Adventure Bike Rider Forum

adimurp wrote:I like to travel on my bike wherever possible, but one of the best was as usual the unexpected. I had two weeks off sprung on me at short notice before i went away for 6 months with work. Morocco sprang to mind but i didn't have time to ride there. So with nothing but a rucksack with some clean underwear and a towel i flew to agadir in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. Once i got there i quickly hired a yamaha xt660 and headed off north. As i headed over the high atlas mountains the temperature dropped hugely and the wind picked up with the rain. I picked up a goats wool nitted hooded shepherds jacket looking thing for minimal monopoly from a caravan of shepherds i passed and strangely a football scarf.... I spent the first week heading north ending in casablanca, then turned tail to head south to the western sahara. Once i passed agadir and the going got sandy it was a struggle on road tyres but made for some interesting riding. I slept on a roll matt i picked up from marrakech and under a blanket i got from a self proclaimed "nomad" i met in the desert, who spoiled his magic when i heard gangsters paradise coming from his pocket and he whipped out an iphone..... Time up i returned to agadir, pulling up at the hire shop with a very delicate gear pedal and a rattling chain and a bike that looked straight out of mad max, and a rider dressed like laurence of arabias confused grandson. Two weeks well spent, having caught a last minute flight, with nothing but the jeans and t shirt i was wearing, minimal cost and as alaways the random ones are the best.

Oh and did i mention all that with the missus moaning on the back, wearing matching begged and borrowed attire with a pair of my socks on her hands because we never came across any gloves.....


couple of pictures here http://www.adventurebikerider.com/forum ... &start=180

Doggo wrote:Some great stuff on here.

Nothing to report myself (yet) sadly.

I did (true) once write to the British Antarctic Survey, requesting a position. I said that although I had no formal relevant certifications I was familiar with:
- the ice box of my fridge freezer, and
- the works of Vaughan Williams.

They replied that regretfully they had no positions currently available for one with my qualifications