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24 Oct 2017 – Moroccan Coastal Caravanserais

By Richard. Posted on October 29th, 2017 in Morocco, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

34: 01.7N 006:49.3W Moroccan roadside life: a rare Massey Ferguson and typical Stone Age dwelling. Satellite dishes indicate humans as w...

22 Oct – Marrakech madness

By Richard. Posted on October 29th, 2017 in Morocco, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

34: 01.7N 006:49.3W Having explored the immediate vicinity of the boat, on Saturday we hired a car for our African Rally. I paid 1200 di...

20 Oct: ‘Down the Kasbah’

By Richard. Posted on October 29th, 2017 in Morocco, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

34: 01.7N 006:49.3W Looking across from the marina to the Medina and Kasbah at Rabat Friday 20 October was ‘Rabat Day’ for the Escapaders...

18 Oct – Into Africa

By Richard. Posted on October 24th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

34: 01.7N 006:49.3W Monday 16 October was a busy day. We arose at daybreak for the drive back to Gibraltar from Olvera. No traffic to ...

16 Oct – More Moorish Meandering

By Richard. Posted on October 20th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Spain.

36:08.1 N 005:21.3W The spare parts arrived in Gibraltar on Friday afternoon, moments after the chaps in Customs had gone home for the we...

13 Oct – More time at Gibraltar

By Richard. Posted on October 16th, 2017 in Gibraltar, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

36:08.1 N 005:21.3W One of the nicer elements of getting older, is that your list of ‘old friends’ gets longer. So it was a real pleasur...

9 Oct – more tales from Gibraltar

By Richard. Posted on October 9th, 2017 in Gibraltar, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

36:08.1 N 005:21.3W The girls had climbed the ‘Med Steps’ on Saturday whilst I wrestled with the engine cooling pipe, so on Sunday we...

30 Sept – Gibraltar work package

By Richard. Posted on October 6th, 2017 in Gibraltar, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

36:08.1 N 005:21.3W Classic Levanter wind: warm moist air from the Mediterranean hits immovable Brit, rises fast and goes grey… We re...

22 Sept – the glorious city of Seville

By Richard. Posted on October 2nd, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Spain.

36:08.93N 005:21.2W On Wednesday we climbed out of bed at the Parador in Arcos de la Frontera to visit a Convent for breakfast. The Sis...

20 Sept – Los Pueblos Blancos

By Richard. Posted on October 2nd, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Spain.

36:08.93N 005:21.2W Our first visitors in Gibraltar were our good friends Bob and Sylvia Sanguinetti. Bob (a Gibraltarian by birth) has...

19 Sept – The Pillars of Hercules

By Richard. Posted on September 26th, 2017 in Gibraltar, North Atlantic 2017 – 2019.

36:08.93N 005:21.23W ‘Call the Hands’ was actually in the dark on Sunday morning as we faced quite a long passage from Puerto de Santa M...

16 Sept 2017 – Bulls and Bodegas

By Richard. Posted on September 19th, 2017 in North Atlantic 2017 – 2019, Spain.

36:35.4N 006:13.7W In the hope of obtaining the cooling water pipe for the engine as soon as it arrived from Lisbon, we shifted out of ...

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24 Oct 2017 – Moroccan Coastal Caravanserais

22 Oct – Marrakech madness

20 Oct: ‘Down the Kasbah’

18 Oct – Into Africa

16 Oct – More Moorish Meandering

13 Oct – More time at Gibraltar

9 Oct – more tales from Gibraltar

30 Sept – Gibraltar work package

22 Sept – the glorious city of Seville

20 Sept – Los Pueblos Blancos

19 Sept – The Pillars of Hercules

16 Sept 2017 – Bulls and Bodegas