Hi, my plan has not changed, only the bike. I'll now be traveling on 690.

To recap, I'm catching the ferry from Plymouth on the 9th April landing in Santandair on the 10th, and catching the ferry back from Bilbo on the 24th May, but I'll be visiting some family friends in Southern France on the way back, probably 22-23rd May.

Looks like I'll be teaming up with Badou24, whom I currently believe with be staying in hotels, and light off road. I'll be also bring along camping gear as I fancy doing some of the more involved pistes. If you fancy this too, please let me know? Would still be good to meet up whether we do the pistes or not

Best of luck,

Byron

Plan is to leave Denmark on the 1st of april. Im planning on being in Madrid, Spain around the 5-6th april, where ill spend a couple of days with my sister.

Ill probably throw on some knobby tires while im there too.

I dont have a rigid plan yet, but im planning to cross into Morocco around the 10th. No fixed route set in stone, but ive never been to Morocco, so i have some sights on my list...Todra, Dades, Merzouga, Mhamid, etc. Ill be spending the winter months planning a more specific route.

I also want to do some of the pistes, especially south of the Atlas Mountains.

I ride a TT600R, and ill be bringing camping equipment too. Desert camping is high on my list.

Looks like your wish list is very similar to mine, and I have no firm plan, except the arrival and departure dates due to tickets already bought.

I would however, like to head south as early as possible and work my way north into the Atlas as the temperature starts to go up.

Due to departing the U.K. On the 9th, arriving in Northern Spain on the 10th, I don't think I'll be in Morocco until the 12th or 13th, and probably not getting to the Mhamid area till around the 16th at best. If this fits in with your general plan, please let me know, and we can arrange to me up some place?

Sounds great :thumbup:

Ill be back in touch a couple of weeks before departure, and ill send you my contact details. Im sure we can figure something out for the more demanding pistes.

Looks like me, you, badou24 and ex-xt will be in Morocco in that period.

Next time maybe.
 

Blimey you must be travelling with a rucksack only as I have a WR450 and my tool bag pretty much takes up the rear!

Would love to do Morocco again but am planning Russia and Bulgaria from Bournemouth in May on a KTM1190R (so gravel roads only at worst) but will discuss and plan a 2018 Polish or similar off road no thrills expedition.

desert places
 

Maybe I will be around m'hamid, mostly ZAG first around the 10 Th , Bot sure really doh, depends off the other projects , like portugal end April and other riders for morocco.
QUESTION
Do you intend to make some biv' or only hotels ?
see you guys :innocent:

Turby, not quite get your point, tooth brush and a change of underpants, that's all you needs! Lol.

Ex-et, I'm looking at a combination of hotels and bivouacs. I'll also be bringing cooking stuff, albeit, I only used it once the last time I went.

I'm pretty flexible in what I do, and would not wish to be in the situation of not being able to do something because I didn't bring it. Hope that helps ex-xt?

april
 

For the moment i dont know if i am coming or not, dates and so .... :oops2:
let you know guys

No worries ex-xt, thanks for letting me know, it's much appreciated!

I'm still making the adventure, so if things change, or you can only make a bit of the time, please feel to come along.

Hope to see you out there,

Byron

I'm looking to go in May, riding from the UK, W650. Likely route via Ferry from Barcelona, or may get the Ferry to Santander and ride down through Portugal and across the Straights.


I have some friends working in Rabat at the Embassy there so guaranteed a cold beer when I get there. Otherwise an open itinery. Mainly road and track, no offroad on the Dub.

yep i'll be there, be good to catch up for a brew with like minded folk , leaveing SW France (Cahors) 10th ....is May for 5 weeks, heading down Portugal off road Transportugal trail , hope to get into Maroc by 20th ....DR 650 with an old fool on it :wheelchair: :palm::clap:

Flying to Spain to pick up the 690 then expecting to cross Almería to Nador on 8 March. From there heading south to Debdou then east on pistes to Ain Beni Mathar, more pistes heading south to Bouarfa, then heading west towards Boudenib and onwards to Merzouga.

Main interests apart from pistes are French Foreign Legion remains, rock engravings and the like. Will have basic camping gear for when I can't find a hotel. Expect to return to Spain on 1 April.

may
 

hi guys .
As i can see now, my only possible period would be begenning of April but I had not solved some other issue yet I
anyway have a nice ride guys.
Think i will be mostly on Spain tracks .

@ron.rainbow

I sent you a email.

Hi , if you have temporarily aborted your trip and have any contacts for people wishing to go down to Morocco this year but on bigger bikes , please ask them to contact me , there are 2 of us going down there , I have just come back and my friend has been there 17 times .