Magic mountain moments today, as we stood on the highest point in North Africa and watched the sunrise. Of course, to get the magic, you’ve got to put in a bit of graft, but the novelty of getting up and having breakfast at 02:20 in the morning masked the fact that we had to be Read more

Totally out of the blue this, but Clare and I got the chance to go on the big ZipWire today! After each of us having a pretty hectic day, we re-grouped just in time to join the last session of the day! Before we really knew what was going on, we were dressed in red Read more

Two slices of dry bread, lathered in Laughing Cow cheese and jam, half a bowl of watery porridge (2:1 parts porridge to jam) and a mug of instant coffee with powdered milk. Not exactly the breakfast of champions, but my current regular start to the day. We beat the heat again today, with another 5am Read more

It was still pitch black at 5am. Above us the stars shone and below us, the bright lights of Marrakesh were twinkling in the distance. It was a stunning scene, which felt like a little reward that made getting up early worthwhile. We forced down some very watery porridge and weak coffee, knowing that we’d Read more

Had a great sleep out on the roof of the Refuge. A cockerel tried to break my slumber at some point early in the morning, but it was still dark, so I ignored it and fell back asleep. The walk up to the hut was very relaxed. We knew we didn’t have far to go, Read more

Watery porridge, jam, yellow label tea and a bit of bread and cheese got us going this morning. We’ve managed to save a bit of the expedition budget, so far, so paid for an extra mule to carry our sleeping bags and food. Brilliant. It was hot work heading up out of the village to Read more