July Book Club, the eleventh meeting

We almost missed having a Book Club meeting in July. For various reasons, not least of all the weather it looked like there would not be a July meeting but we managed to squeeze it in yesterday, the last day of the month and it turned out to be another damn good one.

These are the stalwarts who attended; from left Anton, Willie, Frank who came along as a guest with Murray and me. This is a rider's club but Murray was having trouble with his bike so he came along in his cage and brought Frank. Apologies were received from Sooi, Daan and Johan.

We met as usual at the Phoenix bar and had a drink while we discussed the day's book as well as where to go next, (I keep meaning to take a book with me!)

Anna wished us well and sent us on our way with a shooter, at least it wasn't tequila!

We decided on the Pirate's bar outside Langebaan and had a very pleasant blast through, the weather was mild, no wind and the sky was a pale wintry blue with my temperature readout showing 18 degrees celsius. Lovely riding weather actually because you can dress for it and take layers off if you get too warm.

We parked outside the pub and I said to Anton that a short ride like that always makes me want more, like it was time for another road trip, he agreed with me. Perhaps it's time to plan a bit of a trip, I'll speak to Janet about it.

Anton and Willie

Murray

Pirate's is a pleasant bar, nicely decorated and the young barmaids are pretty. I drank "Fokoff" lager which name has some connection to the South African band called "Fokoff Polisie kar", in spite of the name it is quite a good beer and I don't often like craft beers.

It was a pleasant afternoon but time was getting away from us for some reason, we decided to end off at Captain's Cabin in Saldanha.

Aside from the motorbikes the view from the Captain's Cabin verandah has to be one of the best, looking out over the bay, which on that day was flat and calm.

We ordered a couple of plates of chips to line the stomach against the alcohol and even though they weren't the best chips they still went down well.

Then it was time to go, here Anton peels out on his big Indian. Once again it had been a very pleasant meeting, lots of friendly banter interspersed with serious matters. This had been the eleventh meeting so we'll have to plan something a bit special for the anniversary meeting in August, let's hope everyone can attend.