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Yeah, good craic that weekend alright.

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Stage 7 (04/02/24): Dakhla to Banc d'Arguin, 660km.

A 4am start and a 300km sprint to the Mauratanian border led us into a 2km queue to cross the border and nearly 24hrs of radio silence.

With the border crossing being more or less hassle free (apart from the long wait), we found ourselves in a UN buffer zone, still with no phone signal and all but a waypoint on our GPS maps to get to our next check-in, 360km away in Banc d'Arguin.

Given the situation, and taking a wrong leaving us buried in the sand, we made good time getting to the check-in!

We didn't hang about once we found hard ground to set up our and camping equipment that was kindly supplied to us by .

With the bellys full and cleaning done, we clocked off after a long 19hrs on the go.

UPDATE:

While writing this post, we got word that there is some political unrest in Senegal, where we are meant to heading for on Wednesday (07/02/24).

Were currently in Nouakchott, patiently waiting on updates from to see what's next!!

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It's safe to say, between a late ferry departure, seas rough enough to put the bears arse to shame and the French doing what they do best and protesting, blocking off National Roads and Motorways, the European leg of our trip so far has been.. busy.. yeah we'll go with busy 😂😂

Our first stint came to an end in Bordeaux during the early hours of the morning after 750km and 11hrs driving, where the head was only on the pillow and we were up again!

We have another 750km run down to Madrid ahead of us today where we'll be channeling our inner Back Road Bandits, steering well clear of the protests to make up some of the lost time!!

Beacons on, verry busy!!

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Safari Scenes Shakedown was a success!

From dealing with the four seasons throughout the course of day, low handing trees, tight squeezes and bog land that was so soft that when we got stuck, the vibrations from the truck idling alone where sinking it more and more!!

It was a learning curve to say the least.

We have new ideas and checklists so with our departure on the 25th of January now under 4 weeks away... the egg in the frying pan won't be the only thing flat out!!

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