Where is the weather OK from Feb to May?

[nick_horley]

I'm hoping to make my first trip to the Sahara soon, on my BMW 1150GS. I probably won't leave London until late Feb and would like to be away for 3 months. I'm worried that I won't get far south before the heat gets too much. And maybe wind will ruin all those desert vistas. Ideally I'd like to do an anti-clockwise loop from Tunisia to Algeria, Niger, Mali, Mauretania and Morocco. Is this a good idea? And if not, what's a better route at that time of year?

[This message has been edited by nick_horley (edited 30 December 2002).]