Morocco October 2015

[isle of man]

.....More of the same
I.

 

[GeorgeG]

I'm in a "driving mode" again 1350km in 30 hours. Tomorrow will gamble the 80 in Monte Carlo. Wish me luck!

 

[MarkW]

Don't bet it on black.......................................

 

[clivehorridge]

Brilliant, what a trip, well done guys & trucks.

 

[Chas]

I'm in a "driving mode" again 1350km in 30 hours. Tomorrow will gamble the 80 in Monte Carlo. Wish me luck!

Coming back from Romania I left Bucharest at 8am Friday morning and was in Calais by 10pm Saturday evening, 2414km (1500 miles) in 38 hours I was cream crackered.

 

[ByronJ]

Peter. I like your photos. You do well with your phone!

Byron

 

[Chris]

I have titled this one ..

Some Sand.

 

[MarkW]

Whose idea was it to come back? grey and raining here all day and I seem to a picked a cold from the ferry

Anyway, a quick edit of a timelapse I shot at our first wild camp. L-R GaryS, Chris, Isleofman and Mussy

 

[Chris]

As a footnote to my transmission issues, I dropped the rear prop today. Very odd. When lying on my back in Morocco, there was visible play in the slip joint and in the UJ. And in the drive flange. Out on the bench today there is virtually no play in the splines and so little play in the UJ that you can only see it as a slight squeeze of grease when you move it. You can't feel it that's for sure and I can't get the drive flange to wobble at all. Maybe it was the heat! I left the prop off and drove on the viscous coupling. That worked and then locked the centre diff. It drove just fine to Tesco and back. Lift off sharply at speed and the familiar grinding and clonking was still there. But I think it would make it to Lincomb OK.

 

[AndyCook]

Was it an enjoyable trip then ? How did the Morocco "newbies" find it ?


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[AndyCook]

Mussy's land cruiser seemed to be the party landcruiser in that timelapse, very good[emoji4]


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[MarkW]

Well it was certainly the adventure I promised all those months ago!

Mussys truck seemed to have an unending supply of alcohol which having looked inside I still don't know where it was hidden. The lads did put in a good effort with getting the big table out and a fire going to draw the group together.

 

[isle of man]

Hey it's not over yet, after much faffing about I'm finally on the Santander ferry - some baloney about the slipway apparently.....

 

[MarkW]

Hope your trip is as smooth as ours Pete. We were 20 minutes late leaving it's fairly common


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[GeorgeG]

My trip has ended, I got home finaly! I guess I was the last one.
Mark, THANK YOU VERRRRRRRY MUCH!!!! I HAD A GREAT TIME!

 

[MarkW]

Your welcome George, glad you enjoyed the trip and have got homesafe

 

[mussy]

Have been back for just over a week and finally have some time to take a (short) breath. Thanks Mark for all your planning, it was nice to meet everybody.

Best Mussy

 

[isle of man]

My trip has ended, I got home finaly! I guess I was the last one.
Mark, THANK YOU VERRRRRRRY MUCH!!!! I HAD A GREAT TIME!

I'm on the ferry tonight (yes another one) so guess it's me who is the last home.....

 

[MarkW]

All accounted for now and everyone almost back home. At least I don't need to worry about anyone being left behind.

I'm busy processing photos and video so will start posting some in due course

 

[Gary Stockton]

Thanks for all the arranging, planning and nav work Mark.

Three punctures and one bum battery between 8 trucks and 20-odd days. Impressive!