day trippin in wine country

Paul boosting, despite cheese grating his arm in the rock garden earlier in the day.

Autumn has settled in in the Cape, bringing with it some of the best riding conditions of the year. Tacky dirt and powder blue skies. What started off as a chilled Saturday morning ride turned into 4hrs of burning down trails, sending it and then hiking back up for some more. The weather was perfect and everyone was throwing it down, as the craziness unfolded.

the first stepdown at the top of the track gets everything going. after that instinct kicks in.

ooster booster

what can be better than to wake up to a beautiful sunrise in front of a surf spot?

our home for tonight... 

We found ourselves in Stilbaai, a funny place with a beautiful beach and luckily a restaurant that is open after dark. Pretty much dead out of season, which suited us just fine: we had decided to camp in the small reserve at the point. Everyone had left after their sundowners and braais, we were completely alone to enjoy the peace and quiet and millions of starts. The local fishermen arrived with the sunrise to announce the first surf of the day.

watching the sunrise from our "tent"