{"id":16486,"date":"2017-06-03T19:08:51","date_gmt":"2017-06-03T19:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/?p=16486"},"modified":"2017-06-03T19:08:51","modified_gmt":"2017-06-03T19:08:51","slug":"day-222-errachidia-to-er-rich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=16486","title":{"rendered":"Day 222 – Errachidia to Er Rich"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 222                                                       26th February<\/p>\n

43miles (Errachidia to Er Rich)  Average speed 10.4 mph Top speed 42.2 mph – my fastest true speed reading yet<\/p>\n

Yet another great day
\nUp at 8 and over to pizza restaurant for crepe with samosa filling – first time cooking this in restaurant with very weak coffee.<\/p>\n

(Ermintrude : not quite sure what this means, whether it was the first time the restaurant had cooked the dish, or the first time Brian had had it)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Back and packed up quickly, on the road by 9.45, stopped at Ziz garage for better coffee and a jet wash for the bike. I just gave the guy a few dirham for helping me.<\/p>\n

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Errachidia, on the way out of town<\/p><\/div>\n

Then I hit the road and it was pretty flat and some downhill for the first 6 miles. Then it was a climb up to the reservoir and the scenery was spectacular; as I stopped to change my shorts and have a drink I saw my first vulture of Morocco.<\/p>\n

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View of reservoir<\/p><\/div>\n

There were lots of ups and downs and then a very big climb to the top. It was tough but very rewarding once I’d made it. As I sat on a wall admiring the landscape in the next valley a guy offered me a camel made from grass, I declined the offer but asked him to take a photo.<\/p>\n

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Brian in modelling pose<\/p><\/div>\n

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Brian with grass camel – a new advertising career?<\/p><\/div>\n

Then he started begging for anything and everything including my helmet, not sure what he planned to do with it but hey-ho. I gave him a few dirham for taking the photo and took on the descent – it was magnificent and I broke my speed record at 42.2 mph. Then I went through a tunnel and found myself at the bottom at a riverbed.<\/p>\n

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Riverbed at the bottom of the valley<\/p><\/div>\n

 
\nHotel Tissolet 75 dirham<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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