Visiting the Medina of Fez – a wonderful assault on the senses

It had only been a few days but I was truly in the swing of things now on the Sahara Challenge. Good job too as when it came to visiting the Medina of Fez, I needed my wits about me. Eating Iftar with the locals We’d had quite a long drive from Ouzad to Fez … Read more

Driving a motorhome abroad for the first time – in Morocco!

2 caravans & a motorhome drive through low laying water, through the atlas mountains in Morocco. Photo by Alan Bond

Bailey’s Sahara Challenge feels like it took place so long ago now. The memories are definitely still fresh though! If you’ve read the first two instalments, you’ll realise you’re at the point in the trip now where I drive a motorhome for the first time abroad. And not on a standard road, oh no. Around … Read more

Bailey Sahara Challenge finally gets underway

A Bailey Adamo 75-4T motorhome is parked up outside a Kasbah in Morocco

3 years after the original attempt, the Bailey Sahara Challenge (2) was finally happening! When I was first contacted about going on the trip, it was just over 18 months ago. That trip was due to take place in March 2022, but was cancelled due to Morocco not being open fully after the pandemic. I … Read more