information from the WHO so as not to damage their economy. They only reported it eventually in November when their own medical professionals insisted. I am so angry right now.<br />
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Another thing is that we have missed our monthly Book club run, our club meeting and we will miss the April breakfast run, I will not have the bike for much longer so I need a couple more rides.<br />
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the riderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13681668130209585709noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312382828847102645.post-88360385266225274342020-03-27T06:37:00.001-07:002020-03-27T06:38:13.805-07:00Day 1 of 21 days in quarantine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It was eerily quiet this morning, we are obviously accustomed to the background hum of early morning traffic as people head to work, this morning it was conspicuous by its absence. All I could hear was the ever present <i>Christmas beetle</i> buzz of my own tinnitus.<br />
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Because the removal company was here on Monday to take away all of the "stuff" that will eventually accompany us overseas our house is mostly empty, two bedrooms are now empty as is my pub which was the centre of our daily existence really, I don't mean that we drank all day but we often sat there or out on the back veranda. Now the rooms echo with memories of all the parties and braai gatherings that we have had over the past 25 years, it's surreal and it adds to the sombre feeling that pervades the town "We could die from this!" Not that we are negative, nothing could be further from the truth but it is there in the background.<br />
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I try to eat well but I know I eat too well, this was my lunch. I bought a packet of six harders from Charlie's fish shop so I have another two meals like this in the deep freeze, I will have them soon, don't want to leave them frozen too long. We eat twice a day, always have done, Janet eats a lot lighter than me, usually fruit and cheese. I grilled these harders and ate them with fresh brown bread and they were absolutely delicious. They are bony but that doesn't bother me, the flavour is well worth the trouble.</div>
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Just had a chat with my old riding buddy Frank, he's fine and he sounds much better lately after going through a difficult period healthwise. He lives alone in Vredenburg but he is surrounded by people who love him and care about him. We will keep in touch by phone, he does not have internet or whatsapp which seems strange in this technological age but he says "What the hell am I going to do with internet? I wouldn't know how to use it." I can't imagine being without it.</div>
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It is a fantastic day and riding on these (mostly) empty roads would be wonderful! Ah well it can wait, stay healthy, stay happy and stay at home.</div>
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Thursday 26th March 2020, tonight our enforced quarantine begins; "<b>Lockdown</b>" an ominous word and we are told that it will be strictly enforced by Police, Traffic department and assisted by the army. Our intention is to stay at home for the entire 21 days even though allowances are being made for people to buy groceries and urgent medical supplies. We have a few supplies and I tried to make sure that we have enough beer, wine and whisky because those items are not classified as essential - can you believe that?!</div>
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On Tuesday I got on the bike to go for a ride, I went in search of some wine and managed to secure two 5ltr box wines to add to my stocks after which I rode through to Hopefield via Velddrif to buy some frozen free range chicken from Hope farms. It really was a pleasant ride and I was happy to be out there.</div>
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We bought three pig's heads already chopped up, bones teeth and all (with ears) and I sliced some of the skin off with which Janet makes lovely "pork scratchings", a lovely crunchy snack.</div>
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Everything went into a big pot with chopped veggies to simmer for several hours after which Janet strained the bones and teeth out and got four molded brawn loaves. We used one of the loaves to make a pasta sauce, it was outstanding with a delicious "offal" flavour which I understand is not to everyone's taste but we love it. Three "loaves" which will make four meals each have been frozen.</div>
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Next was another favourite made with chicken hearts, giblets and necks which also goes a long way;</div>
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This is then fried up to brown it after which Janet makes a rich, spicy sauce which goes extremely well with pasta. This also makes several portions which will be frozen, less than R10 per meal. We'll survive, we're Africans, we're a tough breed.</div>
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I nipped into town today to get another case of beer just in case and the town is crowded, the pavements and streets full of jostling hordes of last-minute shoppers. The ATM queues extending along the pavements. I was uneasy there, it was the first time I have ever felt like that but this damn social media has induced a feeling of panic, of impending doom and the corona virus was hanging green in the air waiting to pounce. I bought my case of beer and rushed back to the safety of my home where I will now stay.</div>
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I feel sorry for those who are not going to be comfortable or who do not have a place to spend the quarantine period, what of those living in crowded squatter camps who are unable to maintain any form of social distancing. Thank goodness I have my internet otherwise I would go crazy - oh and just because we're on this enforced home stay does not mean we will change our drinking habits, we only have a couple of drinks after 17h00. (to quote Alan Jackson ~"It's five o'clock somewhere."~</div>
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We will maintain a positive mental attitude and hope and pray that the three week quarantine period is enough to "flatten the curve". Stay safe, stay indoors and be well.</div>
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For many years now this blog has been mostly about the Meeulanders Motorcycle Club, of which we have been proud members and of which for the past three and a half years I was the President. If you have been reading this you will have seen the recent election and installation of my brother Anton as the new President.</div>
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Unfortunately Janet and I will be leaving the club in a couple of months as we are relocating overseas, but more about that in a later blog. This story concerns Willie and Antoinette who have been members for the past twelve years and who are leaving the west coast to live in Capetown and so have resigned from the club. Janet and I had been planning a seafood(ish) day for the club at our house so Anton suggested we combine it with a farewell for the two of them - excellent idea!</div>
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While (almost) everyone was tucking into those, (three or four didn't eat that) I got busy with the fresh "harders", a small local mullet which is caught in "trek" nets in the bay. Not everyone likes these, they are very bony but they are delicious and are worth the effort of eating around the bones, I love them.</div>
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On the back are listed the names of all of the members, go well Willie and Antoinette.<br />
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It had been a great afternoon, Willie and Antoinette got a lovely send-off and the members had an enjoyable get together. I'm sure that this will have been the last function that we will cater at this house so I'm glad it was a club event.</div>
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I have posted all of the photos of the day on my facebook site; "Braais, beers and bikes" so if you would like to see them go take a look. To see the pictures full size, click on them.</div>
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Cruising north along the R27 from <b>Darling</b> at around 13h00 I was looking through sweat-blinded eyes at my temperature readout; 36Celsius (97f) my tee shirt was sticking to me under my jacket, sweat coursing down my back. We turned off heading down to <b>Langebaan</b>, still hot, turned onto the bypass road and as we crested the hill and looked down onto the beautiful blue lagoon we rode into a cool breeze and within minutes the temperature had dropped by an amazing 10 degrees.</div>
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Eight bikes, fourteen members and two visitors with Cactus Jack bringing up the rear in his air conditioned car which was to become a source of envy a little later. Interim destination the service station in<b> Malmesbury </b>where we would smoke, refuel and have a tea break.</div>
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We spent a very pleasant hour or so there. When we all left to go home I ended up behind Murray and Laureen who also headed into our town, when I stayed behind them to find out what they were doing they led us to the <b>Captain's Cabin</b> for another dop (or two).<br />
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I am really going to miss these wonderful people, this family - I love them all and I especially enjoy these breakfast runs with them.<br />
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From humble beginnings back in September 2018 we have just had the sixteenth meeting of the world renowned "Book Club" and this time we were joined by two other Club Presidents, August company indeed; Eduardo Garnica President of the local Gypsy Jokers chapter and Wayne Moss, President of the local Clique chapter met us at the Phoenix bar.</div>
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I had advertised before that this club was not a part of the Meeulanders but was open to any guys who are able to ride on a Wednesday and who feel like joining us for a cruise around and a couple of dops so it was good to welcome these two. At their third meeting they will be recipients of the coveted breast patch which will identify them to the mundane world as being extraordinary!</div>
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We decided on a ride down to <b>Paternoster</b> for the afternoon, Anton had recently been to the newly developed <i><b>"Crayfish Wharf" </b></i>which none of us had yet seen. It was a very hot day, I saw 31,5Celsius on my readout so I was riding in shirtsleeves with my leather cut as was Murray and Anton, in fact Anton looked the part on his Indian cruiser.</div>
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The beers were cold but to Daan's dismay they didn't have any Red Heart Rum, no problem though he always carries his own in the form of miniatures, "Just bring me some coke and ice." he told the waiter who might have thought it strange that a biker was not drinking alcohol, the same waiter who tried to tell them that we were in a non-smoking area, "Just bring an ashtray!"</div>
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From there we headed up the road to another comfortable, shaded veranda before the ride home, we lined the bikes up in a car park across the from the place so that we could keep an eye on them, this proved to be fortunate because Murray spotted youngsters climbing on them, he shouted and they ran off. We have no objections to kids sitting on the bikes but with permission and under supervision.</div>
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It had been a pleasant, fun afternoon with a nice bit of riding thrown in, what more could one want? I hope that Eduardo and Wayne are able to do more Book Club runs with us. Cheers guys.<br /><br /></div>
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It is really hot on the west coast at the moment, this is always the case in January and February so we always limit our bike rides to coastal areas, this is why when Daan asked me if I was going to accompany them to the Freedom Road rally in Franschoek on Saturday 15th February, I immediately said "No!". I know what Franschoek is like in February and I do not like extreme heat so it was an easy decision.</div>
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We got back on our hot saddles and rode through to Pirate's bar in Langebaan which was on the way anyway, sort of. There, happily the beer was cold. The venue; "Schaaftplaas" is on a farm about 23,5kms from where we were so no rush, also the last 3,5kms is a dirt road for which my bike is not really suited, we would be taking it very easy. When we got to the start of the dirt road I suggested Murray take the lead as he was on a GS and could have sailed along but to him the letters GS stand for "Geen Sand" which in English means "No Sand" so he was happy to follow.</div>
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There were a few people there when we arrived and they continued arriving through the afternoon, I don't know the attendance figures but hopefully the Undaunted members were happy. Schaaftplaas is a very nice venue, well suited to large groups with a few cottages and they also rent out furnished tents, the club had things well organized with the only negative being the disco, and this is not just my opinion, it was a general negative. They were youngsters who had no idea about biker music and were happily playing very loud electronic "trans-type" for want of a better word, crap.</div>
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Well done to the President Etienne and the members of Undaunted, it was a well organized event, we stayed until the late afternoon and then headed for home, people were still coming in. On our way back to the tar road we passed another six bikes heading to the venue. It was still very hot, I saw 35,5 celsius on my readout.</div>
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Meeulanders do a lot of riding but then isn't that what an mcc is all about? My last post covered our monthly breakfast run after which four of our number; Daan and Bev on their FJR and Sooi and Linicia on their GS headed off for a trip to the Eastern Cape, they are currently in <b>Jeffrey's Bay</b> and will meet up with other members at the <b>Christian Motorcycle Association</b> rally in <b>Franschoek</b> this coming weekend.</div>
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Also this coming weekend some of our club will attend the "<b>Undaunted mcc</b>" dayjol at the nearby "<b>Schaaftplaas</b>" resort. We try to support as many local club events as we can in order to encourage reciprocal attendance at ours. That is how it works, we support each other</div>
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In the meantime yesterday was the monthly biker church meeting in <b>Vredenburg</b> which takes place at 08h00 so bikers are up and about early. Pastor Errol is a biker himself so his sermons are relevant and enjoyable, his enthusiasm for The Word is contagious, the services are usually well attended. Afterwards the different clubs usually go somewhere together for breakfast, we decided to go to <b>"Plaasmol"</b> on the R45.</div>
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It's a colourful and inviting place with small shops selling local produce, preserves and craft items, there is an animal touch farm for the children and the well known R45 pub which we have often frequented. There are quaint little dining areas with quirky decor as well as a large area for bigger groups which we selected.</div>
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In spite of the lengthy wait I must say that the breakfast was very good, I got mine just after 11h00 co-incidentally as they opened the bar. My food was still warm and I was not in any hurry. I had their "John Deere" breakfast; miellie pap with a tomato and onion relish, an egg and some pork "kaiings" for R69 which I thought was very reasonable.</div>
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I haven't yet been able to say; "Dammit that was a terrible breakfast run!" Not that I want to of course, my point being every month the run is good. We go to different places and sometimes the breakfast is better than others, sometimes they won't open the bar for us until the legal time and we learn which places are not worth visiting twice but the run is always great.</div>
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This is all because of the people on the run and the fact that we love riding, the food is incidental. Most of the time our monthly breakfast runs are only club members, we welcome visitors and have occasionally had riders from other clubs with us but it's not often.</div>
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This breakfast run was Anton's first as the new President. We had discussed going to the Spur in Piketberg but as the weather was forecast to be 31 celsius with 67% humidity we decided to stick to the coast, we would try Eland's Bay in spite of the Stop/Go's and Anton set the "Kickstands-up" time for 08h30 to make allowance, much to the dismay of Vice President Murray who likes his lie-ins.</div>
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Back on the road after a nice break and we encounter the second of the three Stop/Go's, we weren't so lucky with this one or the next but the wait is not long, the road is not busy on a Sunday. We were chilled, we relaxed and chatted while we waited.</div>
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Having negotiated the roadworks we pulled off on the side of the road at the top of the hill before the descent into the valley and Eland's Bay. There was a bit of tea left which had to be taken care of.</div>
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We had a decent breakfast, a festive time but we had to wait until 11h00 before the bar opened. We sat for a while chatting and then went back out on the road for the ride home. We had to go the same way, there is an alternative but very much longer. The road is not that bad, one just has to be careful of the roadwork sections but I am sure that in a year or two when the work is finished it will be a whole new story, perhaps a fast road because there are some nice corners.</div>
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Some of us decided to stop at De Palm in Saint Helena Bay for an A.B.F while the others opted to go home. It was a lovely ride back, the weather had cleared, it was not yet very hot and the roadworks did not delay us unduly.</div>
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Unintended segregation, it just turned out that way perhaps the ladies were tired of all the crap we talk? It was so pleasant there on the shaded veranda chatting with my brothers that I ended up having two bitterly cold draught beers, as I said; not a terrible breakfast run in fact it was right up there with the best we have had, I don't know why something just clicked.</div>
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This coming Sunday (tomorrow in fact as I write this) we have a biker's church service and then we usually go somewhere together for breakfast afterwards, I'm looking forward to that one again.</div>
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I have a few more of these photos on my "Braais, beers and bikes" facebook page should you be interested and you can click on the pictures to see them full size. Cheers for now, stay safe.</div>
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