h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I'll be in Port Nolloth later this year if all goes well...our bike club members ride through there to get to Alexander Bay to earn their extreme rider Western point. We've been going there for two years now...even made it into the "Going nowhere...slowly" TV program where we were last in town.

Well, well...Delicia's from Durbs?

Delicia was from PMB for nearly 2 years, until fambly insisted on her making tracks back to Germany ...
PMB was a bit uncongenial for reasons i won't bother you with, so my favourite escape was to the ends of the country in me battered Renault, which incidentally was a most unsuitable car for SA as it kept overheatin

Now I remember..!
Yes, it is the Old Timer's disease creeping up on me and befuddling my memory...

What were we talking about again??




If I remember correctly, you now live in a town on / near the coast of the Baltic Sea?

You got it right ... but sometimes i'd sort of like to go to Port Nolloth too ... not Natal though, i can keep away from Natal nicely, thankee very much!

Hot and sticky - like an unwanted man?




What was his name?

well es i tried to describe in that bitty on Port Nolloth, i acquired a fullblown paranoia in Natal. I'm still very good at locking doors, and i draw raised eyebrows becasue i'm forever searching for a seat with back to wall AND near nearest escape route... didn't help that i had an awful boss in Natal ... still i wouldn't miss the experience for the world ... not repeat it either though...

Good judgement comes from experience, which in turn usually comes from using bad judgement.

South African experience tends to make one rather 'security concious' - no matter where you are. Perhaps we are a phobic nation sometimes...?

Yes of course you are a phobic nation, and yes they are out to get you!
So you're going to Port Nolloth on bikes! Sounds too wonderful for words. When i went in me car i always had the windows down ... outside towns, that is. No AC for me, thankee very much. Didn't really work in my car anyway...

These may bring back memories:

http://www.pix8.net/pro/pic/4730OnRP5/398528.jpg
http://www.pix8.net/pro/pic/4730OnRP5/398530.jpg
http://www.pix8.net/pro/pic/4730OnRP5/398541.jpg

I'm not one of them...we were elsewhere!

In case you're wondering where, see "One hell of a trip" at:

http://www.bmwclubs.co.za/pretoria/index.html

See if you can spot me.....!

er... are you the girl to the right? and i guess i would also need a smiley

aw! thanks for the Porth Nolloth pic, it came all back in flash!

Nope, I'm not the girl on the right...!

Look under the flag...and elsewhere riding a red motorcycle (that's my Candy!)or over-flowing a pair of riding pants...

I see ... my bro who is one of your traditional bikers, calls these yoghurt beakers although yours sure is the family size. Did I tell you i rode a 250 cc MZ (east German bike) once?

i mean i used to ride it, not only once, if you get me meaning

One of the older 2-stoke machines? I believe they are now called MuZ and are making some very nice motorcycles - we have a few in South Africa as well!

yes one of them old ones. Broke down a lot, but were easy to fix. Mine always blew the fuses so i went about for 2 years with a 5 centavo coin (they were of aluminium) firmly wedged in the circuits...

A case of a little bit of money goes a long way...?

yes that was so. forgot to mention although only 250 cc, the things were somehow leggy like, i barely reached to the ground with me legs, so every tour would start and end with a terrific wobble ...