The “corner marking system”, as Reda of Palm Road Tours based in Marrakesh and BMW would have it, (the “drop off” system as UK riders know it), has worked very well so far. That is until you combine a rider used to his pillion doing the signalling, with another rider with excess Bon Hommie who  [Read full post…]

Ifrane, Morocco’s Switzerland, having started the day @ 27 degrees Celsius we experienced minus 1.5 degrees as we made our way over the pass. Our Moroccan guide had never seen snow before, let alone ridden in it, and the pass was closed to traffic whilst we made our way across. All the best Jim

Sun, cross winds, 2 degrees C, rain, gusting cross winds, (from both sides), dust storm/dust devils, washed out roads, washed out bridges, half repaired roads, roads left with 6-9 inches of round stone middle layer uncompacted, and, “inshallah driving!” All the best Jim

First, four of us set off following our lunch stop later than the main group and were approx five minutes back. Cresting a rise we saw Jerry & Carol parked up next to a police van, with two officers; one controlling traffic, the other examining Jerry’s documentation. All four of us pulled in next to  [Read full post…]