Carry on Dakar

[Tim Cullis]

I have more than two hours of video and I'm sure there's going to be a ton of photos posted by Steve, Simon, Errol and the others.

Here's a few samplers.

Steve asks why Simon's bike is facing the wrong direction and upside down...

An unnamed shortcut past a feldspar mine cost several hours

Our helicopter support found some other GSers

Valley of the Roses

Valley of the Roses

M5 piste and camels

previous night's snow

Bad week for sheep

With another 600m of altitude to climb it was turn-around time

Tim

 

[nick]

Welcome back Tim.

Some good photos. Look forward to seeing some more.

 

[Henry Mawson]

Great piccies, keep 'em coming.
Henry

 

[Twotter]

Great pics Tim!

That Valley of the Roses looks stunning

 

[Timolgra]

Fantastic

 

[Jim-Adv]

You lucky tossers.....

 

[Tim Cullis]

Even though I say it myself, some of the video footage is extremely good. After experimenting last trip with different ways of mounting the camera, in the end it was all done holding the camera in my left hand.

So when you see the off-road clips and think I'm going slowly just bear in mind it's with one hand! Hope to upload some samples over the weekend.

Tim

 

[darkhorse]

great pics, you lucky sod

 

[Activmoto]

How does a man who just done that to his pride and joy manage to look so cool and collected, hands in pockets, shades on, catchin a few rays.
Take a look at the position of the RH pannier.

 

[simondippenhall]

Steve
All that's missing is the Hamlet cigar!!

Not quite so calm and collected when I made it to SPC yesterday...will know the fork situation next week!

However the pannier bracket the self-styled Mohammad Ali made me has done 3000 miles back with no worries... will add the picture when I work out how (Tim can you advise? The 'Insert Image' button doesn't seem to!)

see you soon

Simon

 

[shrek 2]

great pics tim catch up soon

Rob

 

[BAKERMAN]

I take my hat off to you TIM

Can you put them on a disc and we can show them on a screen along with others at the HOGRAOST cheers

 

[custard tart]

Good meeting up with you in Lisbon Tim.....

Piccies are looking good .......keep them coming......looking forward to next installment.

Lynne x

 

[Jon]

How does a man who just done that to his pride and joy manage to look so cool and collected, hands in pockets, shades on, catchin a few rays.
Take a look at the position of the RH pannier.

Cos it can't get more broke just laying there.....................DAMWIK

 

[Steptoe]

Absolutely Cracking pictures - what good adverts for going to Morocco

 

[mrTickle]

glad you're all back safely - great pictures Tim

 

[BAKERMAN]

glad you're all back safely - great pictures Tim

FANCY A NOTHER ENDURO Mr T

 

[mrTickle]

...not 'til I've got myself an electric start pogo stick....

 

[Tim Cullis]

Some more pics

Pictures marked '*' are Steve's (Activmoto), others are mine.

We arrived in Bilbao before dawn (red sky in morning, etc), the two guys in the middle were strangers, otherwise the participants are Brian, Simon, unknown x 2, Jochen and Errol

BMW party: Russ Malkin, Charlie Booman, two mechanics, unknown guy, Matt Hall (camerman member of team)

There were support vehicles parked all over Lisbon--great city by the way!

Met up with Polar Bear and Custard Tart at the scrutineering

Race to Dakar team bikes

Nick Plumb's entry

Sightseeing in Lisbon

* Special stage in Portugal

* Moroccan motorway

* Barbary Apes: I was made a right monkey by this guy. He suckered me with a manoeuver to the single nut in my right hand, then with his other hand he snatched the whole bag of nuts from my left hand!

* 50+ miles offroad near Er Rachidia

* Offroad near Er Rachidia

* Truck competitors near Er Rachidia

* Messing about in the Gorges du Ziz

* Plumbie near Erfoud

* Plumbie near Erfoud

Charlie near Erfoud

Pistes near Erg Chebbi

* Car competitors near Erg Chebbi

Valley of the Roses: these four little sweeties stopped us to warn about a fierce dog around the next corner

* End of Valley of the Roses

M5: what do you do whan the GPS points in the middle?

M5: getting colder as we ascend

M5: start of the descent

Shipwreck at Tan Tan Plage

And again

The food was generally excellent, here a tagine of prunes, almonds and chicken

* Moroccan salad, cheese omlette (with laughing cow triangles!) and Berber omlette

The Moroccans reckon they're the ones who invented snowmen.

Spain: After suffering wet and cold feet the previous day, this was my patented solution. It lasted about 150 miles, as did the dry weather that day. The plastic had disintegrated by the time the rain started.

Tim

 

[Mike Werner]