Western Cape Newsletter – February 2020

Hello to all the Wing Riders On behalf of the Western Cape Chapter committee members, I want to wish you all a very prosperous 2020 and may it be a great year for all of you. We have already shared the official events calendar for this year and a number of these events are in the final stages of planning. Please make a note in your diaries of these dates. (The Western Cape Chapter year planner appears below for easy reference.) We take this opportunity to also welcome new members that have joined us recently as well as those joining...

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Western Cape Chapter: Run to Kleinmond on 19 January 2020

Written by Amorita Engelbrecht The gale-force southeaster has been torturing us for a week, so chances of going on the run with our Wing was becoming slimmer every day!  Rain was also predicted, so André decided the car was the best option.  We turned up at the meeting place, but after waiting for the rest for more than half an hour, we realised that something was wrong.  The group apparently forgot that we were also going and left a bit earlier!  After contacting Igsaan, we heard that they were already at Betty's Bay and we decided to meet them at...

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Western Cape Chapter: Year-end function, Kunguru Lodge, Elgin, 16 and 17 November 2019

Written by Amorita Engelbrecht Feroza het oral gesoek en toe dié lekker plekkie gevind. Ons hou al die hele week die weer dop; dit lyk of dit die naweek gaan reën in Elgin - moeilik om te glo aangesien dit aan hierdie kant van die berg al so warm is!  Ons besluit om maar met die motor te gaan, daar is ook 'n stukkie grondpad waarvoor ek maar versigtig is!  Goeie besluit, want Saterdagoggend word ons wakker met 'n tierende suidoos wat waai, nie 'n manier wat ek op die Wing klim nie. We still had to do our weekly...

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2019 Wing Fling – written by Cecile Rademeyer

  Vrydag, 4 Oktober 2019 Ons ontmoet almal by Alzu en eet by Spur. Na ete pak ons die pad aan Barberton toe. Dis vrekwarm met ons aankoms daar en ons kry ietsie te drinke. Die mooiste uitsig begroet ons op die pas buite Barberton. Ons ry maar stop-stop. In Witrivier stop ons die laaste keer vir petrol en vinnige vingeretetjie. Anton drink die laaste bietjie koffie – al wil niemand glo dat dit net koffie is nie. Ons bereik ons finale bestemming omtrent 16:30. Lieflike lugversorgde kamer begroet ons. Die groot uitpak begin. Daarna is ons almal rustig onder...

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2019 Wing Fling – written by Amorita Engelbrecht

Vrydag, 4 Oktober 2019 Dit is koel en windstil toe ons om 4 v.m. uit Gordonsbaai vertrek. By Worcester kry ons vir Wynand en Anna en Willie en Magdalena. As ons net 'n paar minute gewag het, was Boet en Renthia ook by ons.  Hulle het darem gou by ons aangesluit. Net buite Laingsburg stop 'n verkeersman ons, Wynand het besluit hy hou sommer verby, gelukkig was al ons papiere in orde. Ons eet by Drie Susters. Dit is nog steeds koel, met die wind wat effens opkom. Die veld is bitter droog. 'n Vorige keer toe ons hier verby...

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Western Cape Chapter: Run to Piekenierskloof on 21 July 2019

Written by Amorita Engelbrecht Na reën en wind is Sondag stil maar yskoud.  By Somerset-Wes voel dit of ons yspakke op ons knieë het!  Ons kry vir Johan Hattingh langs die pad. Ek sê nogal vir André sy hande kry nie koud nie; sy Wing se handvatsels word mos warm. Ons s'n is al dood van die koue. Nee, sê hy, toe ons afklim by Swartland petrolstasie – hy het al wat ‘n knop is gedruk en getrek, maar kon niks regkry nie! Nadat hy die handleiding bestudeer het, het hy die regte knop gekry!  "When all else fails ...!" Naby...

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Western Cape Newsletter: July 2019

NEWSLETTER JULY 2019 It looks and feels as if we are going to have a long winter. Mid-June, we had the first heavy rainfall and I believe it did affect the Western Cape badly. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Delphius for being instrumental in getting all the new members on board with Wing Riders SA. We hope to see these members at our Chapter runs on 21 July 2019 and at Chapter AGM on 17 August 2019. We wish all the Wing Riders a speedy recovery and may your health go from strength to strength. They...

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