MA90 - Day Trip to Morocco
Is it that long ago? Another tale from the photobox archive. A year before I was made redundant for the second time and things were good. I had a job I liked and we set off for Spain. This was a two bike job. My Suzuki Cavalcade LX and my partner at the time, Audrey, on her own Yamaha XJ900F. We rode down through Spain after a trip on the Motorail. We had a large tent with us and camped in Cordoba and as it was way too hot in Sevilla we chose a hotel. Our next camping was at Tarifa. It was here that we thought about a quick trip to Tangier. Although the ferry goes from Tarifa we bought a ticket from Algeciras to Ceuta. The cost for the bike was pence. We booked one - the Yamaha! The Cavalcade stayed tucked away and locked up in the tent. Out of sight. Algeciras is a much bigger port and the ferry was packed. Mostly with Moroccan's in large vans also packed to the gunwales and on the rooves. Ceuta is still a Spanish enclave on the African mainland. Buy...