Third Book Club meet and an excellent Christmas Party

It's almost the middle of December now and the biking calendar is thinning out, not many more scheduled events left although I am sure there will be plenty more riding. We have good friends Alan and Gill coming to stay with us for a few days from December 30th, they are riding from Mossel Bay and we're going to meet up at a self catering chalet in Tulbagh, we'll stay two nights, they arrive on the Sunday for one night, during which I am sure much alcohol will be consumed, much meat will be burned and much "kak"will be spoken and then we will ride back to our house together, looking forward to that.

In the meantime the world famous "Book Club" met for the third time last Wednesday and although only three of us could make it, we had a great ride and a lot more intellectual discourse.

Anton, Daan and I met at our usual place, the Phoenix Bar and from there we had a very pleasant ride through to the "Soverby Lapa" just before Dwaarskersbos.  It started out hot in Vredenburg but as we got to the Lapa there was a chilly wind blowing in off the sea, we had a couple there and then headed back to Velddrif and to the "Wielhuis", the home of the Clique Mcc.

Anton and Daan outside the Wielhuis, another nice biker bar

It was at this meeting that Anton and Daan were presented with the coveted and highly sought after Book Club flash, it was agreed that the other two members would receive theirs on the occasion of their third meeting. 

 

Saturday was the day set aside for the Gypsy Jokers Christmas party which saw bikers from all over gathering at the Phoenix bar from 14h00 for an afternoon and night of raucous fun and camaraderie. I had been pacing myself for this one and arrived at around 16h30,

the party was in full swing and from what I could see, quite well attended although bikers would continue pouring throughout the afternoon and evening. Unfortunately there were apparently three other events on in Capetown that day which would keep quite a lot of the Cape riders away.

I went in for a cold beer and spent time meeting and greeting.

 

Anna and Odette were kept busy behind the bar and DJ Splinter, who is a member of the Meeulanders Mcc, kept the crowd happy with his excellent music, it certainly was a festive bunch of people.

In the early evening the pots, which had obviously been simmering gently from early in the day were ready and bikers were served a delicious helping of beef stew and rice, it really was very good and was a clever move giving the guys something to line the stomachs.

Capetown bikers put up tents to stay over

Then Anton arrived and bought shooters

Then the afternoon took a sinister turn as one of the Gypsy Jokers prospects was paraded through the crowd, due for a "lynching" later that evening, unfortunately I didn't get to see that. By 19h30 I decided that I had better call it a day and head for home, I had another party to prepare for the following day, a braai with the Meeulanders at home and I'll tell you about that shortly.
It had been a very pleasant afternoon, congratulations to Eduardo and the local chapter of the Gypsy Jokers for the excellent work they obviously did putting the event together, biking in the West Coast and the Western Cape is alive and well.