{"id":26870,"date":"2019-03-29T17:45:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T17:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/?p=26870"},"modified":"2019-03-29T17:46:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T17:46:10","slug":"day-483-moulay-bousselhem-to-assilah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/2019\/03\/day-483-moulay-bousselhem-to-assilah\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 483 – Moulay Bousselhem to Assilah"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 483                                                  15th November<\/p>\n

58 miles (Moulay Bousselhem to Assilah) Average speed 11.5 mph Top speed 31 mph<\/p>\n

I got up at 8 and lit the fire first time despite the dew, had coffee and croissants and charged my phone. I packed up and left at 10.30. There were quite a few people saying good morning as I left town and as I went over speed humps I almost overtook a van!<\/p>\n

I turned left and followed the route I\u2019d taken to get here the first time. A young guy cycled with me for a while before saying goodbye as he went to work. It was tough on the legs and I was finding it hard to find my mojo and get back into cycling again, but I was making good progress until I got stuck in the sand as the road ran out once again. I stopped at a bus stop I had been to before and had a drink of water but with shops few and far between choice was limited. I kept going and eventually stopped just before Larache for lunch of cheese and harsha bread beside the busy road and was joined by a farm worker and his horse who offered me water.<\/p>\n

Then I went over a new flyover and into Larache  where I had a coffee and decided to carry on and try to make it to Assilah.<\/p>\n

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Larache<\/p><\/div>\n

The road was hard work once I\u2019d crossed the bridge and there was a lot of climbing. I stopped for a drink at a shop but it was closed for renovations, which meant another 3 miles uphill to the next village, where I bought some chocolate and a large bottle of orange Fanta. I pushed on and checked out a campsite half a mile past the roundabout I needed to turn left at. It was marked on the map but turned out to be a farmer’s field! So I went back and took on the climb to Assilah making sure to avoid the large potholes I\u2019d hit last time I was here. 8 months in and the road was worse than last time despite the roadworks they had done.<\/p>\n

I made it to the hostel just before sunset and checked in. The room had a bath but after unpacking the bike I returned to find no plug, so a shower would have to suffice, but it felt great after so long without one. I walked into town and had dinner at Ali Babas, which was not the best tagine I\u2019ve had but the harira soup was good. As I walked through the market a wedding parade was taking place.<\/p>\n

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Wedding parade<\/p><\/div>\n

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Then I had a coffee and cake in a bar near the hostel. I was in bed by 10 and enjoyed an early night resting my tired legs.<\/p>\n

Hostel Mia 120 dirham.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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