Hello from a Jock living in Kent.

My names Mac, and I caught the 4x4 travelling bug in September 2010, doing a trip to Morocco.

Wishing you all the best with the new forum.

Hello and welcome.

Not long been back then - tell us about your Morocco trip - did you go Solo? Get much off road?

Where to next?

Hi and welcome

It was a solo trip with the mrs. Will post trip in the relevent catergory.

Cool

Mac wrote:

My names Mac, and I caught the 4x4 travelling bug in September 2010, doing a trip to Morocco.

Wishing you all the best with the new forum.

Welcome!

G'day Mac Look forward to the trip report

Another Sweaty, they're taking over I tell yer! Don't worry, not exclusively anti-Jock, I also extract the urine from the Welsh, Yanks, Aussies ...

WELCOME!

Mac, Welcome to the forum - the more jocks the merrier for me Sweatysock

Thanks for the warm welcome fellas

Meant to ask Mac, where was your photo taken - Atlas Mountains?

Yes, it is on the piste between Tinerhir (Todra Gorge) and Zagora.

You mean the same Todra Gorge that's now tarmac.

My mate and I were lent one of the first SavNavs by Silva as part of a sponsorship deal in 1994, and we found the mouth of the Todra Gorge at the dead of night. Took us right to it, brilliant piece of kit! As we had made it, we just had to drive it there and then. Very weird and spooky with the sound of two burbling V8's bouncing of the canyon walls as we picked our way through the boulder-strewn river bed.

Most memorable for me was the sky. Because we couldn't see beyond the top of the gorge's high walls, which of course were were jet black, it was like looking at a 'river of stars'; truly spectacular. Got to the other end, found the hotel built into the rock, partied with some Aussie girlies on an Exodus-type overland truck trek, crashed out in the hotel (can't remember who with!!! ) played in the river with the Rangies outside said hotel the next day, then drove back the other way through the gorge in daylight. Even more awesome! Yep, overlanding is good.

Stunning place...bet the V8s sounded a treat. The road was closed when we got there, but we drove around the closure and were the only ones in the gorge......very nice.

Couple of phots:

That be the one! Shame about the tarmac, but I bet it's still stunning.

they do tarmac it but every year it gets riped up

That's better, far more how I remember it ... with a few more boulders thrown in for good measure.

think that 2008 but was like that in 07and 06 as well it had been repaird then in October it all gets washed away again

Great phots.....You can't realy blame them for making the Gorge more accessible to cars and coaches. Those people need the passing trade....and to be honest, it aint much of a road.

Well it ain't a gorge for nothing, I bet when it's in full flood it must be spectacular - well, I'm assuming it turns into a raging torrent come spring?

Anyone seen it in full flow?

Tom Mc wrote:

Well it ain't a gorge for nothing, I bet when it's in full flood it must be spectacular - well, I'm assuming it turns into a raging torrent come spring?

Anyone seen it in full flow?

Hi tom,,,we are going to todra in about 4 weeks so 15-16 feb we should be there,,,,we are doing marrakesh,dades,todra ,then a few days at erg chebbi going to have a play in the sand then make our way to meknes or fes then up to the atlantic coast on the way home,,we only going for 9 days but we are going back at the end of march,,,so i,ll take lots of pics,,,,,

Don't doubt it for a minute. What you going in - the Disco I gather?

Tom Mc wrote:

Don't doubt it for a minute. What you going in - the Disco I gather?

dude no,,,,not at 15 MPG, :shock:
im taking the fronty,,,,been preping it all week,,,,,,get 25-28 in that... .