S1 - Ep 05 - Flat tyre, low fuel and no cell phone signal!
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- We had to leave Kromrivier Cederberg Park and travel to Clanwilliam to have the flat tyre repaired, we are low on fuel and no cell phone signal. This day really taught me the importance of planning and being prepared for almost anything on the gravel roads and back roads we are travelling. Because of this we had to change our plans and route. We saw the amazing Clanwilliam dam and also crossed over the Middleberg pass which made it worth it.
We did however enjoy some beautiful gravel roads.
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Incredible the views are awesome, wow I have never experienced such lovely scenery. This country has much to see.
Couldn't agree more!
Clanwilliam dam……such a beautiful sight to behold👌👌👌
Truly beautiful, love you guys, you making me homesick here in UK , been binge watching the last week or so since i discovered your channel. Hey, you guys are more 'overlanders' than just tourists. Definitely 4x4 and all the gear needed so you can cook on the gravel roads and save a ton of money.
That's what adventure so much. Well love scenery very much, see you next episode🎃
Wow - this area reminds me so much of the Colorado Rockies where I lived with my first husband 15 years working, raising a family and climbing some very awesome 14'ers.
Very nice and scary without petrol and a flat. Well done thanks
Luckily we made it back to Clanwilliam and all was well again! We did have a few worried moments along the way. And the fact that there was no cellphone signal either, didn't help much. 😨🚗
Absolutely loved this video! Sights amazing and glad you were sorted out with all your hiccups.
Am loving all your videos seen so far. Keep doing what you doing!
I still can't believe we made it with the petrol we had. 😅
Yes the first time I traveled that road therough the Cederberge I also did not know there were no cellphone signal. When I eventually drove out again after about 4 days my family was quite upset that I did not phone them. But that is a problem in many areas in South Africa and funny enough I have done overlanding in quite a few countries in Africa and there was always cellphone reception..even in the game parks they have cellphone towers. In Tanzania I even saw a Maasai Mara with his red dress riding a bicycle and talking on his cellphone 🙂
How incredible that other African countries have better reception than South Africa! And here we are thinking that everything is better at the southern tip! 🤷🏼♂️ Cellphone reception is quite a sore point for us. It's actually unbelievable how often we don't have cellphone signal where we travel and rather frustrating at times. Not much we can do about that, so we push on! 😁🚗
Just love the openness of the Karoo. For a claustraphobic like me, I can breathe so much easier. Thanks for sharing
We agree completely. 😁 We love the Cederberg just as much, it's a spectacularly beautiful area. And, even if things go wrong sometimes, the beauty that surrounds one, makes it so much easier to deal with. 😁
@@DustBugsTravel Totally! And God always sends someone to help out. People out there are so good!
One of the coldest areas in our country
That is why we decided not to camp that night.
I love your videos, as I have done a fair amount of traveling off the beaten track myself in the past
What I would ĺike to see with the videos is a clear route map/description as I like to retrace the trips on maps.
And, please mention what car you are using.
I just love watching your videos, many areas I remember from years back.
Please keep posting such nice videos.
Michael
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoy our videos. I do provide a map with our route at the beginning of each video and it will be quite easy for you to check on Google Maps if you need any further info or greater detail. Since I do the graphics of the map after our trip, I trace the exact route which we did. We rent a small vehicle with high ground clearance and it so happened that it was a Renault Kwid the first time and now we request a Kwid every time because it can quite easily navigate 95% of roads, provided one takes it slow. 😁🚗
You make great most awesome videos...where is your home base town you've in.
Thank you, we glad you enjoy our videos! 👍🏻 We live in Strand in the Western Cape.
Please add the road numbers on the screen.
In later episodes, I started adding a map every few episodes to show our route. In the most recent series, I include a map with our route at the beginning of each episode. 😁🚗
@@DustBugsTravel do you have a Facebook page?
@@bernardpalmer7190 Yes, we do! We're also called DustBugs Travel over on Facebook. 😁🚗 facebook.com/DustBugsTravel
Wow the area between Touwsberg and Sutherland was where I stayed on a farm for almost a year. We had a bit of cellphone reception only at a certain spot on the 2000ha farm. Your incident with the flat tyre reminded of the time when my bakkie had a flat tyre and the spare also got a flat tyre. We had to stop every 5 minutes to pump air into the tyre with the mini compressor. Your channel is awesome fantastic. Could you please include the names of the places where you overnight as you seem to find the gems.
I can just imagine that. My nerves were shot. But it was amazing. Yes, we will start including the places names where we overnight. It is a beautiful part of the country though. Thanks for your support.
Its MiddelBERG pass not Middelburg pass. Runs from Citrusdal to Ceres
Can you please the route you took from Clanwilliam to Sutherland?
Certainly. It was about a 300km drive from Clanwilliam through Citrusdal, over the Middelberg Pass. We turned off the R303 at the Koue Bokkeveld Primary School and followed the road to the R355, where we turned left. We continued until the Tankwa Farm Stall, turned right and followed the road to Sutherland. 🚙