Good Luck Santrix and Jon H

[santrix]

At last an unlimited wireless connection for the next 4 days, we are now in lavorsi a day early for the HUMM. Will be posting a sort of write up and at least some pics tonight....

One day you'll see the video of me stacking it in the picos, im ok, bike required a hammer to straighten out, no harm done much.

 

[santrix]

Ride reports section

 

[santrix]

End of day one of the HUMM we are 13th out of 31 teams,probably because we spent 2 hours not finding one checkpoint doh..

 

[santrix]

Id just Liketo make it clear that i do not condone drug usage of any kind. however, the heat can have delussionary effects....

 

[santrix]

Well the HUMM is over, we came 13th out of 31 teams, mainly because we stopped this afternoon to have a bug fat meal, then felt too full to do bugger all haha.

23 hours in the saddle over two days...

 

[Sgt Bilco]

Anyone heard from these 2 feckers?

Maybe they have been abducted by Moroccan tribesmen and are being sold as slaves in the high Atlas.......

 

[santrix]

Well we did the ride from Er rachidia to, guess where... Fuengirola yesterday and got to our hotel at 2am lol.... we are stopping somewhere where we will have unlimited net access on wed and thu so look for a load of photos etc..

Suffice to say... we tried Almeria to nador, fecked up the ferry times, got chased around Nador at 3am by a bunch of arabs in a range rover, fled to the spanish border at Melilla, buggered of back to Almeria, then tried the old Algeciras to Cueta route and all was good...

Got some fab pics... And didnt see a single english person or vehicle the whole time there.

So we are still alive and have bags of photos to sort out.

Oh and if anyone was doing a sweepstake..... Jon´s KTM has sprung an oil leak from the drive shaft cover..... BMW wins yay!!!!!

 

[Noiseboy]

Good to hear you are both safe, sounds like you are having fun.

Can't wait to see the photos.

Tom

 

[santrix]

Ok well its a right royal arse uploading pics on the road so we'll do a complete report when we get back with vids etc but here are a few choice pics for now..

The HUMM..

Spain - Hotter than Morocco i kid you not except for the deserty bits.

On the way to the Yurt.

Our bed for one night

Rest day southern spain..

Nador 2 am, not the nicest place to find yourself.. long story..

Moroccon Autovia.. 200km, 1 petrol station, only on one side of the road... planning?

Local brew

1st Night in Morocco

1st Tajine

Minty tea.. mmmm

Foothills of the Atlas

Berber Auberge

South of Er rachidia

Caption rqd

Sierra Nevada

No Stoppies?

 

[louisdut]

Great pic's

 

[Sgt Bilco]

Great pics guys. I`m sure there are loads of interesting stories behind them......

 

[GhostCav]

Love that last picture

You best hurry back to blighty though, you wouldn't want to miss this great summer weather we have would you.

Keep having fun.

 

[Captain KTM]

Keep up the good work. Fantastic pictures by the way.

 

[santrix]

Well we got back today, what a blast.... lack of internet connections on the way unfortunately stopped us posting as we went but we did our best....

I will be posting a whole report in the ride reports section... asap.. as soon as i get the thousand memory cards together...

One thing is for sure...

Quality of driving (bike aware) scores go thus:

1. Germany (best) Belgium
2. Switzerland and Austria
3. French
4. Italy
5. Morocco (i kid you not)
6. French on holiday(idiots)
7. Nederlands
8. Brits (bloody ignorant arsebottomholes)

My bike didnt miss a beat. Jon's gonna read this so i'm not gonna comment on his KTM. We both made it back with two wheels intact.

 

[santrix]

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[Noiseboy]

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Fantastic.