Coast. Lamberts Bay is a great over-
night stop if you like lobster after the
ribs and the Langebaan Lagoon on the
west coast road is a site most certainly
worth seeing, especially for the water
sports enthusiast (Kite surfing or kite
boarding in particular). Anyway, we’ll
take the same route back, rest assured
that it is a very different experience
going down.
If you would like to take a different
route back, I would highly recom-
mend to veer left just before enter-
ing Bains Kloof. A short ride towards
the town of Worcester and there is a
small slightly hidden turn to the right
marked ‘Slanghoek’. Take this road
and you won’t be disappointed.
Slanghoek means snake corner, but
in this little valley you will just see
vineyard after vineyard. The road is
in perfect condition and really a great
and pretty addition to your weekend
away ride. Stop off at Slanghoek win-
ery for a free tasting and to stock up
with a couple of their award winning
and dirt cheap bottles of wine in your
panniers if you like.
You can also visit the Goudini spa
for a swim in their hot mineral springs
if you want to soak the sore muscles
and get some of the dust out of the
crevasses before heading home.
At the end of the Slanghoek valley,
just before the town of Rawsonville,
you head back onto the N1 freeway.
Then you point your headlight straight
towards Cape Town and you will be
back in the shadow of Table Mountain
within an hour. You can choose to ei-
ther take a spin through the famous
3.9 km long Huguenot Tunnel. It ex-
tends the N1 national road through
the Du Toitskloof mountains that sep-
arate Paarl from Worcester, providing
a route that is safer, faster (between
15 and 26 minutes) and shorter (by 11
km) than the old Du Toitskloof Pass
travelling over the mountain. Alter-
natively (and I always chose this lat-
ter option) you can hit the twists and
turns again and head over the last
Pass for some last brilliant views.
Last thing, if you happen to ar-
rive at the Cederberg Oasis and see a
long line of dusty scooters parked out
front, then I will most probably be
there. Come and find the crazy blind
scooter guy sitting in a corner on the
patio, grab me a top up at the bar and
come have a chat. My drink of choice
is a rum and coke. I’ll probably need a
TRAVERSE 50
few after riding pillion all the way. CV
Chris, perhaps better known as the
Blind Scooter Guy, has amazing tales
of travel. His book tells the heart-
breaking story of how he became the
Blind Scooter Guy and the amazing
life he's led since he fell into darkness.
His life is full of colour and certainly
worth following, checkout what Chris
is upto at - www.blindscooterguy.com
- because a #BlindManCan.