Some of the images from my trip to Timbuktu during the autumn of 2001.
The UK, France, Spain, Morocco and Western Sahara up to the border with Mauritania.
- Sandra - Practice Nurse
- Kickboxing Club Night
- Diane at the web-site
- Preparing to go
- Bike Preparation
- Mauritanaian Embassy / Ambassador
- Andy Hughes
- Gear for 3 months
- Bike spares
- The water-carrier assembled
- Nice cake
- Departure day
- The journey starts here
- London day 1
- Tropical flora in deepest Surrey
- Northern France - It's wet
- Normandy
- France via the rural back-roads
- Nice town centre
- Rochfort -France
- Atlantic beach
- Big light-house
- Still heading south
- Forest trail
- Cork tree
- Biarritz
- Spanish border
- Sleeping rough
- Another unusual resting place
- Appoaching a mountain village
- Central Spain
- Caves
- Pretty roundabout
- Spanish cycling club outing
- A lost cyclist from the Czech Rep.
- Olive groves
- Made it to the Med
- Sailing on Colin / Helens boat
- Chris on moped
- That's the life
- Colin and Helen
- Preparing to leave
- Colin - Mr. Fix-it
- The ferry to Africa
- Tanger
- Yousef
- Street scene Tanger
- Fellow traveller
- Moroccan family
- Funfair
- Haircut!
- Big attraction in town
- Midday rest stop
- Local egg emporium
- Heading into the past
- Preparing to sow!!
- Fish market in Essaouira
- Nice china shop
- Narrow streets
- Goats climbing trees!
- Donkey at work
- Kids at work
- Approaching the Sahara
- French people on a boat
- Sandstorm
- Windy too
- Camels-a-plenty
- Local women
- My 'green' tent after another storm
- Mountain top take-a-way
- Approaching Tan Tan
- Long distances between settlements!
- Nice road in Western Sahara
- Joshué
- Hospitality Arab style
- Desert camping
- Ahh!
- Bike maintenance
- More bike maintenance
- Convey to Mauritania
- Border with Mauritania
















































































