Counting down….
In a few weeks Mark, Jackie and I will be heading out to Fez in Morocco to embark on a reconnaissance trip through the North African wilderness with Mick Extance and the team from the Mick Extance off road school. We will be heading out into the desert on Honda CRF dirt bikes and with a Bowler prepared Landrover Dakar support vehicle in tow. During the ride we will be following the ‘Dakar Highway’ (riding on parts of the Moroccan stages from the famous race), over the snow capped Atlas mountains and into endless miles of dunes at Erg Chebbi in the Western Sahara.
The trip is an exploration for Mick and Steph who will be making it an annual event. We are privileged to be part of such an adventure and to be guided by the legendary Mick Extance – Great Britains most successful Dakar Rally competitor. It is also the best chance Mark and Mick will have had so far to work together on Dakar terrain and will be very important preparation for their entry into the worlds toughest race – The Dakar rally.
Every step of the way is going to be exciting, challenging and hopefully rewarding! We will be sleeping under the stars in Berber camps, discovering our routes as we go and tackling some of the toughest terrain and elements the planet has to offer. What an adventure!
I did my final bit of riding preparation last weekend in North Wales with Mick and Steph and the team. We had a good day but I think we are going to struggle to find quite 
as much mud in Morocco!!
Good old Wales – it never lets you down!!
Mark and Jackie are currently making ready to travel to Nairobi in early October to work with representatives of ‘Just a Drop’ one of the charities they are supporting with the Rally4life team. From there they fly to the UK for 3 days of R&R with family before we set off for the desert.
We arrive in Fez on 17th October and head out into the wild brown yonder on the 18th. If all goes well, we will be back in Fez by 29th
Please check in at jennings-bates.co.uk for news and updates. We will do our best to upload words and pictures as and when we can. This will depend mostly on the availability of data networks for our mobile phones/laptops which may not be all that reliable, as you can imagine!
I have set my iphone up so it will broadcast to Google Latitude, a global positioning system which will be relaible, but again only if I have a data network signal.
Mark is bringing along some transponders from one of his major Rally4Life sponsors, Helios Global Tracking and by logging on to their web site you will be able to track us accurately throughout the whole trip. We will let you have details on how to log in before we leave.
Thanks for having a look. More soon…..
Pete
Good Luck Pete & The Gang
Hope everything goes well, will be thinking of you sleeping under the stars. Stay safe.
Mandy xx
Thanks Mandy (o:
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All the best Pete, i,ll be checking for updates on a regular basis!!!
Wow Peedee! What a thrilling thing to do, I bet you’re so excited.
The best of luck to you all, ride safely.
See you soon
Love
Angie
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Hope I have packed you enough pairs of pants! 🙂
Love you x
Quite an epic adventure ahead. I wish you and your friends all the best, and will follow your progress with interest.
I will be most disappointed if you are not sporting a fez at the next Stuntdog gig.
Be lucky,
Jim.
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Thanks Jim, and everyone else for your good wishes. Good to know you will be looking in on us.
Jim, you wont be dissapointed – I will be wearing it on the plane home!!
See you soon.
Pete
I didn’t even know you were going! Another mental adventure for you – I expect nothing less – sending lots of love, luck and big breasted squeezes xxx
I do not know how you find the time – get a proper job 🙂
See you in Devon and look forward to hearing about it.
Ride safe (ish)
hope all is good under the stars peedee
sending you all a big luck hug
i love you
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Petey, pete,
You really have excelled yourself this time….be careful, hope they packed lots of toilet paper cause you will be getting the sh**s. Just looked at the photos and there is not nearly enough water xxxxxxxxx
Pete
Best of luck to you and the guys, another crazy adventure for you :o) take care of yourselves and be safe. I’ll be checking out your progress
Karen
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Good luck to all adventurers! Pete try and come back with toes and other body parts intact this time! x
Mr Bongo Bates, meant to send you a farewell text to wish you a safe and glorious trip.
Looking forward to all the tales of dirt and mayhem.
Dont eat any Devil goats
Love the minty family xxxx
Hey pete looks awesome, have fun, will check again soon take care Keith
Hi Peter,
Sounds like you’re going on holiday to Morocco with a load of mates to me?!!? 🙂 Seriously Though, it sounds awesome! Good luck on the trip, we’ll keep an eye on your progress back in Ryton on Dunsmore…. See you anon!
Best regards,
Matt and the team.
Hiya Pete sweetie and the rest of your lovely crew! We did not get a chance to wish you a safe send off, but we have since heard that you arrived safely. We also heard that you have already had your first accident…what ya like…..ha! Anyway, looking forward to hearing more of your adventures all for a good cause. Keep well – keep safe – keep in touch! Lots of love and best wishes, June, David, Nathan (dude) and Lilly (pain).
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Hi Pete and Gang.
Good luck on your adventure and heres hoping you have a great time. It is a beautiful country and we will be following your progress and looking forward to the updates . I have been to Morocco many times and its a wonderful place. Enjoy 🙂 !!
Best wishes from Jill and all the guys at David Gilkes Removals.