Biker church and another breakfast run with us in a cage

Last Sunday started out well, I awoke before the alarm clock sounded in anticipation of a nice day out on the bike. The wind, which had been hammering us for the past week didn't seem to be blowing and the sun was shining through broken, patchy cloud. Seemingly a lovely day for riding.

I got up and made a lot of noise making coffee, let the cats in and got our jackets and helmets ready, we would have to leave the house around 07h30 and I didn't want to give Janet the opportunity of saying "I don't think I'll go with you today, you go, leave me here." which she is often wont to do. We were suited and booted just before 07h30 so we'd be at the church in Vredenburg before the biker blessing service started, time to meet and greet.

I turned the key, the engine tried to fire and cut. It had been doing this a bit lately but it usually started straight after, not this time, again and again I tried but to no avail, she was not going to start. The awful realisation that we would have to go by car took shape, the embarrassment, but mainly the disappointment, now we were running out of time. We hurriedly divested ourselves of our riding gear and got the bakkie out of the garage.

Pissed off and embarrassed biker caging

I soon cheered up, my people were there and they were understanding and sympathetic, Pastor Errol conducted a lovely biker blessing service and as usual the Meeulanders made up a large part of the congregation.

Various clubs usually ride off somewhere for breakfast after this monthly service, sometimes together, sometimes as a club. This time our club had been invited by our new Prospects to have breakfast at the Langebaan Yacht Club of which they are members and were able to sign us all in. We would go through to a viewoint in Langebaan for a tea break first.

 The Langebaan Lagoon is a beautiful natural inland body of water comprising the Saldanha Bay and the lagoon, from Saldanha in the north to Church Haven in the south it is 27 miles, there are spectacular views and it is extremely popular for water sports, the almost constant wind makes it a favourite with the kite surfing set. The fishing is also excellent.

Gilbert and Roleyn lead the pack in

Parked up in the viewsite

Janet pours the tea

At least the bakkie was useful

An old Meeulander tradition

Cheers!

It is just a short distance, literally down the road to the Yacht Club and the management were so pleased to see us they asked if they could take a group photo of us, naturally we obliged.

The Yacht Club is very comfortable, plenty of space but unfortunately the bar did not open until 11h00 much to the chagrin of some, especially Vice Pres Murray who was dying for a beer!

Breakfast was excellent, this for R60, Janet could not finish hers so I got extra.

After breakfast some left, other business to attend to, those of us who remained found a cosy corner with a great view where we could chat over a beverage or two. It was another excellent day with fantastic people and this was our view;