RAT Weekend in Hazeyview, Mpumalanga, 8 - 10th June

[DaveB]

This event will be organised by Centurion Lifestyle.

Hi to all RAT members

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"All the leaves arebrown, and the sky is grey, I went for a ride on this winters day" ...

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Yes, its that time of the year described by The Mamas andthe Papas in California Dreamin' with perfect weather and The Rats are headingoff to the famous Numbi Hotel to enjoy the hospitality of Willie Fick and histeam.

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This is the one RAT Event that you don't want to miss!

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The itinerary looks like this:

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Friday 8 June 2012 - Meet at your dealer for the ridedown to Hazyview at a leisurely pace. The Centurion crowd are leaving at 9h00and go via Bronkhorstspruit, Middelburg, Belfast to the quaint town ofDullstroom for lunch. Past Lydenburg we are heading toour next stop at Pilgrim's Rest. From there it is a short stint to Graskop andHazyview. Friday evening is the usual kuier with the other RAT's while dinneris served at the Olive and Vine.

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Saturday 9 June 2012 - After a hearty breakfast, we head outto White River for the Woodsman in Sabie. Then its Graskop, God's Window andBlydepoort for lunch. This is biker heaven on some of the best roads in SouthAfrica. We end the day's riding back to The NumbiHotel via Graskop. The rest of the afternoon is free, with rugby on the bigscreen before dinner.

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Sunday 10 June 2012 - There is no big rush to finishbreakfast and say goodbye to new friends made on the weekend. Life can'tget any better enjoying the winding roads on your Triumph as you ride home.

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To be part of this weekend you have to book directly withThe Numbi Hotel and please inform me of your reservations at [email protected]. (Seeattached file)

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Do not delay as there are only 57 rooms available.

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We are looking forward to your company on this RAT weekend.

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Kind Regards

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Gerhard Schutte and Theunis de Bruin

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Centurion Lifestyle

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0825587364, 0722373636

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•HOTEL NUMBI AND GARDEN SUITES​

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•Date of arrival: 8 June 2012​

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•Date of departure: 10 June 2012​

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•Provisional reservation: 57 Rooms ​

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•Reservations: First come, first serve basis​

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•Rate: Dinner bed and breakfast included​

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•Cost: R990.00 per person sharing with another person – for two nights​

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• R1250.00per single person for two nights​

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•Dinners: Dinner with a “braaivleisâ€â€“ Wild Fig and Pool Deck​

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• SetMenu in the Olive and Vine Restaurant or buffet in Wild Fig​

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•Inclusive in rate: All tourism levies and VAT​

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•Reservations: To be made directly with Hotel Numbi​

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Deposit: R500.00 per person prior to 18th May 2012, all extra rooms will bereleased on that day.

•Bank details: Hotel Numbi, Standard Bank, Accno: 330302191​

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• Branch: Hazyview, Branch code: 05245200​

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• Reference: Reservation no provided when booking​

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•Contact: Willem Fick Jnr, Michelle Conlon during business hours​

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•Website: www.hotelnumbi.co.za​

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•Telephone: 0137377301/2/3/4​

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•E-mail: [email protected]​

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•We hope the above meets with yourapproval and we look forward to hosting the group.​

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•LowveldGreetings​

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WillemFick and his team

 

[DaveM]

Sounds like it is going to be a great weekend out

 

[DaveB]

Dave, firstly thanks for resizing the font- I was unable to do this.

I rode some of those roads on our recent RAT trip to Barberton. There are many m/c riders who consider these to be the finest roads in the country and I'm one of them!

N.B. This year this RAT Hazeyview Run does not clash with the Paradise Rally in Mpumalanga- last year both events were on the same weekend and that's why I chose not to do the RAT Run (too many blooming motorbikes in the area all at the same time ).

 

[DaveM]

I have driven those roads some years back in a car but at the time it was all business so I never really had time to enjoy them much

 

[CarlS]

I have driven those roads some years back in a car but at the time it was all business so I never really had time to enjoy them much

Dave you are supposed to ride those roads on two wheels, not in a cage.

 

[T-RIDER]

We will be there

Johann & Eline

 

[DaveB]

Howzit Johann. Great stuff.

I think I'll do this one- I'll do the booking next week.

BTW, Mike P sends his regards- I had a braai with him out at Tedderfield Air Park last weekend.

 

[Gromit]

FS's booked and going! And I have to work! Hurumph!!

 

[DaveB]

We need as many wekkers wekking as much as possible.

Can't you work in extra hours beforehand and/or re-schedule a bit?

 

[Gromit]

We need as many wekkers wekking as much as possible.

Can't you work in extra hours beforehand and/or re-schedule a bit?

Dave, I wish I could do that but that big contract I got earlier this year is in full swing and it's expanded too. Problem is we're working with the Philippines and Thailand and they work on Saturdays and that means the SA team has to be working too. It's a real issue getting permission from the Thai government to bring their wekkas to SA - you would not believe the burocracy and paperwork. So work on Saturdays I must!

 

[DaveB]

That's rough; I'm sorry.

Don't the Philippinos & Thais realise that wekkas wek Mon - Fri and on Sat & Sun those same wekkas don't wek; they ride their boneys?

I promise to take some nice pics and will post them here.

 

[Gromit]

That's rough; I'm sorry.

Don't the Philippinos & Thais realise that wekkas wek Mon - Fri and on Sat & Sun those same wekkas don't wek; they ride their boneys?

I promise to take some nice pics and will post them here.

Those wekkas don't have a union! The boneys are mostly little scoots and they ride them to work and back every day Only upside is that I may have to go to Bangkok and Manilla in Aug/Sept to wrap this up - tough life hey!

Please do take pics and post - I love that area and really would've like to go because I have family there and would've been able to pop in and see my mom, sister etc. Oh well, after Aug/Sept I'll be freed up again until mid-November.

Are you not doing the KZN Run??

 

[DaveB]

No.

I don't get on very well with the KZ-N RATs!

 

[Gromit]

No.

I don't get on very well with the KZ-N RATs!

Funny you should say that - FS doesn't either and a few of the TTC rats too! He's also not doing KZN.

 

[DaveB]

Right, I've booked and paid for my accommodation.

Sorted !

 

[DaveB]

So is anyone else from triumphtalk going to join Johann, Eline & me on this trip?

MikeD from Trad Triumph will be riding a 1200 Adventure on this RAT run. I'll go there tomorrow to see if there's an organised run from the shop next Friday.

 

[T-RIDER]

Will be at the shop tomorrow

 

[DaveB]

Cheers Johann, see you tomorrow.

 

[DaveB]

Friday's not so far off .

Johann & Eline are going straight from home, Mike D & Harty are only travelling on Saturday and I don't know of anybody else going from Joburg on Friday morning, so I'll be Tigering solo. I'll travel via Bapsfontein, get on the N12 just before Red Star Raceway, go through the tollgate at Witbank, turn off through Middelberg, down the mountain pass to Stoffberg, take the road to Roossenekal (it used to be terribly potholed), take the mountain pass out of there up on to what was the highest tarred road in the Transvaall (~ 2,150 masl) down the wonderful Jaap-se-Hoogte Pass, into Lydenberg, over Long Tom Pass (also >2,000 masl) to Sabie then along the 22 to Hazeyview. That'll be about 400 km on a winter's morning . Only approx. 50 km of that will be on the freeway superslab.

I can't wait!

Weather forecast for Hazyview:
Friday: 23/11C sunny
Saturday: 18/6C partly cloudy
Sunday: 14/4C rain (what's that?)

 

[DaveM]

The weather does not look that bad I suppose