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| Doggy with Mike at Saasveld |
We went to George via the Seven Passes Road , all designed and built by Thomas Baines for ox wagons and they are still in use today. It was a very interesting and beautiful drive. The road goes past Saasveld and we popped in to see Mike, have a cup of coffee with him and a quick tour of the campus. What a super place this is. Really beautifully laid out and situated in indigenous forest
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| View from Power Van |
We rushed into town to be in time to catch the Power Van which is two of the inspection railway vans which are used by Spoornet for moving staff and inspecting lines. This ventures is privately run and was a super outing. It cost R100 per person for a 2½ hour trip up the railway line to the top of the Outeniqua Pass. From the Power Van you could see the Outeniqua Pass finished in 1951 and the Montagu Pass built before Thomas Baines started – complete in 1813? The line is still in use today for goods trains between Cape Town and PE. The wagon trail which predates this route was also clear – the Cradock Pass. It took the oxen wagons three days to reach the top of the pass and another two days to reach Outshoorn which can now be done in two hours by car.
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| Power Van showing railway line and Montagu Pass |
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| View of George and the Power Vans |
Before Mike and Nita took us out for supper, we popped into their house and witnessed Mike’s racing pigeons going for their evening flight. We were very ignorant when it came to pigeon racing, and were pleasantly surprised at what actually is involved. We rounded off the evening with a meal with the Camerons at the new George mall, before driving home via Wilderness and Sedgefield.
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