dabhand
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Ah! Shitholes! Remember them well, the sea pond of sewage at Tafraoute being a particular favourite!
Thanks for all your reports boys and girls have enjoyed them, thinking of writing a book based on this thread, it would knock spots of anything already published!
Got back from Spain and Portugal this week after a two month tour, loved it but have to say I wish I'd raced around Morocco again, think it will be a defo next year.
After worrying about burst tyres etc and taking two spares to Morocco last year, driving across river beds, up mountain tracks and gorges, getting caught in snow storms etc etc and only having 1 flat tyre (which turned out to be a leaking valve, we won't mention the front fender x 2!)
I should have been more concerned with Portugal, some brilliant roads, but many very shitty ones too, huge potholes, even driving down some of the more modern dual carriageways, no warning signs, just an almighty thud as you go in and out of them, and keep a close eye out for the pedestrian crossing signs, which are ON the crossing, not 25 metres before! Many crossings are flat and level with the road surface and cause no problem, some are huge, about 6 to 9 inches high and not to be recommended at anything more than about 2 miles an hour, they have an uncanny knack of waking up unsuspecting drivers, particularly at dusk!! I went through 6, yes 6 new tyres in Portugal, and I do not accept it was my shit driving.
Talking to a young lad in Nazairé he reckons if you hit a bad pothole, stop, take a picture and the sat nav position, then if your tyre delaminates send or take the bill to the local "Council" offices and they will initiate a claim which usually pays out (according to him) in about 2 weeks. This information was of course too late for me to take advantage of.
Hope to see most of you some time this year, take it easy
All the best
Simon and Marg
Hope you are both ok! xx
