Reflections on Morocco

Reflections on Morocco

It’s not Marrakech! When we arrived in Morocco, we had a rough idea that we would travel a conventional route – down the coast, passing through Casablanca, Essaouira, Agadir, Marrakech, etc, and back up on the other side of the Atlas mountain ranges, which split Morocco in half.  But, as we wanted to test Bertha in the desert and we […]

Back on the Piste… Dades to Todra Gorge

Back on the Piste… Dades to Todra Gorge

Rather than taking the conventional ‘Route National’ between the Dades and Todra gorges, we decided instead to take the long way around and head up the Dades gorge, into the mountains, visit Agoudal, and then back down the Todra gorge.  It turned out to be a spectacular journey with some magnificent wild camping at high altitude with stunning views. Our […]

Bertha Makes a Pass

Bertha Makes a Pass

We emerged from a minor road skirting the Anti Atlas mountains at the town of Agouim, with two choices of how to get to Skoura.  We could turn right (road to Ouarzazate and Skoura – 110km) or turn left (road to Touama, crossing the High Atlas range, then to Demnate and back across the mountains to Skoura – 400km).  We […]

Merzouga to Tagounite – on the piste!

Merzouga to Tagounite – on the piste!

Our Moroccan trip was always intended to be our shakedown trip and this included assessing Big Bertha’s off road credentials.  With that in mind we set of on one of Morocco’s classic off road overland routes: Merzouga to  – Tagounite – a 244km 4 day/3 night adventure. Almost immediately we had our doubts – guys on motorcycles kept stopping us […]

Impromptu Lunch in Bouarfa

Impromptu Lunch in Bouarfa

When we started this blog, we were thinking that only friends and family would read it, but we have realised that it is quite a good way to meet other people who are travelling or want to travel.  So it was that Salima got in touch with us, when we pulled up in her home town of Bouarfa.  We arranged […]

Initial Impressions of Morocco

Initial Impressions of Morocco

First time in Morocco for me (Francine was here in the early  90’s) and it has not disappointed.  Aside from the reasonably priced fuel (75p/litre for diesel, compared to 135p/litre in the UK), food costs are not at a huge discount to Europe, and there is certainly nowhere near the choice compared to a Spanish hypermarket.  Although Francine thinks there […]

Reflections on Spain

Reflections on Spain

The Picos de Europa was definitely the highlight of our Spanish trip for me. The weather, scenery and roads were just stunning. The plains from there to Madrid were boring in comparison. We both liked Madrid – the Xmas atmosphere was lovely. The South East coast is very competitive when it comes to finding camping spots, and wild camping is […]