Cruising with the King
New Year's Eve 2009. I left early from the riad orangery, aiming to ride all the way to the port and head over into Spain for an earlier than anticipated return home. I was experiencing some problems with the rear brake and so I decided it was best to sprint back to the UK and enjoy a few extra days at home before returning to Kazakhstan.
Tafraoute
After leaving Assa for Guelmin and carrying on to Tafraoute, I got my first puncture 25kms into a rocky isolated ride. I've never changed a motorcycle puncture before. I've read how to do it (it's a lot tougher than changing a bicycle puncture!) but have never done it myself.
Rocks and Sand
After suffering rain for the first day in Morocco (and a small crash on diesel on a roundabout at 5mph) the sun came out and the rest of the trip unfolded under blue skies and moderate sun. A stark contract to the unprecedented snowfall in the UK during the Christmas period.
