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There might have been some form of ruin exploration today, completely off grid with no sign whatsoever of what it was I visited on google, plus camels and wild donkeys. Won’t say more except it’ll be on the report. You can imagine for now…

I love how happy kids get to sit on the bike!

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9 hours ago, boboneleg said:

I don't want to sound pedantic Sofia but Clarkson is spelt with a 'C'  , as in C*nt  :classic_unsure:

You are right... sorry, yesterday I had a seriously tiered head!! I like Clarkson. 

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17 hours ago, Sofia said:

You are right... sorry, yesterday I had a seriously tiered head!! I like Clarkson. 

He's a twat.

His ego's so huge that because he got away with the constant verbal abuse of staff he thought he could get away with violence too.

They didn't want to sack him because his programme was popular and profitable but even the BBC couldn't turn a blind eye to him attacking someone.

The unprovoked attack was because the egomaniac arrived at his hotel after the kitchen was closed and was given a cheese sandwich when he wanted steak so he went off on one at the producer and punched him in the face.

Not a nice person. 

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4 hours ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

He's a twat.

His ego's so huge that because he got away with the constant verbal abuse of staff he thought he could get away with violence too.

They didn't want to sack him because his programme was popular and profitable but even the BBC couldn't turn a blind eye to him attacking someone.

The unprovoked attack was because the egomaniac arrived at his hotel after the kitchen was closed and was given a cheese sandwich when he wanted steak so he went off on one at the producer and punched him in the face.

Not a nice person. 

Absolutely right how dare they close the kitchen before he arrived i would have done the same :classic_laugh: 

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You go and punch one guy after a hard day at work and you never hear the end of it! This deleting people thing never stops, was it even vegan cheese in the offered sandwich?

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Today was amazing argan trees, the great Tizi n Test pass, rock slides, massive winds, flirting with women at argan cooperatives’ shops, and Marrakech traffic and the medina. Good stuff. Will save pictures for the report but here’s two

 

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11 hours ago, Pedro said:

Today was amazing argan trees, the great Tizi n Test pass, rock slides, massive winds, flirting with women at argan cooperatives’ shops, and Marrakech traffic and the medina. Good stuff. Will save pictures for the report but here’s two

 

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Sounds like a great day!

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Major depression last night, today woke up at sunrise (8:00 :classic_laugh:) and by 9 I was riding outof Marrakech like a moped rider! Heading for the offroad mountain pass again, buttheweatherwanted otherwise and I changed plans.

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Having defrosted, am Now about to have some chicken tajine with preserved lemons, some Moroccan white wine, and watch football on the tele with Mamoun and his friends!

Tomorrow I head north, and towards Europe, before the real snow and rain comes.

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7 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

Wow, your new friends must be chuffed. Superb performance by Morocco . Portugal's turn tonight 👍

I got a great video of the first few seconds after they scored their first goal after having saved the previous penalty kick. These guys are insane for football and I look forward to watching the Portugal match with them. It’s a shame I won’t be here for the Portugal vs Morocco, assuming we win today.

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Turns out there was a Spanish family watching the football when I proclaimed: vai, filho da puta! After their legend of a player scored the last penalty
 

They look at me funny now :classic_laugh:

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Yesterday was fun. Today it was freezing cold in the morning, came to Fes but didn’t have a nice time here. Plan is to get to Spain tomorrow, don’t know where I ‘ll sleep though. Also expecting to get a lot of rain between here and home :classic_ninja:

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50 minutes ago, Pedro said:

Yesterday was fun. Today it was freezing cold in the morning, came to Fes but didn’t have a nice time here. Plan is to get to Spain tomorrow, don’t know where I ‘ll sleep though. Also expecting to get a lot of rain between here and home :classic_ninja:

What's gone wrong with Fes?

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50 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

What's gone wrong with Fes?

I’m writing a book about it in the form of a ride report :classic_laugh:

I currently don’t think northern moroccan cities are nice places, though

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3 minutes ago, Pedro said:

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Tanger now, plastic overalls aren’t really waterproof anymore. Tired of riding with shit gear in winter.

 

Shit.....that's hard going Pedro!

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5 minutes ago, XTreme said:

Shit.....that's hard going Pedro!

It was heavy rain through the hills in muddy roads, good stuff really, but would have prefered to stay dry. 
 

Now waiting in Tangier for a sandwich that’s taking forever and the ferry at 3. Was thinking of staying overnight somewhere near after but don’t really feel like more of the same rain in the morning. So will probably crack on. Bike is running great even though it lookslikeit was found in thebottom of a river bank.

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19 minutes ago, Pedro said:

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Tanger now, plastic overalls aren’t really waterproof anymore. Tired of riding with shit gear in winter.

 

Looks a tad moist mate, hope it clears up soon

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15 hours ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

What's gone wrong with Fes?

I got followed by a girl beggar in a wheel chair in Fes moaning that I hadn't given her enough money and getting a bit shouty, she would not leave me alone till I used a flight of stairs to get away. It also has the smelliest tannery in the old town, make your hair fall out if you take a deep breath.

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