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2017 Mini Wing Fling – Kakamas
25 February 2017 by Suzette Grobler Leave a Comment
FRIDAY, 28 April to MONDAY, 1 May 2017
DAY 1: 28 APRIL 2017 – FRIDAY
Departure from Cape Town and drive 400 km to Calvinia. Stay over two options:
REPUBLIC OF RUSTICA (click here for gallery as this is a very interesting stay-over)
2 x double bedrooms @ R700 per room each (per couple)
1 x double bedroom @ R550 per room each (per couple)
1 x room with 2 single beds @ R550 per room
JO’s GUEST HOUSE (click here for gallery)
Double bedrooms @ R480 each (per couple)
Single bedrooms @ R300
MAKU-TUIS (click here for gallery)
is a house with four cosy bedrooms with a yester-year atmosphere @ 4 x R 500
Evening meal – to be decided – braai or pizza – for own account
NO breakfast included since we want to have breakfast in Brandvlei.
29 & 30 April 2017 – SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
Departure Saturday morning to Brandvlei – 150 km and breakfast at Die Windpomp Restaurant for your own account. Stop-over at the well-known Kenhardt Hotel.
Lunch at De Werf Restaurant/coffee shop, followed by the last 60 km to Kakamas.
Arrive Saturday afternoon at KALAHARI GATEWAY with our hosts, fellow Wing Riders, Dick and Meisie Venter. He is also known as the best of the best karaoke singers south of the Sahara!
Great word of thanks for giving us a huge discount!
Packages for Saturday and Sunday dinners (spitbraai on Saturday and braai/potjie on Sunday) and Sunday and Monday breakfasts (picnic packs), together with two nights’ accommodation at R1020 per person.
Entertainment on SUNDAY:
Augrabies waterfalls @ R44 per person (entrance fee)
Lunch at the lovely restaurant and bar (also a souvenir shop) – own account.
Rock Shop – beautiful jewellery and souvenirs made from local rocks.
Optional – an evening game drive from 19:30 (one hour thirty minutes) @ R192 per person. Alternatively, gather around the camp fires at Kalahari Gateway for good times with friends.
DAY 4: 1 MAY 2017 (Public Holiday) – MONDAY
Departure to Springbok (± 300 km) with breakfast pack. Breakfast picnic along route due to the distance to Springbok.
Please e-mail Delphius Symington at foto@hantam.co.za
Send WhatsApp message to him on 082 491 7328.
Please indicate your Calvinia accommodation choice. That amount plus R1020 per person, is the total amount per person.
Account name Wing Riders WC
Account number 2036410022
Reference Name and surname
Important: Please inform Delphius (by mail or WhatsApp) of your payment and how you calculated the amount.
Any persons with special diet preferences need to inform Delphius. Any extra costs added to the costs stated above regarding breakfasts and evening meals, will be for that person’s own account.
Cut-off date for bookings, is Monday, 3 April 2017 at 12:00. Accommodation available and prices quoted above, cannot be guaranteed for bookings after 3 April 2017. Please make sure to book in time to avoid disappointment.
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Kakamas Mini wing Fling, 29 April – 2 Mei (Corrie le Roux)
23 May 2011 by Felicity Leave a Comment
We did not have the same number of members attending the MWF 2011 than last year but we had a ball of a time. I think reasons contributing towards the low attendance were amongst other, by taking 2 days leave you had about 10 days holiday over the whole period and MWF2011 was also held on the same weekend as the annual bikers weekend in Margate. Maybe we can combine our MWF in future with the Bikers weekend? Please let us know what you think. Another contributing factor also was the distance we had to travel. A few guys replied with “dit is te ver”!
I want to thank each and every one of our members who attended MWF 2011. We all had to travel at least an average of between 850 – 950km to get there, referring to the Gauteng and Western Cape based members. The distance seemed to be a tall order, but it definitely was NOT! Martin & Melani and Hendrik & Maria joined us from Margate and had to travel about 1400km to meet us in Kakamas. They travelled at least ±2500km. (rountrip from home – Margate – Kakamas and back home). That is what you call COMMITMENT.
Ons groepie van 3 Wings (ek, Antie Jane, Splitpin en Mariana) het die son sien opkom en ondergaan op pad na Kakamas, asook terug huistoe want ons het beide trips (±920km) in 1 dag afgelê. Dankie aan Chris Aucamp wat ons ontbyt op pad na Kakamas by Coligny “geborg” het. Ons kon darem ‘n vinnige kuietjie inkry terwyl ons vir ons kos gewag het. Chris Aucamp het maar baie bedroëe gelyk toe ons weer in die pad val. Hy het my al ‘n paar jaar “ge-nag” om die Upington area te besoek en toe die geleentheid hom voordoen, kon hy a.g.v. van werksomstandighede dit nie bywoon nie. Chris, sorry, jy het ‘n geleentheid van jou lewe gemis.
Anton het my gevra om die MWF te reël en hy het voorgestel om dit op Kakamas, en by die Kalahari Gateway Hotel te hou. So gevra en so gemaak en ons grootste vewagtinge is oortref toe ons by die Kalahari Gateway Hotel opdaag. Kakamas is ‘n baie klein plekkie en ons kon ons nie voorstel dat daar op so ‘n plekkie enige iets “groot” kan aangaan nie. Wel, ek sê dit weereens – ons was aangenaam verras! Die vriendelikheid tydens die besprekings en reëlingsproses was “voelbaar” maar die gasvryheid en diens van alle personeel was uitstekend. Om nie eens van die eienaars, Dick en Meisie Venter te praat nie. Hulle gasvryheid was uitsonderlik!
Al wat ek van die kos kan sê, dit was UITSTEKEND!!!!
Aan Dick & Meisie en al die personeel van die Kalahari Gateway Hotel, baie dankie vir jul vriendelikheid en gasvryheid. Ons sal julle definitief WEER moet besoek.
Dick is also the proud owner of a Gold Wing and they decided to join the Wing Riders. We had the honour to hand him and Meisie their club colours. To Dick and Meisie, within a short period of time you became very close to us and crept into our hearts. You will most definitely enjoy the Wing Rider family. WELCOME to the Club!
Ons het ‘n paar hart chirurge in ons geledere gehad wat ‘n “ope hart operasie” op Prof. Fanie se fiets gedoen het. Ons het nog nooit sulke snaakse insetsels en grappies gehoor terwyl ons aan ‘n motorfiets gewerk het nie. Dit was sommer “tjoef tjaf” toe was sy fiets se alternator weer reg.
Ons was die Vrydagaand met ‘n heerlike skaap spitbraai getrakteer en van al die lekker dinge wat ons kon doen, het van ons die geleentheid gehad om met Dick se 4×4 voertuig Riemvasmaak te besoek. Sommige van ons het gaan river raft en van ons het ook gaan wyn proe op ‘n duin buite Kakamas waarna ons toe ‘n wild besigtiging toer gehad het. Ons het ook die jaarlikse Marchant skou bygewoon en dankie aan Anton, Felicity en ander wat die motorfietse opgepas het. Ook die uitstappie na die Augrabies watervalle toe was ongelooflik.
Except for Anton who had problems with his drive shaft and Johan who had a minor incident with a cat near Keimoes, I am not aware of any other incidents and everyone returned home safely. Our group also returned home safely after a 19 hour journey. There was a huge accident ±35km outside of Potch and we decided to return to Potch, have a cup of coffee and then took a detour home via Parys and Vanderbijl Park.
Kakamas Mini Wing Fling: Reis na Kakamas – Vrydag, 29 April 2011 (Amorita Engelbrecht)
4 May 2011 by Leave a Comment
Ons geniet ‘n vroeg oggend ontbyt by die Springbok Kafee, waar ons oorgeslaap het vir ons reis na Kakamas, voor ons verder vertrek. Ons ontdek dat Ulandi se agteroppie (pillion rider), Lizette Olivier, verjaar die dag. Tydens ons regmaak vir die vertrekslag blyk dit dat Peter so haastig is om weer op sy geel piesang te klim dat hy hom terstond op die grond neersit, gelukkig sonder enige skade. Die pad na Pofadder op pad na Kakamas is mooi met lang reguit stukke, wat ons die geleentheid gegee het om die heerlike vars lug en pragtige wye landskap te kan ervaar, soos net op ‘n motorfiets.
By ons petrolstop te Pofadder, geleë nagenoeg in die middel tussen Springbok en Kakamas, het die eerste paar Wings al die petrol opgebruik en was die res genoodsaak om by ‘n tweede vulstasie in die dorp petrol te gaan soek, waar daar gelukkig was. Ek en André het by sy 95 jarige ouma in die ouetehuis gaan inloer, terwyl die res so gaaf was om by die hotel te gaan wag, waar hulle onder ander vir Vicegrip (African Grey papegaai) kon ontmoet. Toe ons wou vertrek, was dit omtrent ‘n gedoente met die karwagte, elkeen het sy eie paar Wings gehad wat hy opgepas het, en het lekker moeilik geraak as ‘n ander een te naby aan ‘sy’ Wings gekom het.
Pofadder is ‘n regte one horse town geleë op ‘n wye stowwerige vlakte, maar het tog ‘n bekoring vir dié wat daar bly. Dit is hoofsaaklik afhanklik van die omliggende boere gemeenskap sowel as groot myne in die omgewing.
Die pad na Kakamas was net so mooi en ook met baie lang reguit stukke. Van die manne het die geleentheid gebruik om hulle Wings se kele bietjie oop te maak en Ulandi het met haar splinternuwe Trike ook nie op haar laat wag nie!
Met ons aankoms in Kakamas net so by middagete en met die indraai in die hoofstraat ry Anton ewe onskuldig oor ‘n rooi verkeerslig! Gelukkig was daar nie ‘n wetsman naby nie.
Die Kalahari Gate Way Hotel was ‘n welkome afsaal plek, met eienaars Dick en Meisie Venter wat ons dadelik welkom laat voel het. Daardie heerlike glasies sherrie!! Corrie, Jane en Chris het weer gesorg dat ons spesiaal gevoel het met ‘n sjokolade potjie gevul met smarties, sjampanje en mooi wapens vir ons brag baadjies. Ons het ons ou vriende van die Noorde gegroet, veral Hendrik en Martin wat die Bike Week in Natal onderbreek het om by ons te wees. Die middag het Anton ons nuwe webblad aan almal teenwoordig bekend gestel en dit het groot byval gevind.
Net voor aandete het Anton, ons Vereniging se President, almal hartlik welkom geheet. Hiertydens het Anton, Corrie en Rob, Dick en Meisie se kleure as nuwe klublede aan hulle oorhandig. Dick het onlangs vir Meisie ‘n pragtige swart 1500 Trike aangeskaf. Die aand is ‘n spitbraai deur die Hotel vir ons aangebied en het die meeste van ons heeltemal te veel geëet. André het onder andere omtrent die heel nag rondgedwaal op soek na Eno’s!
Mini Wing Fling at Kakamas – Friday, 29th and Saturday, 30th April 2011 (Amorita Engelbrecht)
At our arrival Friday the 29th April, we were welcomed by the Owners of the Kalahari Gateway Hotel, Dick and Meisie Venter with a wonderful sherry which we all enjoyed.
The evening after Anton, our Association’s President officially welcomed every one present, we over indulged with the spitbraai that was offered as the main course.
The Saturday morning the guys took their Wings to Marchand, a small nearby community to bring some glamour to the community’s local Boere Skou (farmer show)! The Wings attracted a lot of attention and we got many compliments. One of the farmers were even prepared to swop his tractor for a Wing.
From there some went river rafting, some fell out, others stayed dry and Peter did no rowing, just gave everybody advice how to do things properly. Dick lent us his 4×4 Range Rover and together with Pierre’s Pajero we went on a tour through the ups and downs of the Augrabies Falls National Park. Fanie and Johan tried the hot springs in their underpants, and we admired the scenery.
We then went on our search for Riemvasmaak. When we got there, we had to ask for directions to get back to Kakamas. Felicity (not ours) at the stop street was very helpful, she asked for R4, and being the gentleman that he is, Fanie gave her R10. She then asked his name, he told her, where upon Leonie said he’s a married man. Felicity then replied: “ek vrek vir getroude mans”! so watch out Leonie, Fanie might just decide to move to Riemvasmaak! We saw a lot of communal birds’ nests hanging in the trees. Johan just had to put his hand in to see what it’s like, luckily there weren’t any snakes inside the particular nest as is usually the case. We also got lost for a while; the road wasn’t even on the GPS.
Fanie’s bike had alternator trouble, so the evening everybody who knew something, had a hand in fixing it. André and Chris de Lange who were the main fixers, learned a lot extra tricks in the process, such as the very good cleaning abilities of Doom!! With all the help the alternator was soon again in tip top condition, and built back into Fanie’s Wing. The repair of the alternator actually turned out to be an event full of laughter and camaraderie, typical of our Wing Riders.
Hendrik gave us his Mandela speech, where after everybody went to bed after another great meal.
Mini Wing Fling te Kakamas – Sondag, 1 Mei 2011 (Amorita Engelbrecht)
Tot dusver het ons die mees fantastiese weer die naweek te Kakamas ervaar, en vandag was geen uitsondering nie. Vanoggend na ontbyt is ons almal na die Augrabies watervalle. Selfs al is die groot waters van Januarie verby, was dit steeds baie indrukwekkend, veral toe ons sien hoe hoog die vloedwater gekom het en die skade wat aangerig is, veral wat drie uitkykpunte betref. Die meeste van ons het na die besigtiging van die valle ‘n wyle onder die groot stoep van die restaurant vir verversings vertoef , waarna ons weer na Kakamas teen 12:00 se kant teruggekeer het.
Die middag het van ons die geleentheid gebruik om ‘n wynproe en wild besigtigings toer mee te maak wat die Hotel aangebied het. Die wynproe was in die opelug bo-op ‘n rooi sandduin, waar van die plaaslike streek se wyne aan ons bekend gestel is. Die wild rit was ook iets besonders. Ons was eers met heerlike happies getrakteer onder ‘n baie groot doringboom waarom ‘n pragtige lapa gebou is. Hierna het ons veral heelwat kleinwild te siene te kry.
Enkele lede wou graag ‘n Kokerboom, waarvoor die area ook bekend is, as aandenking terugneem huis toe. Ons word toe na ‘n Kokerboom kwekery op Keimoes geneem waarvan die eienares ‘n uiters spraaksame dame is. Bykans elkeen wat teenwoordig was, het op die ou end ‘n kokerboompie aangeskaf, wat Pierre natuurlik in die Pajero huis toe moes bring. Net Margeret het gesorg dat haar boompie klein genoeg is om in die top box van die Wing te pas. Aan elkeen is ‘n individuele permit vir die sy/haar boompie verskaf, waarna ons toe uiteindelik kon vertrek terug Hotel toe, waar ons eers nagenoeg half nege die aan aangekom het. Genadiglik het die hotel personeel vir ons steeds heerlike warm kos kon voorsit.
Almal was dit eens dat die naweek se kuier hopeloos te gou omgegaan het en dat dit weereens iets besonders was. Aangesien sommige van ons baie vroeg die volgende oggend weer moes terug vertrek huis toe, is daar eers gegroet alvorens ons moeg, maar met groot genoegdoening kamers toe is.
Mini Wing Fling te Kakamas – Maandag, 2 Mei 2011: Terug rit Weskaap toe (Amorita Engelbrecht)
Ons is vroeg uit die vere, die kombuis personeel het spesiaal ingekom om ons reeds vyfuur die oggend onbyt voor te sit. Die weer was lekker warm, toe besluit ek om my reënklere in te pak. Op pad het dit egter al koeler begin raak en op Kenhardt het André reeds sy reënbaadjie aangetrek, maar ek hou nog uit. Tussen Keimoes en Kenhardt val my krukke vir die eerste keer in al ons ritte vanaf die top box se drarak af en ons kom dit eers nagenoeg drie kilometer verder agter. André laat weet vir Anton per radio hiervan en moes noodgedwonge omdraai om dit te gaan soek. Die krukke vind ons in die middel van die pad, maar gelukkig het niemand daaroor gery nie. Vanaf Kenhardt reën dit baie ernstig tot in Calvinia; ons stop o.a. om droë klere aan te trek en geniet heerlike warm koffie.
About 28 Kilometres from Calvinia Anton suddenly slammed on his breaks and came to an abrupt stop next to the road, both him and Felicity jumping off the bike as if a snake bit them! Together with Fanie and Leonie who were riding with us, we also stopped. We soon established that the terrible noise from Anton’s Trike that caused the abrupt stop was due to the Trike’s rear prop shaft universal joint that completely disintegrated. We immediately realised that we would need outside road assistance to get the Trike back to the nearest town on a trailer. Unfortunately, at that spot we had no cell phone signal. Luckily, we were very close to a picnic spot with a holey thatched roof shelter, so Anton pushed the Trike there and then we had to decide what to do to our predicament. Anton stopped a friendly motorist who was on his way to Calvinia and who promised to arrange for a tow truck with a trailer to be sent out to us. After more thinking we sent Fanie and Leonie ahead to wait for us at Vanrhynsdorp, and André decided to go to Calvinia himself to oversee the rescue operation. It was very cold with light rain now and then. Luckily we were all in our rain gear and the thatched roof provided some shelter. Felicity waved her Blackberry around every now and then, hoping to catch some passing signal, but no such luck! Anton wandered around and found a thorn tree sapling that he wanted to make into a bonsai. After what seemed like an eternity, the truck with trailer arrived, with André behind. Two young strong guys, with the help of Anton and André soon had the Trike loaded on the trailer. André reported that the Nijse were still in Kakamas, enjoying a sleep-in, they would pick Anton and Felicity up at Nieuwoudtville and take over the operation from there with their Pajero.
Ek en André klim toe op ‘n baie modderige Wing om by Fanie en Leonie op Vanrhynsdorp aan te sluit. Die pad vorentoe was gelukkig nie te besig nie, so toe ons by Piketberg kom, was ‘n koffie en pannekoek net die regte ding om ons energie te gee. Die son was nogal warm, toe besluit ons om ons reënklere uit te trek, nogal ‘n groot fout, want van Klipheuwel af het die hemel se sluise oopgegaan en het dit omtrent gesous! Ons het natuurlik by Malmesbury al in die donker begin ry. Met die reën op die wind- en helmskerms en motorligte van voor af in die donker was dit regtig nie aangenaam nie, aangesien beide André en Fanie toe baie moeilik die pad kon sien. André sê op ? sekere plek naby Stellenbosch het hy nie ‘n idee gehad waar hy is nie. Fanie het soos ‘n stuk kougom aan ons agterligte vasgeplak en ons het maar baie stadig gery tot in die Strand. Dit was net genade van Bo wat ons veilig by die huis gebring het.
Kort na ons aankoms het ons verneem dat die Calvinia sleepwa hopeloos te swaar en breed was en het Anton vanaf Nieuwoudtville vir Johan Odendaal geskakel, wat toe reeds tuis in Malmesbury was. Johan het dadelik sy ligte sleepwa agter sy Viano gehak en die pad terug gevat Nieuwoudtville toe om daar vir Anton hulle te gaan haal. Die Nijse het saam met Anton hulle in Nieuwoudtville opJohan gewag. Anton en Felicity het uiteindelik net voor twaalf Maandagnag by die huis in Bellville aangekom.
Sedertdien het ons verneem dat Johan Odendaal by Keimoes ‘n groot kat met sy Trike reg in die middel van sy ribbekas geslaan en bo-oor hom gery. Die volgende dag het hy eers die omvang van die skade aan sy Trike agtergekom. Hein en Zelda Burnett weer het ‘n baie benoude oomblik ervaar toe hulle Wing tydens die verbygaan van ‘n voertuig op die pad tussen Clanwilliam en Citrusdal in die nat weer skielik heelwaarskynlik op diesel in die pad gegly en bykans heel dwars gedraai het! Hein het egter met vernuf gesorg dat hulle bo bly en het slegs soos hy dit self gestel het, “met styf geknypte boude” daarvan afgekom.
Pierre se Pajero was so van die Kokerbome, bottels sjerrie, komberse en kussings gepak, dat hy besluit het om volgende jaar as ons weer so sou maak, die Pajero agter die Wing op ‘n sleepwa te sleep, en al die bagasie daarin laai!
Baie dankie aan almal wat by die reëlings betrokke was, dit was werklik ‘n heerlike naweek met baie stories gewees. Dié wat nie daar was nie, het sekerlik baie gemis. Gaan kyk gerus binnekort onder Galleries op ons webblad by die 2011 Galleries blad na ons fotos omtrent die naweek. Geniet dit.