Last Saturday we were due to visit friends for lunch at the West Coast Farm stall on the R27, (I have told you about this place already, and about how much I enjoyed the offal pot) so I suggested to Janet that we go by bike and go for a bit of a ride; Saldanha to Malmesbury and then back down through Darling. Janet thought this was a great idea. You bikers will know all about this, when you're in a car you take the shortest, most direct route but when you're on a bike you want to extend the trip, this would make it 167km instead of about 64km.
It turned out to be a lovely ride, the weather was great and we arrived at the farm stall just after midday, met our friends and had a great lunch. I had the offal pot again, that is going to become my 'go to' place whenever I want that meal. It rained a bit while we were there and there was a bit of rain on the way home but that didn't dampen our spirits at all.
The next day, Sunday we had planned a "bring'n braai" for our club members but when we woke up it was bloody raining! don't get me wrong, we need the rain here but not on a braai day! This was actually the second time that this has happened, if you need rain plan a big braai.
I met up with club members at the biker church service in Vredenburg, as an aside mine was the only bike parked outside, everyone else attended in cages! We discussed our options, my pub and back verandah is big enough so I invited everyone to come anyway and we would eat the mussels and Janet's pudding - I had a huge pot of mussels that needed to be eaten.
While we were there the clouds parted and the sun came out, too late and wet to braai but the mussels and the fresh bread that we had bought at the farm stall went down very well, in spite of the change of plan we all had a very good time.
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| These guys got mussels brought to their table |
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| Antoinette serves Frank garlic butter |
They're a great bunch of people these Meeulanders, definitely family and we will have a braai sometime soon, maybe I'll plan it quietly!
We rode again on Monday morning, Janet and I and some of the committee members met at the Cove Hotel in Saint Helena Bay to view and discuss the use of the venue for our "Dart Run" which will be held in late September. So lots of riding this past week - excellent.
Now it is Easter weekend, well from tomorrow and I'm sure there will be more biking although traditionally it rains over Easter. Where ever you are going, ride safe, take care and have a wonderful weekend.
2 comments:
Hit or miss rain makes it hard to plan those outdoor events. At least you had some good rides and got some visiting time in with your mates.
Spring here so our weather is hit or miss too. Roads are finally open after the flooding subsided. We had some huge storms and rapid snow melt on the mountains which swelled the local rivers here in our valley. Sure made the fields green though.
Yes we're coming into our rainy season as winter approaches, the West coast is a semi desert area, very dry and drab in summer but beautifully green at this time of the year. It is very much more difficult to plan rides and outdoor events though.
At least we don't have to contend with snow melts though.
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