Awesome riding at Misverstand

My desperate deisre to ride was well satisfied yesterday. I went riding with GraZer at Misverstand Dam near Morreesburg .

I must say, I'm feeling really guilty about going riding without the rest of the family. I'm hoping to take everyone for a spin at K-Mountain tomorrow.

What a great place Misverstand is! We had an awesome time. Lots of technical riding with hill climbs, small river crossings rocky river beds and lots of tricky off-camber. Also lots of wide open space to open up.









RB was in her element. She got nice and dirty in the mud. Took me the whole afternoon today to get her clean again.

Rain rain go away

I know we need the water and I know Capetonians love this weather because it gives them an excuse to sit in front of their fire places and vegetate, but man I am desperate to ride my bike!

It's been nearly two weeks since I last rode her and every time I see RB (my Honda CRF250X) parked in the garage, I itch to fire her up.

The rest of the family are also dead keen. Reece (our 8 year old) is trying to satisfy his throttle hand's twitch by playing Motocross Madness 2 on his PC. The twins (12) are trying to keep their testosterone at bay by driving like maniacs on Need For Speed Carbon on their PS2. We really need to get out!

Dump has recovered from her knee surgery and is trying to prove to us that she's ready to get back on her bike by hopping all over the house on her injured leg. Talk about desperate! But then again, she hasn't ridden for nearly 3 months.

Weather.com says it will be partly cloudy tomorrow, Sunday and Monday. Last night they said it would be raining on all three days. Is it impossible to predict the weather in the Western Cape, or is it true that weather bureaus are the only companies on the planet that pay their employees to get it wrong 90% of the time?

PS: I heard a good one today: What is the definition of optimistic? A South African batsman putting on sun screen before going out to bat :-)

The Web Heads made me do it

I have never understood what possesses people to keep a diary. I mean come on! Why relive life's painful moments by writing about them in a little book which you don't expect anyone will ever read, but secretly hope they will?

Life is too short to spend a significant percentage of it writing about the past!

Enter the blog. The most efficient and effective way to share those precious moments and pearls of wisdom which deserve to be shared (I think).

My friends craniac and the lush, both accomplished Web Heads have convinced me, without saying a word, that there must be something to blogging. So here I go...