Motorcycle Explorer September 2016 Issue 13 | Page 90

we were still missing the main
attraction – Adam’s Calendar. It was
about 60km East, but we decided that we
couldn’t miss out on the first stone-age
Rolex. We followed the railway till it
chucked us back out on the main road.
We found the gate to the ‘private’ farm
AND WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT??? Our
bikes just fit through the gap next to the
gate. Dankie Michael!
On the right side of the twee-spoor, we
found an obelisk stone. Three large
monoliths are found on the cardinal
compass points of the calendar, but a
large indent in the soil is found at the
Western point. The three main markers
have a slight human curve to them and it
is believed that the large human-like
boulder that was moved to the entrance
of the farm originally stood on the West
corner.
Chikita gave it limbs!
The GPS took a left turn down a small and
rocky road. It kept getting bushier, more
overgrown and definitely heading DOWN
the escarpment.
We kept going; though I figured it was
gonna get us exactly underneath the
calendar. But once you start sliding down
these small Sappi trails, you get entwined
in the maize and the hamster DNA inside
you just doesn’t want to stop! You never
know when there’s cheese at the end!!!