It all adds up!

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completed dream!

Not often you get to do that so here's to it and just a few pics from the thousands we must have taken, a postcard to you all........our Africa!

M&P XXX

Rollin, rollin, rollin, raw hide!

Paula...
Made me laugh!......we are innnnn...er...Rabat! feels like weve been on the road for a very long time now...some days I dont even know what day it is....how cool is that?...Morocco has been a land of extreme's, as my friend said it would be,ups and downs highs and lows and the people have been either the nicest in the world or the biggest b**ards to be honest. we have seen some amazing things slept under the stars in the desert at a Berber camp, we rode camels for 4 hours getting to the camp and back ( and had the sore arse for two days to prove it) been run over by a Geologist in a 4x4 (another dent in the panniers) seen the most amazing landscapes, had fantastic food and great fun, had stones thrown at us, been painted with henna and ..........

Mark...

....become masters of saying "no thanks" in every language (including hand signals).  Time, date and even money has become irrelevant, just the sun setting, petrol and happiness are our only concerns.  Every day has proved unique, something new to see or experience - both people, events and landscape.  A fabulous trip!

yay!

wild food in the mad Andoran supermarket...or as they say supermerecat!


Wild camp :)

Bulls....

party on the beach ;)

stunning spain......

some of the best Roman architecture I have ever seen at Segovia, we enjoyed a great meal sat out in a square with fantastic views...

Dont shoot the guns!!!

To Africa..........

On the road...

Hey everyone, we are on the road at last,  in Spain right now and have been for two days...just stayed a night with our friend Adam. France has been amazing, so beautiful, riding through tiny villages, stopping off for lunch buying local cheese and bread, oranges from Spain yum... fantastic churches everywhere. came through Volvic saw all the volcanoes and then the Pyranees WOW!.....3000m plus peeks and twisty roads to end all twisty roads spectacular views and great fun. Andorra was crazy but lovely........I will post some photos now and stop yacking. We love being on the road together, it is so much fun. lots of love to everyone xxx

dover having a last pint before we sail the next morning...

bye uk!

sunny france lunch time has become much nicer lately.

volcanoes at volvic

the amazing Millau bridge..

vinyards in the sounth of France with the Pyrenees in the background.

I HAD A CRAZY DREAM!...

That we were riding to africa! o.O

Day 1. up aat 8, shower, blog, bacon rolls, leaving at ten :) WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

It's out there!.........X

D-day -1d18h

Hoping that the weather stays like it is today for a few more days. Met office threatens thunder storms in Dover on the day we cross to Dunkerque, so might be an experience early on in the trip!

Sat Nav situation is looking slightly more rosey, now I have a new, working and not stolen Garmin. Now I just have to upload some routes onto it - nothing like leaving it until the last minute!

Finish packing tonight and triple check everything, again. With the aim of chilling out tomorrow night and enjoying the final night of luxury under a roof.

Where's the photos then?

Some photos from the previously blogged events:

Old and new Metzeler Tourances - new on the right I think ;o)

The TA gets some attention in Robs Workshop with new tyres, a front caliper rebuild with new seals and an oil + filter change. Note: Paula spent the whole evening fiddling with my rear end and swing arm - nice. Also note the touring screen - another eBay bargain.

Loaded up for our trial run down to Bournemouth Air Festival to scrub in the tyres.

Looking pretty overloaded, but the packs are just air mattresses a lightweight tent, the panniers are only half full of tools and camping gubbins and the top box is totally empty (for food, water and bike kit when we leave the bikes).

Our un-planned destination - Waitrose car park in Salisbury. Not quite camping in the New Forest or watching an air show on the beach, but we blew the camping money on food and drink and watched movies on the laptop instead. Kind of like a low budget drive in movie, while we waited for the AA (since we'd just fitted our spare tubes and not had a chance to put in the Ultraseal yet!?).

Having fitted another new tube yesterday, the culprit was a washer that must have fallen into the tyre when we were fitting the tyres and split the tube. :\ Doh! At least it's sorted now anyway and we'll get that Ultraseal pumped in this weekend before we tempt fate too much!

Caliper bolt is replaced again, after it shearing off. No thanks to Pro-Bolt who sent a 10mm head bolt instead of a 12mm (is everyone crap these days?) - at least it was the right size thread I suppose and I'll be carrying a 10mm socket anyway.

With any luck, this time next week, we'll be talking French!

Hmm, maybe I should collect up a few garden snails to trade when I get there ...