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Beautiful place. The hotel was empty this weekend though. I was surprised that they were open.

That green is the lawn, but the veld is greening up nicely. There's been a fair bit of rain this winter here

The mouth of the Kobonqaba Wavecrest Hotel The view, all I wanted was a cup of coffee. I was offered instant, but asked for filter, which they kindly made for me, then charged me nothing. Finally on the beach after crossing the Kobonqaba river at low tide, waist deep, and almost getting caught in quicksand, a very real danger on the bigger Transkei rivers, along with Zambezi's

Edit oops double post. Damn you tapatalk

I went for an exploring ride on Saturday, using paper maps and with some referance to google earth, to find a ridable route between Kei Mouth and Wavecrest Hotel. The huge obstacle is the Kobonqaba river, which is often deep over the rainy season. Waiting for the ferry, youhave to wait for acar to come,they won't cross for a cyclist Coral Trees flowering is a sure sign of spring Kobonqaba valley flood plains The crossing point in the valley Cliffs above the river Another view of the crossing, from the other side

I've just recieved the family heirloom meccano. My 9yo is enjoying it. Just worked out that it must be close to 100 yrs old

Probably ja, short ass looking up at a giant

I admit it, I was bored and had a marker in my pocket

Oh no, that's not so lekker, but dogs are incredibly adaptable animals, and soon you won't notice that the leg's missing.

Watching "Pace Like Fire" after the end of the Eng/Aus day. About the Windies quicks. All I can say is no, no, no, Curtley https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1_9Rtbf4jFo

Absolutely, spent R300 on a case of 12 beers, but thats one every now and again, way too pricy to pig out on. I'm 100km from the closest craft beer supply, judicious purchase. [emoji16] [emoji41]

All the more for me ???????? In all honesty, I can't drink it all the time, a bottle every now and again is my style.

Castle Milk Stout Chocolate is here to stay Good http://www.sabstories.co.za/beer-culture/chocolate-milk-stout/?age-verified=64e57aab1d

Sorry to see this Barry, hope he's better. What goes around comes around, karma will get them. Don't know where to put this, here I guess. The first calf of the season was born yesterday, so the family and I went to check on the little chap, so he got lots of pics taken of him. edit, thats mother in the background, patiently waiting

Noooooo.......[emoji33] [emoji33] [emoji33] [emoji33]

I agree Gerald, also have the gear, but would rather be in bed.

I've missed those early rides this winter. It's been particularly cold this year, or maybe it's just an age thing

Then on Monday I tested some singletrack being built at Morgan Bay. Lacking a bit of flow, and imho unsustainable with fall line trails, and no water management. I'll see in a years time after the rainy season. They were a lot of fun though

Spent the long weekend with my parents at Kei Mouth, so decided that a little exploration in the Transkei was in order for Sat We crossed over this river, Xolora, way above the normal crossing point. Then had a portage up a rather steep hill, the hills don't seem as steep on Google earth. The view from above tha wreck looking east then west On the beach, at high tide, luckily neap tide so it was ridable The view from Seagulls

Hamilton Hammer? :-o

Went for the first ride in a few weeks, after having a bad throat infection, then cold allergy . Buddies persuaded me to take them through our local mountains. 40km with 1250m elevation, there was a bit of climbing, so much that I took few pics. When we stopped I was too busy recovering to take out my camera. Thats where I live, to the left of the highest point Hangklip near Queenstown And the route

The south sea confederation always have a sly fox in the team to test refs. Before McCaw it was Sean Fitz, funny how it's often the captain

Not too bad https://soundcloud.com/theshotguns/birds-of-a-feather-album-teaser-1