…and peaceful until…

Well, it would be a riot right now, but the team have arrived at the Nomad’s Palace hotel to… no WiFi! Hehe! You couldn’t plan it better. They’re assured that the technical guys are working on the problem, but just in case there’s no immediate answer, here’s an interim post from me again!

The GPS co-ordinates I’ve been sent look a little out, but they’re not a million miles out. This is where they say they are :-

This is where I think they are :-

Taking in all the mod cons that the Hotel Nomad Palace has to offer. Well, everything except the Wi-Fi, naturally.

Not that they deserve it after a relatively short day today on their way to have a first look at the Dunes of the Sahara proper tomorrow. That’ll get the bikes and riders working harder than they’ve been used to and appreciative of another night in the Nomad Palace tomorrow.

Yesterday was mostly Dakar route and lots of it. No, more than that apparently. Waaaaaay more than that. I’ll wager Mick said “just keep up”, rode at half his race pace and still disappeared into the distance.

Talking of race pace, Adam Extance, Mick’s son, had a good day testing at Donington Park today. Our partner Adam Griffin was there helping Adam get the very best out of his suspension testing and they made the most of the fine, sunny, but chilly weather. We’ll have some footage available from this testing on the youtube channel soon, so you too can learn how to set up race bike suspension, if you check back later.

For now that’s all I have. No photos, sorry, unless someone can get to Merzouga with a patch cable, like the one I have here in my rucksack. Doh!

Another night with a little Bjork I think… like there’s any other sort of Bjork.