In 2009 Dad and I completed 'Touareg Trail, The Hardcore Edition' and were crowned 'Most Hardcore Team at the finish! Check out ore 2009 blog: http://www.norfolk2benin.blogspot.com/


This year we will return!!!

The routes are mainly off road and in 2 parts...

Part 1: The Dakar Challenge: Starts in France and meanders across the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and the deserts of Mauritania to the legendary capital of Senegal: Dakar.

Part 2: Raid Afrique: From Senegal we travel via savanna and jungle routes of Mali, on to Burkina Faso and Togo to the white sandy beaches of the tropics in Benin. Twenty 2cvs are due to participate with only the minimum of support.

"Amazingly behind the steering wheels of these cars are not professional rally drivers, not Paris-Dakar drivers nor racing fanatics but ordinary people with one thing in common, an absolute passion for adventure in its purest form."

You can read more about the adventure(s) on the organisations official website: www.touareg-trail.be


Last time we raised £1,500 for the charity Unicef, this time we want to do it again but for Parkinsons UK. So we need your support, please dig deep and sponsor us to help this fantastic charity. Simply visit or webpage: http://www.justgiving.com/2cvAfrica

Wednesday 7 November 2012

Marrakech – Tree Camp (Tiznit) (Bivouac) 322km

Sunday 21st
Mileage 67730
You know its gonna be a good day when it starts with Eggs & Bacon! Breakfast is usually bread (often a little dry) with ham, cheese or jam or chocolate spread, and there is only cream, no milk so Tea is off the morning menu :( So I was really chuffed with Eggs this morning!
It was our final day in the mountains, the summits were eventful today, at one Dad found a skull which he has kept as a souvenir... and at another when we stopped our Dutch friend Edwin dropped his sunglasses, the slope was pretty steep but he was determined to get them back, so off came a tow rope from one of the 2cv's and around his waist it went, we then lowered him down, slowly so as not to cause a rock slide, well most of us took pictures! But it was successful, glasses retrieved!
Camp this evening is a red sandy one in the middle of nowhere surrounded by cactus fields, really lovely, but caution must be taken when the 'bathroom' It was about 10k of really fun track to get to the bivouac so a pleasant end to a pleasant day
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