Emotional rollercoaster couple of days April 13, 2026Some shit scary driving (a special f*ck you to the guy who threatened Beck with his truck!) but counterbalanced by many acts of kindness. For lunch today, we were offered a lovely shelter to eat in…
We made it to Nouakchott where we rode a few block with this guyApril 13, 2026After a few long days and more ‘riding through’ than we ideally like, a few days R&R and exotic city exploring lie ahead.
A peaceful start to the day after we actually found some conditions we felt we could camp in. April 13, 2026
Sahara in Mauritania doing a better impression of the desert than that north of the border April 12, 2026
Everything SandApril 11, 2026As you can see from the map on our site, we’re still making our way across the Sahara. It’s nothing if not sizeable. Sizeable and sandy. Sizeable and sandy and windy.…
Celebrated our first wedding anniversary with an(other) involuntary exfoliation April 9, 2026Not a fun day of riding but I wouldn’t have wanted to do it with anyone else. And let’s face it who else would do *this* with me?!
Today is Permethrin Day April 8, 2026Treating our tent and clothes with Sawyer Permethrin for what lies ahead. Not fun and wind too insane to do it outdoors but very well ventilated here and we’re heading out while it dries.
The stuff you don’t seeApril 7, 2026One of the things we might’ve failed to get across in our posts on here is how our lives now have so many and varied inputs on a daily basis. A sort of state of constant flux or rudderlessness.…
On chickening outApril 7, 2026After a long while of cycling through Western Sahara, we had our sights set on a Mauritanian peninsular, and the city of Nouadhibou, for some rest and time to get the usual ‘new country admin’…
