February 15, 2026

Arribes and Sierra de Francia 🇪🇸 - Vultures, Rain and La Alberca

The weather is still not on our side, but right on cue at the end of the working day it clears for two hours. Later we have to reverse through a narrow village - and then end up in a place we had not expected at all…

Griffon vultures over the Arribes del Duero Nature’s own cinema above the Arribes

February 8, 2026

Olhão and Extremadura 🇵🇹🇪🇸 - Escaping the Weather

We stay in the Faro region once more, take a boat trip through the Ria Formosa - and then bury our planned route entirely, because the weather on the Iberian peninsula simply will not settle…

Boat trip in the Ria Formosa Out in the Ria Formosa

January 30, 2026

Algarve 🇵🇹 - Cliffs, Sagres and a Storm

After the mud there is one thing we need above all: hot showers. We stay considerably longer than planned, hike the cliff coast up and down, reach the end of the continent - and then get thoroughly shaken by a storm…

Cliff coast on the Algarve The cliffs near Zambujeira do Mar

January 6, 2026

Alentejo 🇵🇹 - Three Days of Mud

It starts harmlessly enough: a hike, a workshop, a good restaurant. Then it rains all night, the gravel track transforms - and we spend three days stuck at a spot we had not considered at all…

Stuck in the Alentejo The track looks worse than it did the day before

December 29, 2025

Lisbon 🇵🇹 - Holidays in the City

We reach our destination for the holidays and stand on a proper campsite for the first time in ages. From there we explore a city where it is really only ever uphill or downhill…

Lisbon Hello Portugal, hello Lisbon

December 15, 2025

Back to Europe 🇲🇦 - A Run of Bad Luck

Leaving Morocco is hard enough on its own - and then a small series of mishaps begins, peaking on the ramp up to the ferry of all places…

On the way to Tanger Med One more run across the country

December 8, 2025

Atlantic Coast 🇲🇦 - Separate Ways, Beach and the Medina

After 17 days together the group goes separate ways. We head for the coast, have the sea almost to ourselves, finally record the room tour - and eventually find a way into the medina of Marrakesh after all…

On the Atlantic The sea almost to ourselves

November 25, 2025

High Atlas and Marrakesh 🇲🇦 - Back into Traffic

We leave the wild country south of the Atlas, stand at the pass in cold wind for the first time in days - and in Marrakesh get moved on by the police almost the moment we have parked…

Hairpins in the High Atlas Climbing over the High Atlas

November 23, 2025

Erg Chegaga 🇲🇦 - Get Stuck, Get Out, Carry On

At the famous dunes of Erg Chegaga we get ourselves stuck on purpose in order to learn recovery. After that comes the last training point - and finally a mud-brick town you may recognise from a few films…

The dunes of Erg Chegaga

November 20, 2025

Zagora and the Crater 🇲🇦 - Briefly Back to Civilisation

We set off to refill our water and within a few kilometres find ourselves doing a spontaneous repair in the middle of nowhere. After that it is up over the crater rim and down inside - and in the evening everyone pushes their tables together…

Inside the crater Over the crater rim and down inside

November 17, 2025

Morocco 🇲🇦 - Sand, Training and the Milky Way

We calmly practise what we had already learned involuntarily, wake up among dunes looking at a mountain shaped like a tajine - and at night I finally get the Milky Way onto a photo the way it actually looks…

Dunes in the Moroccan desert The day of sand

November 13, 2025

Morocco 🇲🇦 - Flat Tyres, Bazaars and Off the Road

We turn onto the first track and pick up a flat within metres, stock up at the bazaar in Erfoud because after that there is nothing for days - and practise driving to within five centimetres…

Out on the track From here on it is tracks only

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