Maintenance log - 23/03/2026March 23, 20264800km since last full service (Birmingham, October 2025) Clean & visual inspection ✅ Bolt / torque check ✅ (rear quarter) S&S coupling check ❌ Spoke tension check ❌ Tyre and sealant check ❌
A camera about LaayouneMarch 22, 2026Turns out if you wander around the streets of Laayoune with a conspicuous camera, taxi drivers keep stopping you to ask to have their photo taken…and I am only too happy to oblige.
Cycling through the SaharaMarch 22, 2026As we have touched upon recently, we are making our way down through the Sahara to Mauritania, and then on to Senegal. That’s as far as our plan extends at present. In fact, we already know that at th
Moroccan kindness was off the scale today! 🥲March 18, 2026A day doesn’t pass in Morocco without an act of kindness, or ten, directed our way. Over the past couple of days of cycling this has included almost endless encouragement from drivers, people stopping
Meeting Thair AbudMarch 18, 2026On our approach to Laayoune, we spotted someone walking the other way. As we got closer he crossed the road to meet us and was taking photos / filming as we approached. We pretty much already knew by
Classic of the genreMarch 17, 2026Headwind in the desert got the better of us. Petrol station forecourt it is.
A gift in the desertMarch 16, 2026In the middle of the desert and a lorry driver pulls over and insists that we take tens of oranges. Would not take no for an answer!
The wonderful Cyclo Hamza in Tan-Tan took delivery of a spare tyre for us 🙏🏼 March 14, 2026Many thanks! Great help. Great shop!
