April has started off pretty well, we've done a couple of nice rides already. The weather has calmed down considerably, in fact we've had quite a bit of rain which has adversely affected two planned braais, but that's Murphy's law isn't it?
The big red machine's odo clicked over to 130,000km last week, that's in 13 years so at 10,000km per year I suppose that's not a hell of a lot. Get out and do some more riding. The mechanic who has been looking after my bike said that this engine is good for another 130,000 but I don't think I will be!
On Sunday 4th eight of us on five bikes gathered at Juffroushoogte for the monthly breakfast run and what a pleasant run it was, the weather was absolutely perfect. We had already decided on the Farmhouse grill in Piketburg, owned by a brother biker he gives a special price for bikers having breakfast there.
There were no more Stop/Go's on the R45 so we enjoyed an uninterrupted run through apart from a brief fuel stop in Hopefield for Willie to fill up. Next stop was in Moorreesburg again, tea break and waiting to see if anyone of our members who had stayed over at the Swartland Rally in the town was going to join us, no one did and the word was that they were having trouble getting out of bed, so good had been the party the previous night.
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| Next to the garage in the town |
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| Gerda pours the tea |
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| Strong home made liqueur for tea |
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| went down very well |
From there it is only 30km along the N7 to Piketburg and on a Sunday the N7 is a very nice ride, no heavy vehicles and light traffic so we were able to push it a bit, only slowing down as we entered the outskirts to avoid the notorious traffic speed traps. Soon we were lining the bikes up outside the Farmhouse Grill.
Once the meet and greet and the important matter of liquid refreshments was taken care of we moved out into the courtyard, we chose to sit outside rather than inside as it was such a pleasant morning, we chatted while we waited for our breakfast, and what a good breakfast it was.
This is the Biker's breakfast for R54 ! Really good value, I don't know of a single other place that we have been to that gives a breakfast like this for such a reasonable price and bikers will travel all over the country on their breakfast runs. I have no hesitation in recommending The Farmhouse Grill in Piketburg to fellow bikers, give Frans a call on 0714608944 and tell him the Meeulanders sent you. We'll certainly be back.
We rode back to Velddrif along the really nice R399, just over 60km at a steady 120-130km/h, there we said goodbye to Hein, Gerda and Floors and pulled into the Wielhuis Pub for a last one before heading home. A really good day out, a lovely ride and only a 270km round trip although it felt like quite a bit more.
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