Road to Morocco Ep2: Motorcycle Off-Road Adventure (Bodge Tape Adventures)

Morning Andrew. Morning fans. It's been two years of planning but what's happening today? We're going to Morocco. You eating a chocolate donut for breakfast? Yeah, just a little one to tide me over until lunch. It's a garage donut as well, it's not the best but yeah, Morocco. Oh shit. Everyone else is doing it, I'm gonna do it. Looking forward to taking your big heavy bike over the dunes? Oh yeah. It's gonna be interesting, isn't it? Yeah, I am actually. I'm looking forward to getting some lessons on whitey on how to do it. It'll be all right, we'll figure it out. We'll ride this thing on some gnarly trails. Look how well protected that Triumph is. Exactly. Nothing can break it. Famous last words. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. It's a good set of jowls that, I think you'll get it in. What are you looking forward to in Morocco? So excited. You must be, you're the one who organised this whole trip. Yeah, I'm not really. Has everyone got their bike keys? Yeah. I think so. Right, who thinks the bike's gonna be all right? So we've arrived in Togliamenti. It was actually quite a good process, I thought. Yeah. A little bit of wading around, but nothing too bad. We're gonna come down the coast a little bit, then push inland and down the roads. Starting to get into some of the beautiful areas of Morocco. See where we end up. Just getting the bike insurance sorted out. How worthwhile do you think this bike insurance is? On a scale of that much to that much, yeah. Legal though. There's a little bit of inflation going on here. 5,405 euros. Yeah, yeah. 500 euros. Yeah. Not sure if that's good or bad. I don't know, you never know, do you? Let's pick up this one. There ain't no rest for the wicked Until we close our eyes for good Not even fifty... It was really sore, mate. I thought a f***ing wasp was hitting me left the sting. I've taken a few flies for the schwad before, but nothing as bad as that one. Welcome to Morocco. Punched in the head by a fly. Got rubber gloves on, matey. It's tight. It's tight. Are you in? You dirty bastard. There ain't no rest for the wicked Money don't grow on trees We got bills to pay, we got mouths to feed There ain't nothing in this world for free I know we can't slow down We can't hold back like you know We wish we could I know there ain't no rest for the wicked Until we close our eyes for good What do you think of the scenery, mate? Stunning. Absolutely stunning. Although I am flagging a little bit, I could eat some food. It's quite warm. Yes. Just what I needed. Merci. Welcome tonight. That's what I was thinking. Because there's a viewpoint right there and it says Passage de l'Ito. You've taken the word right out of my mouth. I've got it. Thank you. So what's the distance on that now? 60k. About an hour's ride in Topsend. What do you reckon, Al? Superb. Let's get the boots on. He's brilliant, mate. Really nice to meet you anyway. Merci. Treat the kids. Yeah. To a bit of a different action. Right through that gap in the hedges over there. Don't know how much you can see, but we just picked a random track. We rode down it and we ended up here. Alan, we are camping wild. Our first night in Morocco. We are camping wild. And we are in the middle of somewhere. Yeah, right. It's so bright. Yeah. We're at 4,600 feet. Somewhere between El Habaj and Midelt. And we've decided to find ourselves a nice little quiet spot for the night. And we're just setting up camp now. So, Ollie, what have you just finished setting up, dude? My tent. My accommodations. Ollie's tent is a carrier bag with what looks like a kids' bendy bean fishing stick thing. So... That's it. I told a friend of mine I needed to pack light. He said, I've got a perfect tent for you. I didn't really have a look at it before then. Oh, well. Not too bad. What have you got, Al? So, this is an MSR 2 litre water carrier inside an Osco Moto 4 litre pack. And my jet boil. That is awesome. That works perfectly, doesn't it? That is a great little idea. Because I don't bring any sugar because I don't take it. We've got the brews on. We've got various tents attached to various motorbikes. Whitey's got his kingdom just there. And I've got my... I think this is the servants' quarter just next to it. Hi, Ollie. What's the weather, Ollie? It's a ******* rain! It's going! It's raining saris! So, we're wild camping in Morocco, which is pretty awesome. I mean, it's been a day of firsts. It's the first time I've ridden a bike on another continent. First time I've been to North Africa. First time I've used my new swag. It's going to be interesting. Tomorrow will be the first time I've ridden my bike off-road properly. So, yeah, big day of firsts. It's all good. Do you know what? One of the highlights is having kids, actually, at the food stop. Brilliant. And they're so happy as well. And that little lad with his BMX pulling skids next to us to try and show off. When you were showing them the pictures on the camera, mate, that was excellent. I just stood smiling in the background. So, if we get more of that, that would be really good, meeting the locals. Good day to all. Morning, Oliver. Morning. How are you? Feeling good. Did you sleep well? Alright, yeah. Not too bad. Oh, yeah, I woke up a few times as well. I slept with a ******* rock right on the one side. So, every time I went to roll over, I rolled down the hill a little bit. So, considering we picked this point in the dark and had no idea where we were, really, when you look at this view when I get there, you'll see that we have not done too bad. That beautiful view. With Alan talking about having a scenic piss. Just what I want in the morning. So, the normal Arabic greeting of salam alaikum is just a normal way of saying hello. Yesterday, they were saying to us, it actually means peace be upon you, but to someone arriving on a journey or on a journey. Yeah, so they were recognising that we were on a trip and saying it like that. So, we're camping wild. We've just had breakfast. We're just about to go for a team poo. Got the essentials. Toilet roll. Baby wipe. Whitey's got the same. We're just trying to pick the best pooing spot. Seats' recommendation is to go naked, so I think that's what we're doing. You don't want to poo in your shorts. Sat here having a poo. Seats is just over there. There's a good view there. There's an average view over there. Why are you unhappy? You love all this. Problem solving, mechanics, being in Morocco. I feel part of the adventure seats. Do you want a Snickers? I need a Snickers. I've got Snickers in here. Do you want it? No, I'm alright. There's the culprit. This guy. Day one and bodge tape have already screwed up. Have we got the right torch is the question. That worked, wouldn't it? Perfectly safe. You'll be alright. I think I'll be alright. Problem is you were looking forward to today quite a lot. I was really looking forward to today. It's not over. We'll get this done. It's past ten. Come on, stay positive. I am positive. The highs and the lows. That motor. The battery stays. A bit of cable. Just started the BMW using the Triumph's battery. BMW laying the team down so far. These two guys are absolute legends. Absolute legends. This guy here is a mechanic. Whitey has made schoolboy error number two today. On the trip. Four on the trip. Yeah, he's nailing it. But yeah, he gets out of it by being able to ride a bike. So I think Whitey's on brew duty, dinner duty, water duty. Finest lunch duty.