{"id":17113,"date":"2017-06-20T10:28:58","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T10:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/?p=17113"},"modified":"2017-06-20T10:28:58","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T10:28:58","slug":"day-240-asilah-to-meloussa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/day-240-asilah-to-meloussa\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 240 – Asilah to Meloussa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 240                                                      16th March
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35miles (Asilah to Meloussa)  Average speed 8.1 mph Top speed 22 mph
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Up early and had brekkie of bread, jam and marmalade. I chatted to a lady from Morocco who has lived in Spain, but is now hoping to build a beach cafe. We discussed many aspects of Morocco. I spoke to the boss who didn’t rate the bike mechanics of Asilah and recommended Decathlon in Tangier, so decided to try my luck and see if I could make it there on my buckled wheel. I’ll be nursing it 30 miles into 50kmh winds to Tangier. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Brian all set for the wind and nursing the bike along<\/p><\/div>\n

Left at 11 and it was strange to be riding the same road as I had 2 months earlier. The wind was fairly strong but coming mostly from my right and as soon as I got to the coast road there was plenty of tree cover.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Riding the coast road<\/p><\/div>\n

I’m at Hotel Tangier Med in the middle of two motorways, and with only 23 miles to go to get to the ferry port. Having decent wifi and access to electricity meant I could post on Facebook and contact home, as I had been off-line for quite a while.<\/p>\n

Also just looked at spc and it says it’s had 200+ hits today!! Wow<\/p>\n

I just googled cycling in Morocco toll roads and spc came up on page one of Google. We are making it big time. Well you are, I’m just pedalling!! Xx<\/p>\n

(Ermintrude: That’s good to know, x)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Just taken a call from Kamal and he wants to come and meet me tomorrow. He thought I was in Tangier but is now coming all the way to Tangier Med; the guy is amazing. He has to close the shop to do this and he has very little money. He is unbelievable.<\/p>\n

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Hotel Tangier Med<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hotel Tangier Med \u00a330 but I have a massive room and a bath!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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