Notes from the road.
Where this started, what we learned, and what standard cars turned out to be capable of.
Twist & Throttle: The Cinematic Route We Never Planned
A Z3 with the roof down, a GSXR600, three mountain passes, two police stops, one seven-year-old on the back of a bike, and a fuel gauge on empty.
Shut Down the Screens: Baviaanskloof on a Whim
"Dad, can we just go somewhere?" Twenty minutes later we'd booked a farmstay at the far end of the Baviaanskloof. Three days, no signal, and a Z3 nobody planned on.
Swartberg Pass: To Hell and Back
Christmas Day 2024. My parents in the Fortuner, Clark and me in the Discovery, and the road into Gamkaskloof that took a century to build.
Breedt’s Neck in an Audi Q7
Everyone said the pass needed a proper 4x4. Dem had an Audi Q7, a rainy Sunday, and a story about a Mazda 323 that I may have made up.
Why a Weekend on Gravel Is Good for Your Head
I started doing this to get my kids off their screens. It turned out I needed it more than they did.
A New Way to Discover: From D-Max to Discovery
The bakkie got us everywhere. It also filled our luggage with dust and our spines with regret. Then a friend asked a question that changed the fleet.
The Ultimate Prank on a Jeep Driver
Dimitri's Jeep came back from the mechanic washed and gleaming. What I did to it took him a whole day to find, because I did absolutely nothing.
A Day of 4×4 Training at Kungwini
Before you take the new car anywhere serious, spend a day with someone who knows what it can actually do. We did, with Dimitri, at Kungwini.
Down the winding road: Berg en Rivier
Winter camping at the foot of the Gouws Mountains, a trailer pitched on a slope above the icy Wilge, and a 4x4 track that woke everyone up.
The Pierre van Ryneveld Hill
A hill behind a friend's house, two scramblers that wouldn't start, and a D-Max on a track we used to ride on quad bikes twelve years ago.
Most people on the next run saw this one on a friend's phone.
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