
I went straight to Tangier med, the ferry port, this morning; only stopping for fuel and to buy a ticket at one of the service station sales booths. I arrived may after 12 and checked in for the 2pm sailing with FRS to Algeciras in Spain.
I did not blog this next story at the time because I did not want to worry you good folks. Especially those that were already overly stressed over my health and well being (hi mum). Now I am safely back in Europe I can tell you what happened…
The rear tyre is down to about 2mm of tread at it’s centre which is close to the UK legal minimum of 1mm. Also the steering head bearing has got worse. I decided to go to Agadir in the morning because I found two motorcycle companies on the…

Afterr 5 days crossing the Sahara Desert I have finally reached the Atlas mountains and the relative affluence of Morocco.
Since I took the bike for a swim in Sierra Leone the instrument cluster only displays in Klingon. This means I have no idea what speed I am doing, I have no fuel guage, and the odometer and trip distance counters are not usable.
Will I use more fuel on the way home going North than I did going South? I am going uphill !! Ôÿ║