A really nice Easter breakfast run

We have a custom in our club where anyone wanting to go for a ride, unless they particularly want to ride alone, posts a notice on our facebook page or our Whatsapp group inviting other members to join in with meeting time and venue. So it was that I saw a notice from Anton for a breakfast ride on Easter Sunday and we headed out to Juffroushoogte to join them.

It was a little chilly at first but with the promise of a lovely day ahead, calm and sunny and as we sat drinking a hot coffee waiting for the others to arrive I was eagerly anticipating a good ride. It ended up with nine of us altogether on five motorbikes.

Customary meeting place

Coffee before the ride

The place that Anton and Rinette had chosen for our breakfast near Malmesbury was closed so we decided to go to Darling after phoning Brig's Barn to make sure they were open. We have been there before and we know that the food is good.

We had an eclectic mix of motorcycles parked outside, including BMW, Yamaha, Indian and this beauty; Heine's brand new Triumph Bonneville T120 of which he had only just taken delivery. A retro styled modern 1200cc, attention to original detail was perfect even the fuel injectors were made to look like old carburetors. I love that retro look.

It's only about a forty five minute trip to Darling so we weren't in any hurry, we kept the speed at 130kmh just to stay ahead of the traffic as we rode south down the R27. We pulled into a halfway laybye for our tea break, gathering to chat about just how nice that short ride had been so far.

This time I didn't forget, Janet had made a very nice grenadilla liqueur with fresh fruit and vodka and it really was delicious.

"Cheers everyone" and of course the new motorbike was also a topic of conversation.

From there a pleasant cruise into the little town of Darling, renowned nowadays for the restaurant "Evita se Perron" belonging to Pieter Dirk Uys and his alter ego Evita Basson.

We parked our steeds in the shade under a carport and went through to the veranda outside Brig's Barn, we were able to order a beer by then so we sat and chatted while we waited for our breakfast.

A nice touch, an Easter egg each

Brig's breakfast, not cheap at R85 but good

After a hearty breakfast we headed back up the R27 - passing uneventfully through a traffic roadblock at the Engen One Stop and down to Langebaan where we visited Pirate's Bar.

Thanks guys for the lovely day out, another unscheduled breakfast run turns out to be an excellent one.