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I dont know where to start, the entire weekend was perfect. I cannot pin point an aspect of it that was stands out cos the entire weekend is playing constantly. I keep hearing the constant laughs, the awesome catch ups, the chows and best off all still had the chance to kick off the shoes and put your feet up.
Before i get onto thanking everyone, a stroll down memory lane.
Since taking over the events side, i have been looking for ideas to bring the Fanatics together, the local events are all well and good, but i find that stepping it up a bit and joining 2 provinces will be amazing. We chat among the forum and whatsapp groups, share ideas and advice but we have not met each other. The weekend away is designed as such to get everyone, together. I received an excellent idea, we may not be able to pull it just yet, maybe 2015 or even 2016 to do a Fanatics Road trip to Knysna. But more of that at a later stage...
So, in May 2014, it was discussed and the initial plans were set and we went live. The response i must say was very slow. Infact, we could have had many more people attend but its safe to say, those that went, will be making this a yearly event. I am sure that this event will be a yearly event, i know the 29 that attended will make it happen every year!!!
Roll on to 06-09-2014 4am...
I couldn't sleep, being excited for this weekend for months had me up most of the night. I had created a Whatsapp group for the attendees to communicate on, works sooo good for this kind of trip. First guys up had posted a message, one of which got up at 4am to wash his car.
Roll on to 8am...
KZN and GP members group up at the respective meeting spots. Wait for the stragglers, plan was to depart by 8:30am however KZN departed just before 9am and JHB left at 9am.
We kept in constant communication along the way. You can also track some of the live updates in the
Live Update Thread .
The trip from KZN to Harrismith was longer, the guys had to stop once and were forced to stop once. No number-plates was the tune of the moment for a few. Needless to say, first item purchased was a roll of double sided tape as they reached the Engen Bergview. The GP members had waited for about 30minutes for the KZN guys. But all good, it was expected!
Roll on to 12pm...
Nandos and Wrap it up was on the Lunch menu. Some made a big group and sat inside Nandos, others took a take away while some ate at Wrap it Up.
1pm... We line up and depart the pit-stop on route to the Golden Gate Hotel...