Sunday Drive to Cullinan.

Main Street

"The Cockpit"

On Saturday night we had decided that we were going to ride down
to the Vaal River on our Harleys and have lunch somewhere along the river after the church service on Sunday.
When I woke a had a real bad feeling about riding the bikes. The more I pushed this feeling aside the more it surfaced in my mind.
Eventually I discussed it with Richard and we have always agreed that if things don't feel right we would not ride so after church we decided to have lunch in Cullinan.
The last time we were in Cullinan was during the week and it was like a ghost town in comparison to Sunday.
Everyone was browsing through the quaint shops now occupying the old mine houses. You can go on a tour of the Cullinan Diamond Mine which is the only operational diamond mine in the world open

First House Built In Cullinan

to tourists. They still mine on average 80,000 carats of diamonds a month and the Hole on the mine is four times larger than the famous Kimberley Diamond Mine Hole.
There are art galleries and old bric and brack stores, Lovely little pubs and coffee shops and this time we found the beer brewery "The Cockpit" open so we popped in for a tasting and stayed for lunch.
We had a lovely day and and I am pleased we went with our gut feeling.
Even though I love being out on the road on our bikes I will always be super cautious as far as safety is concerned.