Hello all,

For anyone interested, I just made the Oued Rheris crossing the other day. I'm in a 127 ambulance (300tdi), probably pushing the 3500kg limit. So it's not the most nimble. I have twin shocks and a limited slip diff at the rear which no doubt helped. I had to throw the vehicle around a lot, weaving through the small dunes.

We were going to stay at the big auberge the other side of Ramlia, but it was closed. I wouldn't normally choose to do so much sand late in the afternoon, but we needed to find a room for my passenger (I sleep in the vehicle) so we pushed on towards Sidi Ali / Fougani.
Fortunately a local pick-up passed infront and offered to lead the way. Without him I think it would have been a long afternoon! The real benefit was that I didn't have to make those split second decisions between tracks while trying to maintain momentum, and avoiding sudden changes of direction.
The downside was I had follow his dust, and literally couldn't see where I was going at times.
The man said I didnt need to drop the tyre pressures which I would have liked to have done, but thought at least I can save that option. Twice at the beginning I came to a stop, and had to reverse to gain some momentum. Once I had found the best gear combination (diff lock, low second), I just plowed on behind him and got through no probs.
It was a great experience, and probably would have been better fun on my own with dropped pressures, as I could have seen where I was going, but I was glad he turned up. He stopped the other side and gave us further directions, not seemingly wanting anything in return. He was happy to accept some dirhams.

Got to Sidi Ali no probs and found a nice auberge just before the town.

On to the MS77 tomorrow, but starting at Mhamid.
Cheers