morocco here i come!

heading out to morocco this saturday to train in the desert with pats, zippy and a bunch of other adventure seekers!!

we're starting in errachidia and over 5 days we will be traveling south west to ouarzazate. learning to navigate a new kind of terrain as well as learning to navigate using a road book for the first time, who knows, i could end up losing myself in the desert for 2-3 weeks......




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flying out from gatwick with royal air maroc to casablanca and catching an internal flight to erichinidia, i should be spending my first night deep in the moroccan countryside. hopefully desert rose will be there already, having driven their support truck and trailer down, all the way from sussex. the rest of the party should be gathering for our first night of navigation training on sunday night and then we'll be heading off, early i would imagine, on monday morning.

jago has given me some idea of what to expect, whilst zippy has enjoyed reminding me about pushing bikes up sand dunes as great physical training.....perhaps i'm to push my bike the whole way?!

having finally sussed the kit i need for the uk climate, i had to order more gear today to deal with the desert conditions! new sand resistant goggles; apparently sand blows through the foam air filters in normal goggles; plus 3 different lenses to try out, light responsive, blue and orange/ yellow.  also going to try out the alpine star adventure/ enduro jacket, and a lightweight shirt/ jersey. with the rallye du maroc in october, i need to know which kit works best for me and this is my only opportunity.

 i'll let you know how i get on!!