Towards the end of our 2022 Ben 10 Eco Challenge (dubbed “The Wet Edition”) there was – yes, you guessed it – more rain! The weather conditions continued along the now familiar pattern of being partly cloudy in the morning, with the rain settling in around noon each day.
Our route took us from our base at the Mountain Shadows Hotel along the R56 to Barkly East and then on a gravel road down to the Kraai River at Loch Bridge. The river was running strongly and we spent some time discussing the history of the Loch Bridge and the seventh and eighth rail reverses a little further up the Tierkrans Pass.
This beautiful pass is cut into the side of a mountain and angles down from a high plateau in the New England area to terminate at the historic Loch Bridge over the Kraai River. This part of the world is famous for its wonderful scenery, and the pass also offers spectacular views of the reverses and the rail bridge
