So last weekend was a nice cold and wettish weekend in Dullstroom. I did the first route as per Paul Catt's post earlier in this forum and went up to Riverman Cabin. On the way back I missed the O'Grady's loop exit. I entered the loop where his entered back onto the main road and just did an in and out down to O'Grady's. This route is proper training (for me that is) and should definitely not be attempted if you're unfit. The last 13km is all climbing and had me swearing and crying and praying, but hey, no pain no gain they said!!! That first 15km or so has quite a lot of corrugation, but still very passable. The rain of the previous night made it just that little more fun with a couple of mud pools on the route. There wasn't a lot of traffic and I felt completely save all the way out and back (done it solo). I stopped at Riverman Cabin for a coffee and on the way back stopped at High Side Tavern in Tonteldoos for ONE beer and Baked Beans on toast. I'm already planning my next trip to Dullstroom, want to do some of the other routes as well. It is truly a great area for mountainbiking!!! Thanks Paul for your route suggestions, maybe if you could add a difficulty grade to each, will help future riders to choose the routes for their fitness level/abilities.
