Warthog
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Right, done the gravel riding bit earilier, but we recently experienced a new menace: the tiny mountain stream!.
Going one way I came up to the stream (about 2 mtrs wide and about 15cm deep!!) and just revved up and went through: no probs. 2 hours later we had to double back and so we crossed again. This time I remember that I took a slightly different root and we were all over the place!! Anyone watching would have seen my eyeballs almost popping out as the crossing, which felt like it last about an hour threw us this way and that: Not very dignified and we both had to laugh as our respective bottoms slowly unclenched!!
Crossed the same stream 2 more times with varying degrees of elegance.
So what is the nack? What should I look for? Smooth water? Evenly shaped stones? What about flooded sections of road? I'd rather not have to walk through each time, but then falling in a stream would make for a damp ride onwards!
Going one way I came up to the stream (about 2 mtrs wide and about 15cm deep!!) and just revved up and went through: no probs. 2 hours later we had to double back and so we crossed again. This time I remember that I took a slightly different root and we were all over the place!! Anyone watching would have seen my eyeballs almost popping out as the crossing, which felt like it last about an hour threw us this way and that: Not very dignified and we both had to laugh as our respective bottoms slowly unclenched!!
Crossed the same stream 2 more times with varying degrees of elegance.
So what is the nack? What should I look for? Smooth water? Evenly shaped stones? What about flooded sections of road? I'd rather not have to walk through each time, but then falling in a stream would make for a damp ride onwards!
