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Hmmm, not too sure about the last few entries to your guestbook, but whatever. Anyway, it's Feb 1st in Hong Kong so Happy Birthday Mr Morch - hope you have a large one.
United play Watford later - safe.

happy new year mate! I hope you bike's still running sweet after fixing it up good and proper with the Germanator.

Just testing

Morch, you are one mad F**ker. Ethiopia sounds nuts!

He's back! Hows it going morch, good to hear from you again. Hope all's well with you, Enjoy Ethiopia mate.

He's gone underground. Working for the Eygptian secret service. His mission - to drink as many smoothies and dive under water looking at funny coloured fish. I want sweat, dirt, engine trouble and smoke. We don't want our hero to have his feet up by the pool. We want adventure!!! We want elephants, lions, famine and heat. Pictures of the bike, the beard, the state of your dress. All needed please!
Take Care Morch. Speak to us soon.

MORCH!!!!MORCH!!!!MORCH!!!!

Maybe if I shout he will hear me....

Keeping his head down after the Arsenal defeat more like...

Yep, I reckon he's about 25 stone by now. Time for a new story morch mate. I want deserts and hard graft!

its been nearly a month since Morchs last update, anyone else reckon he's found more ice-cream.....!?

Hi Mart thought I'd say hello - good work keep it up!

"it felt like a court martial on the love boat"
defo one of the best quotes on there!

keep the faith kid

T

Hows it going Morch, 3 wins from 3 for United. Arsenal and Chelsea beaten once each already. My lucky scarf and underpants are doing the business. Hope you get your niggles un-niggled and get back on the road soon mate.

Hello mate, I just found the Guestbook!

Guess you can't stay away from the ice cream, eh? Or is it the ladies...?

Console yourself with the thought that whilst it's been a bit of a pain in the arse over the last few days/weeks, at least you're still effectively on holiday!

Cheers,

K.

I have to say it was one hell of a trip.
And it all did make a good read
Maybe you should write a book

Mighty Morch!!! What a trip! I've just spent the first hour of work reading the stories. Iwas gettting quite excited about the prospect of a clean bike for some reason. It must have been knackered. Good luck with Libya and do try to avoid the Lebanon if you can. Off to Barcelona on Friday with Ben and Martin. That's proper travelling.

All that luxury morch, you sure you wanna hit the road again? Lucky escape with the jeans mate, made me laugh that did. It would have looked like you was carrying another passenger with a helmet on. Mini Morch! Ahem, apologies.

what are "scappers" please? I meant to type scrappers!

Hey Senior Whippy, I'll have a 99 with an extra flake, a 199?!? Anyhoot, Italy sounded like a hoot..and alot more hoots from the scoots when they won the WC! Hope the Duke is still riding like a dream after the monster service that brought him back from near the scappers :)

hey mister morcheen, keep on chilling in italia mate, you deserve it after crossing the sahara (you mentalist!!!)

sounds like your still buzzing, keep up the good work fella

Hello Martin

I just got back from a business trip to Accra in Ghana.

Nice place better kept than Lagos, Nigeria but the people are some how "behind" if you know what i mean.

Glad to see your blogs are rolling in. I must admit I do not see myself doing a trans sahara crossing. i'd rather watch it all on TV.

Keep sending your blogs cos i do get a bit worried when I do not see a new one soon enough

stay cool

Morch

Thank heavens for the past few Blogs. Not enough sign of you for ages and then the posting about 'all bashed in' made me think you'd been puffing too much.

Welcome back to the civilised side of the sahara - if there is such a place.

Simon, Georgie and Oscar

Good work Morch, krytens right about that tire, its a bit like triggers sweeping brush. You should frame the bugger when you get back mate!

You need a 'Puncturometer' to keep track of 'em all mate. Is there any of the original inner tube left, or, is it just bits of individual rubber joined together ? big philisophical question is, is it still the same tyre :)
keep on ridin' fella.

Hi, Martin!
Everything still upright? Made it to Sicilly?

Regards from the "little bugs"
Surya and Markus

bashed in eh? think martin is right about those mushies....

Yo Morch. Judging by your most recent journal entry, I'm presuming that you've been snackin on the local mushrooms. Good lad...

Strangest story I've ever heard... Ah, hello Lynn. Ah, I see what you... Ah, right, yes. Michael was just telling me an army story about a friend of his who slept with... a Land Rover.

hey Martin wassup?
seemingly can't get away from that nasty orange bike of yours!
nice to bump into you and the lanfdy girls today. light and nimble without all the boxes how nice of the girls! should stay upright more often now i thinks!
best luck brother, may the hot wind warm your soul and blow the encumbant flies from your sardines!
bright eyes always
Mark

I just watched Rambo 3 again and when i saw him in the afghan desert and crawling through the mine fields I got this picture in my mind of you zooming through the desert on your bike

Bon Voyage

chelsea just won the league mate, Rooney's ankle looks fooked, Arse are in the CL final, the dippers are breathing down our necks for 2nd, and your moaning about being stuck in a ditch? you've got it easy kid!!! keep travelling mr m, sounds like a mad trip!

really enjoyed reading your journey to Bamako, its sounds epic mate. 5 hours trying to get your bike out of a ditch, smack your ditch up :)

Great write up Morch, I could taste that beer, I really could. Sounds like you are having the maddest adventure. Keep riding and we'll keep reading.

Before i forget today is my birthday as well

we just had an early morning down pour, I think the rains are about to set in. the temperature is 32 degrees celcius and as the day progresses i think it might get up to 35.

As you get through Africa you will see quite a bit of this.

typical. Decides to drive a motorbike across the Sahara desert and then starts moaning about being too hot and stuck in sand dunes.

Testing testing...

Who would win in a fight between Predator and TopCat? Answers on a postcard to the usual address

Hello Morch, hope you're enjoying yourself. Its just starting to warm up over here, today we nearly got to 5 degrees. Suncream on standby, i'll soon have a hanky on my head and an icecream cone in my hand. Have a good one mate.

OPEN UP........... NOW OPEN UP.... MAKE ROOM FOR....... MEEEEEEE !!

Take care mate .

Play another record sam

CD

thinkin' of you beardie boy !

nuff said CD

quote
"You can't beat a nice camel dung fire at the end of a long days motorcycling."

You the 1st person I've ever know to truthfully say that. Keep on keepin', and after that keep some more, then you'll be trully kept and you can quote me on that.

Top stuff Morch, I wake up in the morning to pissing down rain and Baguley social club, we have so much in common. keep up the good work.

Hey moose. Only just found your website address. Glad to hear the adventure continues and you are not back in Burnage yet. If you need some rest and recoup time drive over to Dubai. Our Dan and I will gladly put you up.
Take it easy.

Hello again morch, just been reading your morocco escapades, great reading again. I felt like i was there for a minute, then i realised i was sitting in front of a computer at work on another monday morning. Make sure you keep enjoying yourself mate. Red Army!!!!

morcccchhhhhheeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnn

good stuff kid - keep up the riding!! happy birthday ( a wee bit late )

keep the faith (unlike Rio, you didn't miss much at Blackburn away, except Rio's attempt to prove he is the best defender in the world, by heading a blind back pass from 6 yards,backwards,whilst re-writing the entire works of Shakespeare, which resulted, needless to say, in a blackburn goal....)

enjoy your 1st birthday outside of europe big guy.

Happy Birthday Morch. Have a fine day.....

keep on adventurin' MR MOD, hope your 'nobbly rims' hold it together! you'll be glad to that there shouldn't be any seaguls in Africa.

hello morch, great to read your new entries. Plenty going on by the sound of things. I'm at work and should be doing some rubbish with a computer but instead I just spent the last half and hour reading about you travelling the world. Great stuff. Good luck in Morocco mate.

Hee hee hee!!!!
Most amusing Morch. Sounds like the adventure has already started in earnest. And you got a free pint o the black stuff to boot. Can't be bad. I can see now why you took so long to send all that. It must have taken you a month to type it.....! Speak to you soon

Donde está Morch? ...Está usted allí Morch?...

alright morchy boy, cheers for your text new years eve, hope zafira was cool. where are you now buddy? hope its going well whatever you're up to!! United are still the powerhouse we were, managed a 0-0 with Burton who got battered last night off Stourbridge Rovers 4-1. awesome i tell thee.

Morch was in Tarifa on New Years Eve according to his text which is the southernmost tip of Spain. I think the media blackout has been caused by the trip across the straits of Gibraltar.

Rumours of a ginger bearded giant roaming the outskirts of Dover have been circulating in the press though....

How's it hangin Morch? Or perhaps more importantly, where's it hangin??

Morch is in Southampton eating Salmon glazed in honey, with roast potatoes and a small side salad.....

happy new year fella! have you reached 'frica yet??

good luck martin, watch out for the hutus - they kill you if you have a long neck. or was it a short neck?

happy new year, mr morch!
hope you're having a good one.

Earth calling Morch....come in Morch.

Where are you big fella. i need my next fix of the big journey and want to let you know I'll be knocking the froth of a cold on for ya on Xmas Day in Dublin.

I recon you'v got some latin Beauty in tow ? Later.

CD

Martin, my good man, sounds all good so far. I think it's glaringly obvious to anyone though that it cannot compare to the delectable delights of commuting to windsor & Eton rtiverside for 1 1/2 hours to work every day though.

Can you make a fire from twigs and run down a fully grown deer yet?

Mystery Man Morch, he's forgotten all about us already. Whats happenin mate? Maybe you ran out of petrol in some remote location. If you end up hitching, avoid men with moustaches drivin pickups!

Where has he got to? Do you think he's crossed the straits of Gibraltar and is sunning himself on the African coast? Or is he still drinking Retsina in a seedy spanish bar? Come on Morch! It's nearly Christmas ans we need facts. Are you going to be ringing on Christmas day? We'll be at mine.

Columbus? Wasn't he the guy that discovered America in a dirty mac...or something like that

Get to the gothic quarter as well. You'll find it easily enough, just follow the pickpockets. The noucamp is worth a trip as is Park Guell but go to the museums too they're not that expensive and go way to while the afternoon away.

Go and see Amerigo at the bottom of the Ramblas and work out where he's pointing too.

hey morcheen!!! yes sir, Barca is class, if you get chance watch a game at the Nou Camp, you won't be disappointed!!! And make sure you check out that Gaudi blokes park, well worth a visit

hope things are going well Morch.

Don`t forget to have a pint in every Irish pub you pass.

Alright Morch, i've just finished reading your Perpignon bit. I'm pretty jealous, it sounds beautiful there. I'm at work, you're winding your way through valleys in France. Where did it all go wrong. Keep up the good work mate.

testing testing 1 2 3

cruise them open roads, breath in the mountain air and pop a few wheelies (optional). Keep it steady fella!

Go Morchine! It's sounds brilliant. As Kulashaker would say, 'catch the sun' How were your french speaking skills? How's the bike bearing up? Haggle for everything.

hey mister Morcheeen, keep the faith kid, njoy the madness!!!

Hi Martin, hope stuff is good for you. Enjoyed the pint last weekend, hope you're not getting too saddle sore!!

Hey Morch, Did you get past Dover? I think Africa is the first turning on the right. Not enough room for my e-mail address in the space provided so here it is: joanna.mcnicholas@hotmail.co.uk Keep smiling x