A few pics about town, down by the river, etc...

[Dalene Steenkamp (Coetzee)]

Did you guys know that Sandy and his sis was actually the first two people to start the Offroad club in Oranjemund?

Sandy  -  please tell us all that story again?   

A few pic taken at the Offroad Club that used to be the old Log Cabin....

[SandyB]

Dalene I copied the story from  my previous posting ...  Vivs  first foray into  of road riding .. spectacular .. exit from road and bundubash session .. so yes unofficially she  planted the seed for  the birth of the off road club there ..  enjoy ... ha  ha ...

HI  Richard .. yes  the log  cabin parties  .  the  pics  on  the  teenagers  link  .. blast  from  the  past  .. I ahve pics as  well .. quite  a few  in  slide  form  ..got to  get them scanned  and  submitted  .. just  a csae  of  finding  the time .. .. talking  about  the  log cabin ..  I  remember  the   early  new years  morning  Viv and I nearly wiped  out  my  fathers  car .. , think  it was  start of  77  ..  He  is  long  gone  now  so I suppose I  can tell  the  story  although he mosy probably  heard  from  the grapevine.. we  had been  trolling  from  party to party ,,  we  used  to  go  to  the  Alexanders , obviously  pop  in  at  home  and  then  fly  off again ..   we  were really  on the move   and   quite  out  of  it ...  anyhow  as  the sun was  coming  up  we  were  heading  for  the log cabin  to    sit  up on  the roof  to see  the sun  come up  ...    I  foolishly  let Viv drive  ...  as  we  rounded the last bend   she  sort of  lost control  , next  thing we  are  careening  off  the  road  down  the  embankment  at  an  angle , the car  kind  of dug  its  nose  in  and scooped  up  a  load of  gravel  and  sand which was   thrown  over  the top  of  the  car  and next  thing  we  are  going  through  the  bundu .. Viv  has  by  now let go  of  the steering wheel  and  is screaming  and tearing  her  hair  out .. I  had  the  presence  of  mind  to grab  the  handbrake   bringing  us  to a halt   .. (   I  thank the  stars  it was  a  citroen  .. I  am  sure  any  other  car would  surely  have  rolled )  Of  course  all  the  people already  on the roof  of  the  log abin   get  this full  show of  this  car  leaving the  road  and  nearly wiping  out . ..  I  managed  to get  the  car back up  on  the  road  .. and  then  we joined  the  party  ..  the  damage  if  any  we  would  deal  with later ...  When we  went  to Ronnie  Emerys  place  for  a braai later  that  day  I  plucked up  the courage  to  look  properly at  the  damage ..   .. the  entire  valence  under  the  nose of the  car  looked like  crumpled  tissue  paper   ..  I  proceeded  to try  and " iron "  out  the  damage ...   with  planks  ..  was  reasonably  successful   we  then  painted  it  black  to  disguise  ...