2016-2025 // cycled 50,000 KM around the world Now cycling Portugal-Sicily via North Africa
Ballyferriter, Kerry
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Around the world,- completed ✅
2016 - 2025
I think it'll be a while before it sinks in. Stories for life
Thank you everyone who has followed along, hope you enjoyed it, & hopefully I was able to show the world in a different light. Good people everywhere #ardorothar
Not a whole lot to do or see in Tendrara (it's a great place for stargazing though). However I much prefer towns like this to the busier, tourist ones. A much better insight into local life. May never be the most eye catching place, but locals are friendly. A mighty recharge
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Further south into the desert, - Bouafra, Bouanane, Errachidia. Haven't thought or looked at much beyond there. Will have to turn north again at some stage, ferry back to Spain & another ferry to Algeria 🇩🇿
maps.app.goo.gl/eGkUsfQxZNLZ… well done. where you heading after this.
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Tomás Mac an t-Saoir retweeted
They killed a 14 year old kid for "intending to throw a stone".
הלילה, במהלך פעילות מבצעית יזומה של כוחות צה"ל לסיכול זריקות אבנים ואירועי טרור בפאתי הכפר בורקא שבחטיבת שומרון, זיהו הכוחות מספר מחבלים שהתכוונו לזרוק אבנים לעבר כביש מהיר בו נוסעים רכבים ישראלים. זאת, במרחב בו יידו אבנים לעבר רכבים ישראלים בעת האחרונה.
הכוחות הגיבו בירי לעברם להסרת סכנה, זוהו פגיעות
Never been so happy to see a town. Not sure how, but managed 150 windy KM. 10 hours of cycling. In bits. But it means I don't have to cycle in the crazy winds tomorrow! Police took me to the community centre to stay, no hotels in town. Travellers can sleep here #ardorothar
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Made it to the Mosque (112K). Been a mega struggle today. And I have to keep going in the dark as it is absolutely blowing a gale tomorrow, so I'm desperate to make it to Tendrara tonight rather than have to suffer in the winds forecasted for tomorrow. 38k more #ardorothar
Mohammed sent me off with a coffee & bun this am. Great night sleep in my little room. Flew the 38k to Ain Bni Mathar, brekkie here. Aiming to make a mosque in 73k, wind picking up. Next town, Tendrara, 114k away. Brutal winds tomorrow from early morning,- need shelter to hide 😅
Tomás Mac an t-Saoir retweeted
Massie: "There's no fog of war on the first day! You've had months to identify these targets, yet they picked a school building on a school day with kids in it"
I averaged 13 KPH today (loaded bike & nearly 700m climbing in 45k into a stiff headwind), - if I could ride 20 KPH I'd be motoring!
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As I payed for my coffee at this roadside filling station, the owner gestured that I stay & sleep here. There is a mosque in 11k I was going to chance, but the filling station owner showed me to a small bare room which is ideal as I can sleep on the floor, ar fheabhas #ardorothar
Pulled into a road side cafe after a tough climb into strong headwind. Been here over an hour, & unfortunately the wind still isn't dying down as I hoped. Dark now as well. Debating pushing on to next town (40K away) or else ask if I can pitch my tent here. #ardorothar
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Finally left Oujda 😅 What a charming city. Far off the Moroccan tourist trail, so the city has very relaxed vibes, & friendly locals in abundance. On the road south now, cycling into headwinds, & it will remain like next for the next few days. Nothing I can do, but pedal.
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Tomás Mac an t-Saoir retweeted
“Died malnourished in prison” is one hell of a way to say starved to death while being held hostage. Which is exactly what happened.
Israel kidnapped Walid Ahmed from his home in the middle of the night on September 30, 2024 and they threw him into one of their torture dungeons for 6 months, ultimately starving him until he died on March 22, 2025.
He was never charged with a crime, the same as thousands of other Palestinians still being held in these torture dungeons at this very moment. This form of hostage taking is labeled “administrative detention” and it’s sanctioned by American lawmakers and paid for by American taxpayers.
This is the “only democracy in the Middle East” that traitors like Mike Huckabee say America is forever indebted to.
Israel to release body of Palestinian teen who died malnourished in prison haaretz.com/west-bank/2026-1…
Tomás Mac an t-Saoir retweeted
What an odd way to say Israeli authorities killed a child by depriving him of food while illegally imprisoning him
Israel to release body of Palestinian teen who died malnourished in prison haaretz.com/west-bank/2026-1…
Up next, - the desert dash
First time returning to the Sahara Desert since Sudan in 2018! Heading for Quarzazate, - between 800-980 KM depending on detours. From there north towards the Atlas Mountains, & back to Nador to ferry back to Spain. #ardorothar
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Taking another day in Oujda. A lovely, chill city with friendly locals. Sipping my coffee & munching on some bread with egg & honey, strange mix I know 😅. Tomorrow I set off for the desert stretch, hoping to make it as far as Quarzazate,- nearly 1,000 KM away #ardorothar
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Catholic Church here in Oujda. Mosques of course, & also a Jewish Synagouge that has looked derelict for an awful long time. #ardorothar
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Oujda seems far off the Moroccan tourist trail, - just the way I like it. A way to see a different side to Morocco. #ardorothar
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