Hi everyone,

I will be heading from Barcelona to Morocco in September, approx. 2 week trip, possibly ferry directly from Barcelona to Tangier (24 hrs) or else ride down to Algeciras / Tarifa and take one of the much shorter crossings from there.

Dates not set in stone yet, but will be September. Definitely not August, but its possible that early Oct could work out.

Done plenty of touring on the roads, solo and in groups, but not cut my teeth on ADV touring yet, which is the entire point of this trip, to test me, bike and gear in an 'off-grid' location, in the heat, and venturing off the tarmac. I will be riding a Triumph Tiger 800 XCa and hence wont be doing any dune jumping!

[queue all the guys telling me I need 100 litres of fuel and at least 800km range :-/]

Yes, I have a 19 litre tank, which is good for 500km range.

I will be travelling fairly light, as light as possible anyway, no tent, no camping gear, no spare tyres, no sun lounger etc. etc. Without a doubt, cheap hotels will be plentiful, hence I plan to stay in hotels and avoid camping for numerous reasons that I wont bother to list here.

Plan is to avoid the big cities, probably swerve past Marrakesh and Fez completely and aim to spend most the time further south.

I have done plenty of riding alone, but everyone tells me its best to team up in ADV land and when off grid in Morocco, hence wondering if anyone might be planning to be there at the same time?

peace-out

Phil