When I went out for a pee at around 0130 the moon had yet to rise, and being out in the middle of nowhere the stars were amazing with a bright clear band of Milky Way above us. It was…
Back to the desert (Stage 15)
My house mates decided that we needed to be up way too early for my liking, and I was sleeping in the ‘lounge’ of the bungalow it meant once they were up, so was I! On the plus side, that…
Relaxing by the beach (Dakhla rest day)
It was wonderful to sleep in a real bed last night after over two weeks of non-stop camping, and then not to have to wake up at any particular time was even better. In the end Ray was the first…
I was doin’ 150 miles an hour (Stage 14)
Somehow the police didn’t seem so close last night, but the fact that we were on the edge of the cliff with a completely flat plain to our left meant the idea of privacy when you needed to ‘go’ really…
A leisurely day (Stage 13)
I slept well in stages last night – my decision to go far away from everyone else didn’t work out so well because it meant I was super-close to the group of policemen assigned to keep an eye on us…
Another (almost) 30km/h day (Stage 12)
The wind continued to blow through the night and was making my tent creak rather a lot, but I managed to sleep through most of it. A shower around 0600 had me a little worried that I might be packing…
Raining in the desert (Boujdour rest day)
It rained off-and-on overnight, and the wind has continued to blow in the ‘right’ direction – long may that continue! (Not the rain – that can go, but the winds from the north can definitely stay). After a slow start…
Flying across the desert (Stage 11)
It happened! Once again the wind turned 180 degrees overnight only this time that was great news because it meant the wind would be behind us! The four of us (Kevin, Kevin, Mateo (Kevin) and I (Steve Kevin)`) set off…
Another tough day (Stage 10)
The lights didn’t bother me any in the end I lay down, I went to sleep, end of story. I did need to pee in the night at which point I discovered that we had a police guard and that…
Maybe I should have jumped (Stage 9)
Today was to be one of the two longest of the tour at 163km – a decent length of ride no matter which way you look at it particularly coming in the middle of a stretch of six riding days…