A good friend of mine, Marc Doornbos, and I headed to East London for the fifth round of the MX Nationals and the penultimate round of the SA Motocross Championship, which commenced on 11 August. I really enjoy travelling by car to these events as the journey itself is always an adventure, and of course there is the ultimate reward: a weekend of fantastic racing, braaing, talking shop, and meeting old and new friends.