- 3 Course supper from the restaurant with the sparkling wine we brought with
- A full moon on night one of our trip... so bright that it cast shadows and we took a moonlit walk up to the farm dam
- Ablution block for caravan stands
- Another view of the restaurant and shop
- Arrival in Ladismith
- Bathroom inside Die Withuisie
- Bathroom with disabled facilities
- Beautiful house in Ladismith
- Beautiful NG Church in Sutherland
- Better part of the road into Die Hel... still reasonably dry so no slippery clay
- Better view of the slippery clay
- Bike looking decidely more dirty
- Boundary between Western and Northern Cape
- Brunch at Nostalgie in Oudtshoorn
- Bush outside of Sutherland
- Can see how soft and slippery the road is here... I would watch where the car tracks were slipping to indicate slippery bits
- Can see the wet slippery clay on the tyres... this is on a better stretch out of The Hell
- Caravan Hettie for accommodation.... aparently towed in with a 4x4
- Chantel at the Country Pumpkin in Barrydale.... very biker griendly and the owner Derek came over to chat to us... we also enjoyed a live singing performance by a passing church choir who stopped there briefly
- Chantel by the old fort at Montagu and the tunnel through the rock
- Chantel could not find her wallet with R600 after we left The Hell... but she picked up this 1985 10c coin in the veld
- Chantel in Matjiesfontein
- Chantel out taking photos on our first evening
- Chantel's gloves giving off die
- Chisel marks on stone from building the church
- Choir singing at the Country Pumpkin at Barrydale
- Church in Ladismith
- Church in Ladismith
- Church in Ladismith
- Close up view of old GPO phone pole from 1950's
- Closer view of Route 62
- Closer view of the grateful tortoise
- Danie at the Country Pumpkin at Barrydale
- Danie at the old fort outside Montagu
- Danie in Matjiesfontein
- Die Withuisie before restoration
- Die Withuisie before restoration
- Die Withuisie outside Ladismith where we spent our first night
- Die Withuisie set in the vineyards outside Ladismith
- Dominee HW van der Merwe at Sutherland - apparently quite a tyrant
- Donkey's used for the 4 day trail
- Drinks by the fire
- Entertainer in Lairds Arms Pub at Matjiesfontein
- Entrance to caravan stands
- Entrance to Die Wihuisie at Ladismith
- Entrance to Jagerskraal Fram where we slept on Wednesday night
- Entrance to Nature Reserve and Gamkaskloof Valley known as The Hell
- Entrance to the shop
- Filling up at Barrydale
- Filling up in Oudtshoorn with Trunell's Supermarket in the background
- Final descent into Die Hel... you can see the trecherous turns and steep winding narrow road
- Final stretch of road out of The Hell... may look more levl but my biggest worry was the slippery clay and much of it was ridden in 1st gear and took nearly 4 hours to get out
- Finding the geocache on the way up Swartberg Pass
- Flooded river with Chantel wading across to check depth and size of rocks... came up to over her knees at some point with medium size boulders which need to be avoided
- Found the geoache at the Northern Cape border
- Found the Swartberg Pass geocache
- Full moon outside Ladismith
- Going for a walk along The Hell Valley
- Gravel side roads in Sutherland only two blocks to the open veld
- Having lunch at Nostalgie in Oudtshoorn
- Having lunch at Nostalgie in Oudtshoorn
- House in Oudtshoorn
- I Love the Karoo!
- Inside cottage at Jagerskraal Farm
- Inside Die Withuisie
- Inside Die Withuisie where we stayed on day one
- Inside the NG Church at Sutherland
- Inside the NG Church at Sutherland - Additional Books of the Bible still included
- Inside the NG Church at Sutherland - Another old wheelchair and a model cake used for a wedding with a key that also fitted the couple's new house
- Inside the NG Church at Sutherland - Building the church
- Inside the NG Church at Sutherland - Clock
- Inside the NG Church at Sutherland - Detailed illustrations inside big Bible
- Inside the NG Church at Sutherland - Dominee Henry Sutherland after whom the town is named
- Inside the NG Church at Sutherland - Front page of big Bible
- Inside the NG Church at Sutherland - Graffitti from English soldiers during the Anglo-Boer Waron Clock Tower door
- Inside the NG Church at Sutherland - Graffitti from English soldiers during the Anglo-Boer Waron Clock Tower door
- Inside the NG Church at Sutherland - Graffitti from English soldiers during the Anglo-Boer Waron Clock Tower door
- Inside the NG Church at Sutherland - Graffitti from English soldiers during the Anglo-Boer Waron Clock Tower door
- Inside the NG Church at Sutherland - Inside the Childrens Bible
- Inside the NG Church at Sutherland - Old Hearing Device