I am knackered, what a day. Woke up a few times during the night but on the whole I’m getting the hang of tent living, I still think I have too many things with me that I do not use, but I guess this is a problem for the next trip. Got up quite early…
Category: Places
Of fruit and berries
Day one went pretty much to plan other than it started raining as soon as I got into bed, it was not hard rain and it lasted only for an hour or so but it was sufficient to remind me that my raincloud is always with me, no matter the season, no matter the continent….
Out of Auckland
And here we go. Sorry for the silence but i was extremely busy on three fronts. First I had to get over the jet lag, for the first time in my life I had a strange case of swelling feet, I wonder what other lovely surprises raging will bring. Second I had to completely get…
Aotaeroa
Bologna 1/2/15 12:55 GMT+1 Total flight hours: 0 Total transit hours: 2:10 Here we go again, the last weeks of resting were not even meant to happen, let alone lasting this long. I was quite disappointed in myself for what I saw as a surrender but then, and in very brief succession, the number of security related…
One month on
It is precisely a month since I left Rabat and abandoned my African adventure and opted for rest and rerouting. Hindsight, the only exact science, has proved me right. In this month we have seen an escalation of the terrorist related activities across three different continents, sadly including Australasia. Fortunately no sign of problems in…
Back to the drawing board
It is quite remarkable an exercise to change direction of travel and organise intercontinental relocation in a short space of time. I had booked the hotel in Rabat until Wednesday on account of what I thought was an unknown variable, the time needed to get the visas. What I has not considered was the start…
Plan B
Bad news today. My trips to the Mauritanian and Senegalese embassies brought me news that I did not hope to hear, but in truth, that I sort of expected. Having spent the last two days doing intensive research on the way forward from here, I was aware of several possible threats to my route and today…
In Rabat
Today I’m a tourist. I got up late, and I went out with just my man-bag containing camera, videocamera (unused) and my book. The weather is glorious, 19º C in the shade and very few and inconsequential clouds in the sky. My heart goes out to my friends and relative in Europe and the cold…
Getting to Rabat
Kenitra is another of those places I seem to collect that people will not even know they existed before I mentioned them. I think the only thing it has going for it is that it’s close to Rabat. I went out for some food last night and it was nice, there even was a musician…
Milestones: 2000 Miles
Two thousand miles away from Glasgow, and still going. So here are the facts and figures for these 1000 miles. Cycling Continents: 2 (Europe, Africa) Countries: 3 (France, Spain, Morocco) Nations: 4 (France, Basque Country, Spain, Morocco) Cycled distance: 1000 miles (1609 Km) Climbing so far: 35,094 feet (10,697 m) Cycling Days: 20 Rest days: 8 Longest day:…