Casablanca or bust? 28 October to 10th November 2007

[Stephanie Plum]

[quote="John Lloyd"]
[quote="Stephanie Plum"]
[quote="John Lloyd"]
[quote="Mr.Toad"]
Well, I tried to use the AA route finder to have a guestimate, but the closest route that it could do was from Hygglingen in Switzerland via Marbella to Casablanca in Spain (it doesn't do africa!) which is 1956.9 miles, so I'm going to double this and add a bit and come out at 4110.1 miles
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You may wish to retink.  Unfortuqntly Nigel has to return to the UK on business so we will be back on the 9th 

So keep it low
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Nooooooooo 

Tho I suspect your girls might be quite pleased........
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I was going to stay here whilst Nigel fly out and back, but it would have been 10 days on my own which would not have been fun for that length of tme.  The car attracts too much attention and we are surrounded at times which can be intimidating.

Alternatively anyone want to fly out and spend a few days as Atom passenger here and on a drive back to the UK?  Not sure where all the luggage would go 

I suppose I can cheer myself up by now being able to go on some of the trackdays being planned for November 
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Tempting............ very tempting.......... 

[John Lloyd]

[quote="Piers Chandler"]
Hows the LED's John, no problems i take it.

Piers
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Ehm.....  I will PM you

[Alec]

[quote="Stephanie Plum"]
[quote="John Lloyd"]
I was going to stay here whilst Nigel fly out and back, but it would have been 10 days on my own which would not have been fun for that length of tme.  The car attracts too much attention and we are surrounded at times which can be intimidating.

Alternatively anyone want to fly out and spend a few days as Atom passenger here and on a drive back to the UK?  Not sure where all the luggage would go 

I suppose I can cheer myself up by now being able to go on some of the trackdays being planned for November 
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Tempting............ very tempting.......... 
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I was thinking more along the lines of flying out and taking over riding the bike back for him. 

[Stephanie Plum]

[quote="Alec"]
[quote="Stephanie Plum"]
[quote="John Lloyd"]
I was going to stay here whilst Nigel fly out and back, but it would have been 10 days on my own which would not have been fun for that length of tme.  The car attracts too much attention and we are surrounded at times which can be intimidating.

Alternatively anyone want to fly out and spend a few days as Atom passenger here and on a drive back to the UK?  Not sure where all the luggage would go 

I suppose I can cheer myself up by now being able to go on some of the trackdays being planned for November 
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Tempting............ very tempting.......... 
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I was thinking more along the lines of flying out and taking over riding the bike back for him. 
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Fight you for it 

[Alec]

[quote="Stephanie Plum"]

Fight you for it 
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Now that sounds like fun. 

[DFext37 Fielding]

anyway, so all is well with the car John, and how is your mate with his K Series BMW?

[John Lloyd]

Now sitting in the Hilton, Rabat.  £85 for a pool bungalow, life doesn't get any better

[Mr.Woolery]

[quote="John Lloyd"]
Now sitting in the Hilton, Rabat.  £85 for a pool bungalow, life doesn't get any better
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...how about some Jagermeister? 

[John Lloyd]

Dinner is served................................lambs brains anyone?

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Done

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This sacrificy must be worth some sponsership money??

[John Lloyd]

And no I didn't just drop them under the table, that belly takes a lot of cultivating

[DFext37 Fielding]

and some of the Spanish San Miguel...

[John Lloyd]

Skinny dipping in the Rabat Hilton

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[DFext37 Fielding]

i bet John also has 'embarassing dad syndrome'...

glad that you are enjoying your adventure...

[Bruce Fielding]

So... did the Moroccan-flagged Atom get you out of any 'predicaments' ?

And should you now change to a Spanish one?

[John Lloyd]

[quote="Bruce Fielding"]
So... did the Moroccan-flagged Atom get you out of any 'predicaments' ?

And should you now change to a Spanish one?
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Not so much out of, just the usual attention.  The only difference is that being tailgated in the UK is usually at about 60 miles an hour on the motorway.  In Morocco they seem to think you can capture speed on a photo and tailgate you at 120 miles an hour as they take photos and try to get you to go faster still.  Very frightening.

I've still got the Moroccon flag on the car is it appropriate to have a yellow streak on an Atom? 


Photo of the jump leads used to breathe life into the battery, looking back on it it was a bit like a Frankenstien B movie as we tried to bring  the monster to life as we all hunched over the battery with smoke pouring off the terminals