February Book Club, two extra riders join in for the first time

From humble beginnings back in September 2018 we have just had the sixteenth meeting of the world renowned "Book Club" and this time we were joined by two other Club Presidents, August company indeed; Eduardo Garnica President of the local Gypsy Jokers chapter and Wayne Moss, President of the local Clique chapter met us at the Phoenix bar.

l to r; Murray, Eduardo, me, Sooi, Wayne, Daan and Anton

I had advertised before that this club was not a part of the Meeulanders but was open to any guys who are able to ride on a Wednesday and who feel like joining us for a cruise around and a couple of dops so it was good to welcome these two. At their third meeting they will be recipients of the coveted breast patch which will identify them to the mundane world as being extraordinary!

We decided on a ride down to Paternoster for the afternoon, Anton had recently been to the newly developed "Crayfish Wharf" which none of us had yet seen. It was a very hot day, I saw 31,5Celsius on my readout so I was riding in shirtsleeves with my leather cut as was Murray and Anton, in fact Anton looked the part on his Indian cruiser.

There are still two Stop/go roadworks on the road down but it wasn't too bad for us, we cruise to the front of the queue and get away first and they are not long stops. That's going to be a very good road when it is finished.

It is a very interesting development with two restaurants, a bar and some arts and craft shops using part of the old crayfish factory that had been standing vacant for years. Paternoster has become a very tourist orientated place so this should be well patronized.

Biker attitude

The beers were cold but to Daan's dismay they didn't have any Red Heart Rum, no problem though he always carries his own in the form of miniatures, "Just bring me some coke and ice." he told the waiter who might have thought it strange that a biker was not drinking alcohol, the same waiter who tried to tell them that we were in a non-smoking area, "Just bring an ashtray!"

A beautiful part of the Cape west coast

From there we headed up the road to another comfortable, shaded veranda before the ride home, we lined the bikes up in a car park across the from the place so that we could keep an eye on them, this proved to be fortunate because Murray spotted youngsters climbing on them, he shouted and they ran off. We have no objections to kids sitting on the bikes but with permission and under supervision.

I had heard of the drink "Katemba" before but had not tried it, a 50/50 mix of red wine and coca cola, and being a fan of red wine but not of coke I had always eschewed it. There was no getting away from it this time though, Sooi and Anton insisted although Daan refused and stuck to his Red Heart rum and coke.

Sooi is a big fan of Katemba and I must say it was rather refreshing and flavourful but not something I could drink a lot of.

We sat there chatting for a while, sorting out the world's problems, many topics were discussed and we will pass on our decisions shortly - soon though it was time to head back.

It had been a pleasant, fun afternoon with a nice bit of riding thrown in, what more could one want? I hope that Eduardo and Wayne are able to do more Book Club runs with us. Cheers guys.