CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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curated scenic road. Cape mountains, historic road, gorge. A one-way ride of 42 km, Wellington to Ceres - roughly 44 min in the saddle. The highest point is about 850 m. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 11 km this is Bainskloof Pass, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Check the pass is open before you commit to it.
Bainskloof Pass point 1 sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Bainskloof Pass point 2.
Bainskloof Pass point 2 comes up 16 km in. Next is Bainskloof Pass point 3.
Ceres is fruit country, and the signs on the road say so, with apples, pears and peaches grown in the high valley of the Warm Bokkeveld. The town lies in a bowl surrounded by the Cape fold mountains, and the name is that of the Roman goddess of agriculture, which suits it. Orchards cover the floor of the basin, packing sheds and juice factories line the edges, and in blossom time in early spring the valley turns white and pink. Around forty thousand people live here, a mixture of farming families and seasonal workers.
Read the complete Ceres write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
42 km in you reach Bainskloof Pass point 3.