Morocco Twins

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Portsmouth to Bilbao the easy way. A nice slow start on the boat before the action starts. Bilbao to Algeciras in one day with a late start on the road having looked at the Guggenheim museum building first.
 

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Algeciras to Fez

Algeciras to Fez via Ceuta with the usual border crap. Having stayed in the Fez Ibis drove down to Khenifra then East through Cedar woods with monkeys
and up on into the mountains via tracks.
 

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Khenifra Mountains

Ran into snow at 6000 feet and then at 7200 feet the track was fully blocked with snow. We decided that it was too late to turn back and at 5.30 pm decided to pitch camp by the snow. Very isolated and spooky high mountain valley.
 

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High mountain Valley

Very cold at snow level, but incredible light.
 

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Turned back the following day

Turned back the following day and went lower down and across to Erg Chebbi
Dunes to warm up in the Sarhara sand after that cold night.
 

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Sahara Camp

Camped overnight with the Berber desert people.
 

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Sand Sand Sand

And did I mention SAND
 

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+ a bit of sand

Sands
 

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Camel

Camels
 

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Robert Plant

Had a funny day at Erg. Having spent the night at an Oasis we were stopped and looking at a stray white camel as you do, when this long haired guy pulls up and started a conversation.
 

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Dades gorge and Robert Plant

Drove from Erg Chebbi to the Dades Gorge. Seemed a bit of a short day so off we went across the road from our hotel and climbed the local mountain.

When we got back to our hotel, who should be sitting on the veranda having a meal? You guest right. Robert Plant, he was stalking us.
 

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Dades to Tafroute then onto the Atlantic

Dades to Tafroute and onto the Atlantic to surf. The last picture is actually a cave by the sea with all mod cons.
 

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Hasan not Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)

If you look close on this one, it's Robert Plant and not Hasan !
 

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And up to Marrakech and then the Riff

And up to Marrakech and then over the Riff. We had a bad ride upto the North coast. First blockades in the towns and petrol was starting to run short. We got all the last petrol before Steptoe and his motley crew went back. It rained and the road on the the Riff was like an ice rink,with four cars written off as we drove back to Ceuta

Over the water and back into bandit country,and took a ride round to Gib for a bit of monkey business.
 

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Gib and monkeys

It was a blast in Gib with the usual British punch up in the local square.

Next day up to Burgos to share a 1.5 Kg Tbone with a local 14 % wine. They
know how to do things in Burgos

One last night then back upto the boat and a nice trip around the bay of Biscay for a touch of whale watching.

Then back to Black.

It was a great blonds trip.
 

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