We met at the Winelands Onestop on the N1, where about 15 Series Land Rovers invaded the parking lot.
There were two old restored VW Combi's there too which were really cool:
Kate and I got there quite early; our packing during the week helped us to leave on time for once. We could then sit down and have some coffee and breakfast with Gary (the organiser) and his daughter Nicola and Vicky who works for GQ, but used to work for SA 4x4 (all comments reserved).
Pepper packed and ready to go:
Nicola playing at the end of the weekend, she will make a mean little soccer player if she learns the hand ball rules:
We then trundled off in convoy to the farm which was about an hour away. A convoy of old Landy's arriving:
After setting up camp
and having a driver's meeting we went for a lttle drive. The little drive was lots of sun, there were log crossings, log inclines, dongs, dips and gulleys.
Buzzy in his Series 2 and the log crossing:
David brown piloting the Blue Smoker over the logs:
Dongas:
Dips
and gulleys
We all got stuck on one incline because we all decided to take the wrong line and test our incredibly flexible suspension, which was fun because none of us really have incredibly flexible suspension except Rambertus, and even he got a bit stuck, which is all part of the fun and the main purpose of some cars.
Notice the lesser spotted rock bokkie on the right hand side, perfectly camouflaged:
Pepper posing on a clay mound:
After playing for some time we all went on a game drive on a Series 2 SWB which was lots of fun, it belongs to the owners of the farm whose son decided to restore it after it had sat in a garage for ten years.
Some incredibly handsome guy pretending to drive the game viewer:
We listened to fish eagles, watched bokkies, looked at the sunset and took photo's! After that we went back to camp, started a fire, braaied, went to bed and woke up again!
Braai:
It wasn't nearly as cold as the weather report said it would be so we are all okay in the morning. We started the second part of the trail at nine, after working out why my CB radio wasn't working. The second half winds its way through a grove of wild olive trees, some over a hundred years old. There were lots of fun little obstacles, made even more fun by the fact that Pepper's starter motor has decided to pack up, making life very difficult. Whenever we stopped I couldn't turn her off, or if I stalled I had to make sure it was on an incline. I did stall once on a rocky incline, and then charged up in order not to stall again, but beat my gearbox crossmember up on the rocks:
Adam on the little rock climb, which he did with aplomb!
After all of that there was a little muddy obstacle, which Pepper didn't want to get out of, she even did it in two wheel drive but still didn't get stuck. It was fun but means that now she needs a full lube service, new wheel bearings and the starter motor needs replacing/fixing. The alternator bearing also needs replacing, all jobs for the holidays.
So we played
and played:
Adam played and sucked in water:
but that's ok because he has a T*y&t@ engine in his car so if he kills it he can put a real one in!
Yhen went to play some more while others went and did a little drive up the mountain.
Vicky piloting Rambertus over the dreaded logs, she made it look very easy:
A photo shoot was organised with Pepper and Adam's car, them being the youngest and the oldest respectively.
What is nice about all these outings is that kiddlywinks come too. There is something strange about it all because all the kiddlywinks are girls, but here is a picture of a little monkey endemic to regions that contain Land Rovers:
And that was the end of that, a good trail although quite short. Broken: starter motor. To do: service, engineering work on bumper, spare wheel carrier and other stuff. Move: aerial mount, it gets in the way. Till next time!
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Beautiful pictures!
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