This is an official route, intended for mountain bikes, that starts in the Morvan (in the Bourgogne region) and runs all the way to the meditteranean. It has it’s own website https://www.la-gtmc.com/ which provides details of the route and downloadable gpx files to use in your phone or GPS to follow the route. The total …
Category archives: La Vie
Focus Farewell
This is a 2008 Ford Focus 1.8 l 16v gasoline. It’s a Mark 2.5, also known as a Mark 2 facelift and has the more attractive headlights among other upgrades. It has been well maintained and is totally reliable – I have done multiple UK trips and also been down to Portugal in it and …
Alvor 2023
I arrived in Alvor in December 2022 and spent a week there waiting for the rain to stop before heading off on my Morocco trip on the motorbike. Having spent Christmas and New Year in Marrakech I was back in Alvor in early January to take up my apartment rental through until the beginning of …
Moto Maroc
I had been to Morocco several times before, the most recent trip being three years ago (just before Covid) which I did in the Land Rover with Alexander. You can read about that trip here :https://v2xs.com/morocco-or-bust-3/ At the end of that trip I wanted to do it again, but be a bit more adventurous by …
Autumn 2022
Having returned from the VINCE trip to Spain I had a visit from my brother Chris and also from Georgina, which was followed by a trip to the UK to visit all the family. This post shows a collection of photos from the visits with some notes on the highlights – the mostly cold and …