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Just heard from a friend at MTO - 50% of Jonkershoek plantation was destroyed by fire last night... still burning under the Pieke.

 

not sure what this means for the trails, but it can't be good...Sleepy
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Nope, can't be good for the trails. Seen it burn yesterday and last night, but did'nt know it's that bad! damnConfused

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How has all these fires affected the Epic route? That race is hard enough without having to rides through 8 days of burnt landscape! Cry

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How has all these fires affected the Epic route? That race is hard enough without having to rides through 8 days of burnt landscape! Cry

 

Havent thought of that...

 

The whole cape has taken a beating... Cederburg, round grabow, summerset west and stellies. All good ridingspots. Lets hope tokai stays in tact.

 

At least the wind stopped today, but its so damn hot outside I almost spontaniously combusted anywayLOL
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anyone got some more info on jonkers? Working during the day so end up in stellies too late to see how it looks. My brother is going to be pissed, just bought him a new MTB today.... to ride in jonkers.

Hope there is something left.

 

Hate this fire - Stellies if full of ashes and smoke - feels like Im sleeping in a "informal settelment"
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Not good.  Can still see the smoke coming from the valley.  Let's just hope they stop the fire before the rest of the valley is affected.  Most of the ST is below the second contour road; hopefully they stopped the fire above that! 

Must be hell to be fighting fire when the outside temperature is touching 40?C
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Eish...was planning a little ride there later this arvie. Liked that new ST on the right hand side - not sure what its called.

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Eish...was planning a little ride there later this arvie. Liked that new ST on the right hand side - not sure what its called.

 

Its called SHHHHH...don't tell everybody about it!Big%20smile

 

And Jonkers has been closed to visitors since yesterday afternoon
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its hard to just walk in stellies last night, imagine mtbing in jonkers --- crazy man

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