2 days to go!!
2019年10月21日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 11 °CIt’s getting exciting! Only 2 days until our latest cycle tour. Andrew Holmes and myself are following up on our epic trip across Iceland in 2016 by cycling from Marrakech to Agadir on the coast ofもっと詳しく
It’s getting exciting! Only 2 days until our latest cycle tour. Andrew Holmes and myself are following up on our epic trip across Iceland in 2016 by cycling from Marrakech to Agadir on the coast ofもっと詳しく
Almost packed! Seem to have too little compared to Iceland but not wild camping this time so no need for a sleeping bag, bivvy bag etc. Leaving in the morning to Manchester Airport picking up Andrewもっと詳しく
Good drive up to Andrews, loaded the car and headed off to the Airport. Bikes all checked in painlessly despite being 29kg but then you do pay a premium for large luggage.; 95 GBP return for a bike.もっと詳しく
Arrived safely in Marrakech which was warm and dry. Got through the airport with no dramas. The city is like another world! The Riad (Riad Romance in the Médina) was like an oasis of tranquility in aもっと詳しく
Got up had an excellent breakfast in the Riad (Atlas toubal - recommended !) leisurely day as we only had 30k to ride to the next stop. Not ideal as tomorrow will be 114k but closest we could do withもっと詳しく
Getting an early start with a simple breakfast, not the best we’ve had in Morocco we managed to hit the road by 8.30.
The climbing started straight away as we followed the lake and then the riverもっと詳しく
The day started with a hearty breakfast which wasn’t quite ready at 0800 when requested but was probably the best of the trip so far!
We set off at 9.30 and were soon caught by 2 local cyclistsもっと詳しく
Leisurely day today, the only stress being that of catching the 11.30 bus back via National coach company CTM at the bus station. We got a good breakfast in the Hotel restaurant , mounted our bikesもっと詳しく
Rising at a good time we sampled the excellent breakfast at the Riad Romance, consisting of Moroccan omelette , bread , coffee, tea, orange juice and pancakes. There was (another) picture of Andrewもっと詳しく
Apart from 2 punctures on the final day all my equipment worked faultlessly. I found no need for the spare disc pads I took, but was reassured to have them. The new wheel with the www.k-o-m.co.uk hubもっと詳しく