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August - ridiculous?

Hello all,
I've got a couple of weeks at the end of July into August free which I am planning to do a cheeky little road trip. Morocco has always been on my bucket list, but getting time out, right bike, experience to do a trip and money etc has always been a bit of a mission.

My thought is to ride down through france/spain and catch the ferry from Algeciras adn spend 5 or 6 days bimbling about Morocco. My only sticking point is, I'm a little worried that it'll be hotter than satans ballbag.

All the reserach i can find is that it'll be around 35 (tolerable) and peaks up to 45 near the Erg. Though this doesn't particularly sound too horrific, i'm just a bit worried about the bike in that sort of heat (BMW hex head).

Also, how do you guys store enough water to do a couple or 3 days out in the wilds? I've got a 2 litre camelback, and was thinking of some sort of expandable bag (wine box bags i've used before) but just wanted any tips you might have!

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Yes it will be hot, hotter than a snakes ass in a wagon rut.

I'm just back and we saw temperatures upto 42 a couple of weeks ago although that was top end for the trip. For me its when the overnight temps don't drop below 30 when it gets too much (unless your in a hotel with AC)

5-6 days is not very long for a trip, to get down to the south will eat up a lot of time for your trip, say 2-4 days down and back again depending on how long you travel each day. If you stick to the coast and mountains temps will be much more reasonable.

Unless you are planning to head inland in the Western Sahara or the far east you are unlikely to need to carry water for more than a day, lots of towns and villages around to restock
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