Yes sorry another Morocco thread, but finally.....

[uknomad]

Hi,

Thanks for the replies, and value opinion;

Fantastic Mister Fox; "But to carry maps, GPS and even maybe laptop so that if I cover more ground than I have planned then I can go further and see more."
***Yes, also carrying/planning the above."The key is to plan not to follow your plan?"
***Exactly, I want to see a lot, but not at the expense of reducing the experience. Your route looks very good.

Tim Cullis; "Difficult to say--can't tell which routes you are taking from just start and end points."
*** Mainly tarred roads and some off routes, until I read your very helpful reply.

"Fez to Tinerhir? Don't understand your route. If it's over the top via Khenifra you would need two days."
*** It was straight down the motorway; Azrou-Midelt-Er Rachidia-Goulmina-Tinehir and then visit gorges etc. But now having seen your route, over the top possibily via Imilchil and down, would be far more scenic. And that's why we're going.

"From the mileage you've quoted I'm guessing Merzouga to M'hamid is the direct offroad route, in which case you might want to allocate two days to this,"
*** Yes correct, again thanks, we will.

No rest day? Personally I'd skip Casablanca, and only include Essaouira if there's really a good reason for going there, then you could do Marrakech to Meknes in one day and spend the saved two days somewhere more interesting.
*** I was looking at a rest day in Fes or Marrakech, but got caught trying to fit too much in, so I'll adjust the route, taking in extra days on dirt tracks and skipping the coastal parts.

Thank you both again, and any other replies, I'll get together now 2 approx routes, and put them to the others.

Great stuff, many thanks, I think I've managed to download OLAF road maps OK, so I'll be marking POI's/waypoints just to pass on, and hope it may be of some help to someone.

Cheers Mark