Motorcycle Explorer September 2016 Issue 13 | Page 86

WE FOUND OUR FIRST STONE CIRCLE
From ground level you would have
never seen the circular structure. We
walked around the circle that was
probably 30m in diameter, with no
entrance or gap anywhere to be
found?
What is puzzling is that most of the
stone circles do not have entrances?!?
I always wondered about the
children’s poem about a cow jumping
over a moon, as this is the only way
you would get the cattle inside these
‘kraal’.
By the time we made it back to the
bikes, it was getting dark. We had to
find the nearest camp site, which was
Aventura Badplaas.
I’m not sure about Chikita, but I froze
my nannas off that night. My feet
were the worst… I kept taking my
socks off and stuffing then down the
front of my pants, warming them a few
degrees by the loins of my
womanhood. Then rolling into an
uncomfortable ball to try and pull
them over my frozen feet again; just
to wake up after an hour or so and
repeat the whole process.
The next morning we cracked
ourselves out of our cubicles of ice
and decided to try and track down the
other four GPS sites before we head
back home.
First stop was the Stone Circle
museum at Waterval Boven. We were
hoping to find something to eat there
as well.
But we found yet another disturbing
sign outside the venue that said the
museum was closed. Chikita decided
not to take NO for an answered and
parked her bike in the driveway
behind the house.
We were invited to the stoep where
we met – WAIT FOR IT…