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Zagan the motorhome’s stretching out each of his suspension struts, shuddering off a thick layer of dust, and clenching and unclenching his tyres to check for damage. Yes, yesterday we did something stupid we drove the unfinished R107 in Morocco. So today we are relaxing at the lovely Borj Biramane Auberge<\/a> and Camping (N29.058956, W8.851843<\/a>) just outside Icht, while we all recover.<\/p>\n

\"Borj

Sanctuary at the campsite – we may never move! Jay’s not praying, he’s looking at Zagan’s front suspension…<\/p><\/div>\n

Yesterday morning started well with a 5km jog along the gorge we were staying in<\/a>. It was partly the views that kept me going, but mainly the women along the riverbed collecting up some sort of plant. From our bike ride the day before, we know that once they have a huge stack of the stuff they walk for miles with it. We have no idea what it is, but they must get up before dawn and take the best part of the day to get it back home.<\/p>\n

After showers it was time for the off. Having cycled some of the route the day before, we fixed our GoPro to the windscreen as we knew it was going to be a pretty special drive along the gorge. We’ll upload it once we have some WiFi.<\/p>\n

Jay’s previous night’s sleep had been fitful. Thoughts of a lorry bearing down on us, forcing us off one of the unbarriered bridges over the riverbed occupied his mind. Fortunately the only traffic we encountered were a throng of Dutch tourists walking the valley, a couple of cars and the local buses, packed to the rafters with unlucky (or lucky) passengers travelling on the roof. All of these mobile obstacles\u00a0were easily navigated around.<\/p>\n

\"Local<\/p>\n

As we wound our way along the narrow path snaking through valley floor, overhanging palm and olive trees brushed against Zagan’s sides and roof. The occasional ‘dong’ rang out to mark a fresh date landing on the satellite dish. We laughed and joked that anyone buying Zagan in the future may wonder where the marks had come from, and stopped several times to take photos of the beautiful landscape around us.<\/p>\n