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Packed and reday to depart... panniers expanded to take all the luggage
Chantel by the old fort at Montagu and the tunnel through the rock
Filling up at Barrydale
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
Arrival in Ladismith
Die Withuisie outside Ladismith where we spent our first night
Chantel out taking photos on our first evening
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
Looking very clean on day one
Entrance to Die Wihuisie at Ladismith
Sunset in the vineyard at Ladismith
Die Withuisie set in the vineyards outside Ladismith
Full moon outside Ladismith
Inside Die Withuisie where we stayed on day one
Die Withuisie before restoration
Die Withuisie before restoration
Kitchen inside Die Withuisie
Bathroom inside Die Withuisie
Inside Die Withuisie
Us outside Die Withuisie... ready for day two
Church in Ladismith
Beautiful house in Ladismith
Church in Ladismith
Church in Ladismith
Private collection in Ladismith
Private collection in Ladismith
View down Huisrivier Pass... lots of roadworks on the pass
Us on Route 62 on our way to Oudtshoorn
View along Route 62
Plant life along Route 62
We stopped for Chantel to take this tortoise across the road...
Closer view of the grateful tortoise
Closer view of Route 62
Having lunch at Nostalgie in Oudtshoorn
Having lunch at Nostalgie in Oudtshoorn
Brunch at Nostalgie in Oudtshoorn
House in Oudtshoorn
Filling up in Oudtshoorn with Trunell's Supermarket in the background
Raining and low cloud over Swartberg Pass past Oudtshoorn... visibility eventually dropped to 20 metres and we had to crawl along
Finding the geocache on the way up Swartberg Pass
Just turned off onto road into Gamkaskloof (Die Hel) and visibility a bit better
Sign: Dangerous road ahead for 48km Use at own Risk!
Better part of the road into Die Hel... still reasonably dry so no slippery clay
Chantel's gloves giving off die
Road towards Die Hel
Final descent into Die Hel... you can see the trecherous turns and steep winding narrow road
Narrow road for the final descent
Entrance to Nature Reserve and Gamkaskloof Valley known as The Hell
Stappies Cordier House where we stayed in The Hell
Bathroom with disabled facilities
View out of the bathroom
Solar power for the houses in the Nature Reserve
Stappies Cordier House History
Going for a walk along The Hell Valley
Sign that greets you before reaching the shop
Old abandoned car
Old abandoned car
Entrance to the shop
Restaurant and shop in The Hell
Old car
Another view of the restaurant and shop
Remains of an old ox wagon
Old ox wagon
More solar panels
Old machinery
McCormick-Deering
Peacock
Road to Hell....
Pietjie and Hester Swanepoel's House
Donkey's used for the 4 day trail
Oupa Piet Mostert's House
Entrance to caravan stands
Caravan Hettie for accommodation.... aparently towed in with a 4x4
Ablution block for caravan stands
Typical empty caravan stand... very neat and tidy
Old cast iron poles for phone lines
Close up view of old GPO phone pole from 1950's
Old GPO poles made in London
Us in The Hell
Road through The Hell

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