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Day 9 - Towards the Desert
Leaving the blue waves of Taghazoute behind we load up and drive again. After the essential stop to restock on beers and water for the country ahead we make good progress. After Tiznit the countryside opens up and gets very brown and then sandy coloured. We get some spectacular views of immense flat bottomed valleys and [...]
Day 8 - Yes, a day of Sun and Surf!
Awake to clear blue skies and waves at last! Tahazoute is a small fishing village about 10kms north of Agadir which has become the centre of surfing in Morocco, with about half a dozen breaks strung out along its length.
We,re now also in full swing of giving away the 100s of Junior Soccer Coach footballs [...]
Day 7 - A blizzard and the drive from hell…Welcome onboard Jon!
Massive messy storm swell but sadly not surfable this morning at Oulidia. Should be good once it settles though. Grey half dark and feeling more like Polzeath on a wet May weekend we head for Marrakech.
Almost inevitably now the drive took way longer than planned. And amazingly non typically Moroccan everything is green and it [...]
Day 6 - Northern Morocco
Rabat south looking for surf. There’s definitely a swell but finding a feasible beach proves harder. Eventually find a spot, down a bumpy grounding out kind of dirt track, that looks promising. Potential left of the rocks under the cars and beach break further round. Both prove somewhat better from a distance and the team [...]
Day 5: Sahara Surf into Africa
After the relief of sorting out a second car the night before, and meeting many of the other group 6 teams in the bar, day 5 was largely spent running around like lunatics around getting sorted for Africa. Priorities being a roofrack - the feet of the previous being on Bertha - so we could [...]
Day 4 - Some progress at last
We´ve driven south and made it into Spain. Wahey! Not exactly sorry to see the back of France. Driving in shifts since last night we´ve rounded San Sebastien, climbed up to the central plateaux and flown past Madrid at about 4am…..after 11 hours on the road we eventually pull into a little service station car [...]
Day 3 - Now, this really is a Challange.
The news on Mungo is the worst possible unfortunately. Unbelievably it´s another head gasket blown and Mungo is finished 100 miles north of Bordeaux. This is verging on the ridiculous. To quote Mr Pearson at the news: “Well, you can kiss goodbye to Timbuktou”. Both our original 4×4 vehicles are gone - We´re down to [...]
Day 2 - Not Quite to Plan: Part Deux
Mungo Blows Up
Europe is freezing. Snow everywhere. But the cars start well and we´re heading south. Around Paris….well actually lost and clueless around Paris but eventually out and making some miles at a steady 80mph. Near Saintes, middle France, & 8pm - suddenly Mungo´s heating vents blow ice cold, the engine guage goes through the roof [...]
Day 1 - Not quite to plan
A bright sunny if very cold meet up at Greenwich Observatory and we´re off towards Dover, on the road at 12, high noon Sat January 10th. All looking good, two vehicles packed to the rafters. well at least for about 20 minutes. Bertha our Rangerover is overheating. Maidstone services. Barely out of London, about 40 [...]
SaharaSurf are Go!
We’re off…..chokes away…….tally-ho…and all the rest. Next stop France.
Many many thanks for all the best wishes, very much appreciated - we’re bouyed up to the roofracks by good vibes now!
Cheers!
