Snoops Morocco Trip #2

[snoopy]

Chapter 2 – through France & Spain

I set off from Calais in the morning and stopped somewhere en route for some pasta.

http://www.igaro.com/misc/moroc2/101_0018.mov

The weather was so nice I decided it was time to improve my presentation skills so I tried to do a little documentary. I cringe watching it but here we go anyway.

http://www.igaro.com/misc/moroc2/101_0023.mov

It didn't take long before I wanted to be back on the bike.

http://www.igaro.com/misc/moroc2/101_0024.mov

I made and past the Bordeaux region by the evening. I pulled into a truck come picnic stop and began to unpack for sleeping their that night.

http://www.igaro.com/misc/moroc2/101_0027.mov

It rained all night but in the morning a German couple from a caravan brought over a cup of hot chocolate and this lifted my spirits no end. I do like my hot chocolate!

http://www.igaro.com/misc/moroc2/101_0028.mov

The following day got to mid South of Spain. I would have got further had the Traffic Civil not pulled me over for filtering through traffic that was doing 20mph. “Infraction” he stated over and over. According to Spanish law you must have 1.5m of space when filtering and you can't filter outside of cities. I made him find the “infraction” in his code book. What he wanted was the 105 Euro fine. He took my driving license before indicating his intention so I had no choice but to follow the convoy he was escorting for a good hour. Son of a bitch.

I tried everything to get out of it but he didn't give a toss and so I just paid him. Afterwards I shook both their hands, smiled politely and wished them a very good day in as British manner as I could muster. I think they nearly went for their guns!

http://www.igaro.com/misc/moroc2/101_0030.mov

I might have made the ferry to Morocco that day but now there was no chance and somewhere in southern Spain I found another service station to get my head down. While videoing a blog something unexpected happened!

http://www.igaro.com/misc/moroc2/101_0032.mov

You might as well see the result huh...

http://www.igaro.com/misc/moroc2/101_0033.mov

I decided to do the ferry from Tafria to Tanger which is a shorter trip from the southern point of Spain. It works out a little cheaper too.

http://www.igaro.com/misc/moroc2/101_0035.mov

 

[Deleted account W]

Great write up Snoopy but have you got any photos? I'm struggling to open any of your movie files

 

[Deleted account 220427002]

Great write up Snoopy but have you got any photos? I'm struggling to open any of your movie files

yea this failed to open for me.. it's a pitty there is no download bar or the like to tell how long and how much is left... had a big quicktime symbol appear with a question mark in it when it wouldn't work


http://www.igaro.com/misc/moroc2/101_0023.mov

getting this now too

http://www.igaro.com/?errorcode;error=404

 

[Mr K]

As above: It was working for me... eventually, but now I'm getting 404 error messages on everything after the pasta one..



Good to have you back despite the "time difference"

 

[DaveGSCymro]

yea this failed to open for me.. it's a pitty there is no download bar or the like to tell how long and how much is left... had a big quicktime symbol appear with a question mark in it when it wouldn't work


http://www.igaro.com/misc/moroc2/101_0023.mov

This file is 40 and a bit meg, right click on the link and use "save as"

and then it will download; in Firefox it tells you the size and download speed.

Seems like it has gone pear shaped.

 

[Devon]

Great write up Snoopy but have you got any photos? I'm struggling to open any of your movie files

+1

 

[Tim Cullis]

Error: 404
The page or resource you requested could not be found or is not responding. You may have used an outdated link or you may have typed the address (URL) incorrectly

 

[Deleted account 220427002]

This file is 40 and a bit meg, right click on the link and use "save as"

and then it will download; in Firefox it tells you the size and download speed.

Seems like it has gone pear shaped.

wasn't thinking i just clicked on the link

 

[snoopy]

Give the links on Chapter 2 a short time to appear, I've had to reupload them and I can't go anywhere near as fast as you can download. Right click on each one and choose "Save Target" or similar. It will state the file size when downloading.

 

[MikeP]

Give the links on Chapter 2 a short time to appear, I've had to reupload them and I can't go anywhere near as fast as you can download.

The second link in the second entry takes 14 minutes to download!

 

[DaveGSCymro]

Downloading again

 

[Mr K]

That's no way to talk about the Guardia Civil - The correct expression is "bastardos"....

 

[Deleted account W]

Nope, I give in. I'll just read the report and use my imagination

 

[snoopy]

Server is being hammered at the moment as everyone rushes for the links. There's nothing I can do about it so go grab a cuppa. Sorry.

 

[Loiq]

this is quality... I've seen a couple

so how'd you get the durty desease you got then?

 

[Trippy]

Nope, I give in. I'll just read the report and use my imagination

Same here.

Stick to photos Snoopy.

 

[snoopy]

What was the best thing you took with you?

I don't know to be honest. Everything I took had a purpose. Maybe the proper tyre levers instead of cut down jobs.

The worst thing you took?

H&B Gobi Panniers

And what should you had taken?

A 17" Inner Tube (you'll see why later in the report)

Antibiotic spread as I had intended but left in Brian Elands car.

 

[Noddy]

Same here. Stick to photos Snoopy.

+ another one.

 

[snoopy]

Speed is 600Kb/s on my BT broadband. A 20mb file takes 30 seconds.

 

[Deleted Member I]

Only video 32 didn't work .. otherwise it is downloading fine right now!

Sleeping in a bivvy bag in the pissing rain in a truck stop