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So, there you have it, thank you for your patience whilst I rambled on. It was never meant to be this long and looking at the word count there are some 17,500 words
Some odd bit’s n bobs:
B&W piccies were taken on my trusty Nikon F3 28mm lens and Ilford HP5. I used a red filter for a lot of the Maroc shots which (unintentionally) gave some very bizarre effects when coupled with the red Maroc soil. Much Photoshop to salvage the shots and lesson learned!
I also lost 2 films which explains why there are few piccies from the end of the trip (a shame as I took some belters in the Picos).
Colour shots were a cheap point and shoot and my iPhone (the stitched piccies were off the phone)
The bike behaved faultlessly. It really put up with a lot on this trip and is now just shy of 50,000 miles. Only probs were a corroded power supply lead to my Quest and the hydraulic preload adjuster on my rear Wilbers blew (now fixed under warranty).
My kit did the job and some. Layers of Merino wool tops, Aerostitch heated fleece, Twat suit, army Gortex over jacket and Sidi Adventure boots with Merino wool socks – all of which meant that despite the weather I always kept warm, toasty and dry.
Oh, almost forgot, the kit ‘heroes’ – muffs and gaucho
This trip has meant so much to me, and the others that were involved in it – those that made it all the way, those that set off to Maroc later and those that have yet too.
For me it shows what anybody can do when they put their mind to it. It’s a lesson well learned and it’s defo gonna be the beginning of a lot more big and bigger bike trips – this is just the start!
The experience of travelling with a bunch of peeps I didn’t know was an interesting one. There were times when I loved it and there were times, especially when some group ‘dynamics’ kicked off that I didn’t want to be there. But above everything it was an experience I wouldn’t want to change one little bit. I’d like to think that I’ve made some lifelong friends on this trip, a sounder bunch of guys you couldn’t hope to meet
And, lastly, some thanks are due:
Firstly to ukGSer without which we would never have met up and got this trip together and secondly, without your generous support we wouldn’t have raised over £40,000 to go towards the building of Calum’s Rd in The Gambia.
Lastly, and by no means least, much thanks are due to Johnny McMaster (HRH) who, sadly got feck’d over by this site and is no longer here.
The whole trip was Johnny’s idea and even when he had to pull out due to lack of personal finances he carried on working behind the scenes to help sort the trip and carry on raising funds.
Something he is still doing.
To Johnny McMaster and Calum MacLeod
Andres
So, there you have it, thank you for your patience whilst I rambled on. It was never meant to be this long and looking at the word count there are some 17,500 words
Some odd bit’s n bobs:
B&W piccies were taken on my trusty Nikon F3 28mm lens and Ilford HP5. I used a red filter for a lot of the Maroc shots which (unintentionally) gave some very bizarre effects when coupled with the red Maroc soil. Much Photoshop to salvage the shots and lesson learned!
I also lost 2 films which explains why there are few piccies from the end of the trip (a shame as I took some belters in the Picos).
Colour shots were a cheap point and shoot and my iPhone (the stitched piccies were off the phone)
The bike behaved faultlessly. It really put up with a lot on this trip and is now just shy of 50,000 miles. Only probs were a corroded power supply lead to my Quest and the hydraulic preload adjuster on my rear Wilbers blew (now fixed under warranty).
My kit did the job and some. Layers of Merino wool tops, Aerostitch heated fleece, Twat suit, army Gortex over jacket and Sidi Adventure boots with Merino wool socks – all of which meant that despite the weather I always kept warm, toasty and dry.
Oh, almost forgot, the kit ‘heroes’ – muffs and gaucho
This trip has meant so much to me, and the others that were involved in it – those that made it all the way, those that set off to Maroc later and those that have yet too.
For me it shows what anybody can do when they put their mind to it. It’s a lesson well learned and it’s defo gonna be the beginning of a lot more big and bigger bike trips – this is just the start!
The experience of travelling with a bunch of peeps I didn’t know was an interesting one. There were times when I loved it and there were times, especially when some group ‘dynamics’ kicked off that I didn’t want to be there. But above everything it was an experience I wouldn’t want to change one little bit. I’d like to think that I’ve made some lifelong friends on this trip, a sounder bunch of guys you couldn’t hope to meet
And, lastly, some thanks are due:
Firstly to ukGSer without which we would never have met up and got this trip together and secondly, without your generous support we wouldn’t have raised over £40,000 to go towards the building of Calum’s Rd in The Gambia.
Lastly, and by no means least, much thanks are due to Johnny McMaster (HRH) who, sadly got feck’d over by this site and is no longer here.
The whole trip was Johnny’s idea and even when he had to pull out due to lack of personal finances he carried on working behind the scenes to help sort the trip and carry on raising funds.
Something he is still doing.
To Johnny McMaster and Calum MacLeod
Andres
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