In early November I set off from Albas in France on my winter migration south to Portugal and Maroc. The van was loaded with boards and bikes and the 1500 km journey took 3 days with overnight stops near Vitoria-Gasteiz and Caceres. This year I am planning to go to Maroc on the motorbike in mid-December for a month, returning to Alvor for a further stay before heading back up North in mid March.
I have started creating more video material than I have in the past and this is published on my YouTube channel : https://youtube.com/@v2xs .
I have created a playlist for this trip which will show all the videos I have created, here is the link :
I am also now running a blog on Facebook which is here :
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61579873832792
In view of the above I intend to slightly repurpose this blog and use it mainly as a showcase for photographs relating to my trips and will endeavor to include a descriptive caption with each picture. I may include some additional written text, but not to the same extent as I have done in the past on the basis that I don’t think many people read it and I will try to manage the blog from my phone which doesn’t lend itself to typing long pieces.
My usual routine here in Alvor is to get out early each morning for a run on the beach and in the six weeks I’ve been here I’ve only missed two days due to bad weather.
Last year in Alvor I had some Wing-foiling lessons and even bought my own second hand gear. I have only done a few sessions but picked it up reasonably quickly as I have done a lot of windsurfing in the past. Until I got to the stage where the board wants to lift up on the foil, at which point I lose my balance and fall in. I had the idea of trying a few Efoiling lessons (foil board powered by an electric motor) to help me get to grips with the sensation of foiling. Additionally, in the six weeks I’ve been here I haven’t been out once on the Wing Foil as the conditions were never quite right – wind speed and direction. I did go to the launch site a couple of times in the hope of being able to go out, but the conditions just weren’t right. Having had a couple of Efoil lessons I was hooked and bought my own, second hand board.
Coming to the end of my six week stay in Alvor it was time to dig the bike out and do some preparation for my Maroc trip. I plan to be away for 4 weeks, spending Christmas in Marrakech and touring the Western side of Maroc. I will create a separate post on here about this but will also publish regular updates on my Facebook Blog and, hopefully more videos of my progress and adventures.
