Hi,
I think the more the merrier, as long as its a Land Rover. I'll PM everyone when we have a few together and we can work on the details. It's only 7 months away and that will come up pretty quick.
I have however been checking a few things out, it seems we do not need for Morocco a Carnet de Passages, although I'll double check this, it seems an international driving license is recommended, not mandatory.
Also, I'm going to check my insurance, they are having enough issues with my modifications, let along going to Morocco, so I'd recommend you check you covered to go out of Europe.
I'll be getting some Ferry options from France - Morocco or Spain-Morocco, it will probably be the latter, I should have these within two weeks, it seems depending on which route you go the hassle value changes.
I was going to give us 3 days to get from England to Morocco (arriving in Morocco on the Tuesday afternoon). This would mean departing on the Friday night about 7pm. Camping just outside Calais then a start on Saturday.
It's about 1,200 miles to the crossing to Morocco, or 400 a day. If you want to do things like the Picos de Europe we will need to add a little time onto the journey to the crossing. I'm completely flexible with this and will go with the flow.
Quick question though, I'm lucky I live on the south coast so getting the the ferries is easy for me. Looking at the replies I've had it seems some people are a little further away from the ports. So where about do you guys want to cross, I normally do Dover-Calais on the Tunnel which is about £155 return, if you want to do another route I'm game.
Just let me know what you would prefer then we can work it out. However, I have done the trip to Bilbao and Santander before and I don't think its worth the cost, and you bypass all that wine in France, and the cheese. But again I'll go with whatever the group wants.
One word of warning though, I'm going with an Australian mate of mine, he has travelled the world, and I had not idea how he has done it, he is completely useless. Be warned.
I'm all excited now, it should be a blast.
Chris