Farm life, trail dog & sweet singletrack!

South African Mud!

You might remember that I wrote about 'Finding Sweet Singletrack' on the farm 3 years ago! 

This year I rode quite a bit on the district roads nearby and only ventured out on the farm once. It was one of my highlights!

Our dog a good sized, Bull Mastiff, Mincke invited herself to join me for some singletrack hunting on the farm. She replaced me as laat lammetjie ('late lamb') or in English the youngest child in the house. So she has never been in my good books, but she stole my heart and I would like to get a trail dog now! 

She didn't have any experience of any type of ride ever and she managed to not get in my way or cross the tracks! 

She was so funny though, not used to all the exercise she went for a swim in the dam and refused to run again after that. 

I just realised again that you can take me away from the farm, but you can't take the farm out of me. I love South Africa, I love the farm, I love our dog and some how these are the things that are still occupying my mind still a month after my return to London! 

First singletrack 400m from home just after a short 'rock garden'!

Ominous sky

Hopefully not my destiny... 

It is going to be a slow ride! 

Boerboon tree in bloom

In die koppe

Mincke in full flight

I thought they built a jump for me...instead an impressive home of a porcupine complete with two tunnels on the inside

And then this happened! Seal was bulletproof! My tyre did deflate as I made the rooky error and pulled them out, but I pumped it up and all was fine again! 

Behind the farmstall

Queen of the Mountains, Mincke

I ♥ the farm!

My new Bestie!