I have an idea for a new thread...

[MTBeer]

On 8/25/2021 at 9:43 AM, Duane_Bosch said:

I emailed Alan Winde about that stretch. Basically the short answer was nice idea but no.

wouldn't this be a Transnet thing and not a Western Cape Gov thing?

Great idea, by the way

[Duane_Bosch]

48 minutes ago, MTBeer said:

wouldn't this be a Transnet thing and not a Western Cape Gov thing?

Great idea, by the way

The line was privatized and used exclusively by the knysna choo choo. There's an organization called friends of the choo choo who were trying to source the funds to fix the line at Vic bay but as time goes by the line will get more overgrown. My dealings were with Wnde's office when he was the MEC for tourism in the Western Cape. The whole thing got shut down pretty early. The land probably does belong to Transnet.

Someone with more determination and passion for a project of this nature should probably have handled it rather than an IT guy who's into riding bikes for fun.

As I said in a previous post I've walked the stretch from Ballots bay through Vic and to Wilderness and it's truly beautiful. But it's totally overgrown and probably 10 years from being completely swallowed up by the bush in some spots.

 

Imagine riding a bike over those railway bridges you can see from the road between Knysna and Wilderness. That would be STUUUUNING!

Edited August 26, 2021 by Duane_Bosch

[Hairy]

 

[charlesvh]

On 8/23/2021 at 3:56 PM, justinafrika said:

This is all that remains of the Verwoerd name as far as public facilities are concerned, it’s officially called the Betsie Verwoerd Pompstasie.  

Only because it is in Betsie Verwoerd street. 

[Slowbee]

15 hours ago, DJR said:

What makes old railway lines so good for bike touring is the fact that the inclines are very gentle. Trains cannot climb steep gradients, so theline always follow the gentlest climb possible, which make it much easier to cycle up, even for non-hardened riders. And that widens the field and make it accessible to many more  people.

eerrmmmm ummmm ........ e ........ bi............ke......s cough cough

 

[DJR]

8 hours ago, Slowbee said:

eerrmmmm ummmm ........ e ........ bi............ke......s cough cough

 

Ha ha, yes, just show you, I still have a young mind in a not-so-young body. I cannot quite think of doing the electric doping thing...........but one day when I'm old..............????

[geomark]

[MTBeer]

On 8/23/2021 at 3:56 PM, justinafrika said:

This is all that remains of the Verwoerd name as far as public facilities are concerned, it’s officially called the Betsie Verwoerd Pompstasie.  

Is the English word for 'pompstasie' brothel?????

[justinafrika]

47 minutes ago, geomark said:

 

[geomark]

[splat]

4 hours ago, MTBeer said:

Is the English word for 'pompstasie' brothel?????

Isn't the pompstasie where they keep the sewing machines? 

[justinafrika]

Naai issie daai,  my broe'.

[justinafrika]

Edited August 27, 2021 by justinafrika

[Frosty]

22 hours ago, Morph said:

Cloudy will always make me think of @scotty

[geomark]

[geomark]