Morocco: ten years ago this week
 

Carry on Dakar!
Ten years ago this week a group of seven of us were leaving the UK to follow the Dakar Rally in Morocco. Some of us had done the same in previous years, but this was the year that Charlie Boorman competed.

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...on-dakar-18274

nice :thumbup1:

Dakar
 

11 years ago 3 of us did the same, ended up south east of Goulmim next to a oued and were lucky enough to see Colin McRea turn left too early into the river bed and then as it curved use the bank as a berm and then as a ramp to come flying out and back onto the desert. The next day he was helicoptered out with concussion. Sorely missed, I am here in Maroc now, revisiting some of the more memorable roads and pistes, what a change, I did the Tizi'n'Test yesterday, there is 20 km of two lane black top blasted into the mountains, Yahoo! The last 8km is still broken single track.
The Tichka has not changed much on the south side but the marrakech side is being turned into 3 lane creamy smooth tarmac.
Happy memories and stunning improvements everywhere, though there is still evidence of last years flooding.
Maybe we should invite Mohammad VI to come and run Britain for a while, he might sort our roads out:-))