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8 November 2009 - Groot Marico
by JohanGT on 30th March 2009, 21:52
RECCE REPORT:
On 8 November the club is going to Swartruggens / Groot Marico for a breakfast run, so we started our recces in order to make sure that everything goes well.
Went on our first ride out to Swartruggens and Groot Marico on Sunday 29 March 2009.
LEG 1
R509 to Swartruggens. No problem here. Found a Wimpy at Koster and a railway station at Swartruggens.
Then tried to take the N4 to Groot Marico - R61 (sixty one Rands) as from 1 March 2009.
We decided to take the alternative route past Borolelo!
Tlokweng has 10 huge speed dumps and Pella has 15 acroos the whole road so only a GS can bypass them.
270km later we arrived at Groot Marico. Found a great little restaurant - Marico memoirs. Enjoyed lunch instead of breakfast.
LEG 2
Back home - Pella has 15 huge speed dumps and Tlokweng has 10 huge speed dumps...
From Swartruggens to Rustenburg on the N4, stopping for Coffee
Then the R24, R560 and R563 back to the N14 and home - 285 km
R509
Marico Memoirs
and
(It looks much better than in the fotos).
I heard that there was a new restaurant there somewhere. Anybody knows where it is? Will visit that on our next recce.
On 8 November the club is going to Swartruggens / Groot Marico for a breakfast run, so we started our recces in order to make sure that everything goes well.
Went on our first ride out to Swartruggens and Groot Marico on Sunday 29 March 2009.
LEG 1
R509 to Swartruggens. No problem here. Found a Wimpy at Koster and a railway station at Swartruggens.
Then tried to take the N4 to Groot Marico - R61 (sixty one Rands) as from 1 March 2009.
We decided to take the alternative route past Borolelo!
Tlokweng has 10 huge speed dumps and Pella has 15 acroos the whole road so only a GS can bypass them.
270km later we arrived at Groot Marico. Found a great little restaurant - Marico memoirs. Enjoyed lunch instead of breakfast.
LEG 2
Back home - Pella has 15 huge speed dumps and Tlokweng has 10 huge speed dumps...
From Swartruggens to Rustenburg on the N4, stopping for Coffee
Then the R24, R560 and R563 back to the N14 and home - 285 km
R509
Marico Memoirs
and
(It looks much better than in the fotos).
I heard that there was a new restaurant there somewhere. Anybody knows where it is? Will visit that on our next recce.
Last edited by JohanGT on 23rd April 2009, 23:17; edited 1 time in total
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Re: 8 November 2009 - Groot Marico
by Gemmerkat on 31st March 2009, 21:51
Johan
The restaurant in Swartruggens we tried is Red Chilli Inn, but I heard a 'name/owner' change took place recently. Waypoint is S25 39 01.7 E26 41 55.9. Quite a nice place, also for a sleep-over.
Hope this is of use
The restaurant in Swartruggens we tried is Red Chilli Inn, but I heard a 'name/owner' change took place recently. Waypoint is S25 39 01.7 E26 41 55.9. Quite a nice place, also for a sleep-over.
Hope this is of use
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Re: 8 November 2009 - Groot Marico
by JohanGT on 31st March 2009, 23:26
Got it! Will definately look into this, then we do not have to cross 25 speed dumps to Groot Marico. 
Here is the next road we took. I must say it is much better than the first one. I remembered we took this road to Magaliesburg once with the club breakfast run.
Welcome back to all the travelers, we are looking forward to your postings!
Here is the next road we took. I must say it is much better than the first one. I remembered we took this road to Magaliesburg once with the club breakfast run.
Welcome back to all the travelers, we are looking forward to your postings!
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Re: 8 November 2009 - Groot Marico
by LeRoy Olivier on 22nd April 2009, 14:00
Have not been there yet - seems like a nice ride.
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Re: 8 November 2009 - Groot Marico
by JohanGT on 23rd April 2009, 23:07
Here is the new route that we will be testing to Swartruggens - Red Chilli Inn.
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Re: 8 November 2009 - Groot Marico
by Admin on 20th October 2009, 09:35
Reminder:
This is the Sunday Club Ride for 8 November.
This is the Sunday Club Ride for 8 November.
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Re: 8 November 2009 - Groot Marico
by JohanGT on 2nd November 2009, 22:11
Please see http://bmwclubs.heavenforum.com/8-november-groot-marico-f122/groot-marico-swartruggens-road-trip-t1134.htm for the latest detail
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