Last Saturday, following a request from the organisers of the agricultural show in the little hamlet of Aurora for bikers to make a procession and a bit of a "showing" for which we would receive free entry, a mass of local riders from almost all of the local clubs as well as non affiliated riders met at "Die Wielhuis" pub in Velddrif for the ride.
By the time it was "kickstands up" an amazing 42 bikes lined up and cruised out of Velddrif for the approximately 50km ride, we kept the speed down to 120kmh and rode in a well disciplined staggered formation.
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| Picture by Thomas Ashbury at a Stop/Go. |
These pictures by Gerrie Pieterse show us arriving in Aurora, click on them to view full size. We were let in through the gate and given an area in front of the main grandstand to park and it certainly made an impressive spectacle which attracted a lot of attention, especially from the older men who gathered to admire the bikes, many perhaps thinking that it might just be the right time to get one?
The show was pretty crowded, live music and cold beer, Janet and I wandered around a bit and then went in search of some lunch. I had spotted "Offal pot" on the menu and figured that out there in the country it would be good so we ordered some.
Unfortunately it was disappointingly bland, too clean for our taste, Oh well the search continues. We moved outside and sat with our friends for a final beer before leaving.
Not sure about this one but perhaps Hein and Willie were singing along to the live music?
It had been a fun afternoon but soon it was time for us to leave, tomorrow there would be another ride, the monthly breakfast run. We had a very enjoyable cruise home with a brief stop for an A.B.F at the Phoenix bar in Vredenburg, what a great bunch of people bikers are!
2 comments:
42 bikes. Now that is a group ride.
We haven't been on the bikes much. 100 degree temperatures mixed with thick forest fire smoke and they are warning us to curb outdoor activities. Sigh.
I have read about the fires over there, we had that recently here on our eastern cape coastal area around the towns of Plettenberg Bay and Knysna which are tourist areas, the two towns were devastated by the fire.
100 degrees is high 30's for us, that's very uncomfortable riding weather, we get that type of heat from December through February.
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