142 triangles of cheese eaten. © Listen to Africa

The second in our “in numbers” series:

1603 kilometres cycled in Morocco (3130 kilometres total)
142 triangle cheeses consumed
139 round breads consumed (including in restaurants)
128 kilometres cycled on the longest day
115 tomatoes eaten
100+ squashed snakes (lost count)
62 kilometres – average daily distance, on cycling days
61 onions eaten
45 days in Morocco
36 kilometres – average daily distance cycled including rest days
26 days of cycling
20 Dirhams – most paid for a coffee
19 rest days in Morocco
16 kilometres cycled on the shortest day
16 tagines eaten (each)
14 squashed hedgehogs
14 nights in hotels/hostels
13 nights in campsites
13 nights in rented apartments
11 offers to polish our sandals
10 litres – most water consumed in one day (total)
9 meals cooked in hotel rooms
7 kilograms of pasta consumed
6.25 chickens consumed
6 punctures repaired (three for strangers)
5 kilograms of goat consumed
5 litres of petrol used (ie 641 kilometres/litre per bike or 1822 miles/gallon)
5 kilometres – longest stretch of pushing the bikes
4 nights wild camping
3 peanut experiments conducted on ants (they are unable to move whole peanuts, even on a slope, but they will shear bits off)
3 punctures (all Bex’s)
2.5 kilograms of rice consumed
2 number of times we’ve kept our resolution to get up early
2 days of rain
2 times we’ve supplied motorists with water
2 broken spokes (both Huw’s)
2 live snakes spotted
2 Dirhams – the least paid for a coffee
1 broken front rack bracket (Bex’s)
1 smashed laptop screen (Bex’s)
1 dog bite (he only got Huw’s sandal)
1 nights in the room of an unknown establishment (possibly an opium den or a brothel)
0 times seen couscous available in a non-tourist restaurant
0 hours of siesta successfully managed

142 triangles of cheese eaten. © Listen to Africa

The second in our “in numbers” series:

1603 kilometres cycled in Morocco (3130 kilometres total)
142 triangle cheeses consumed
139 round breads consumed (including in restaurants)
128 kilometres cycled on the longest day
115 tomatoes eaten
100+ squashed snakes (lost count)
62 kilometres – average daily distance, on cycling days
61 onions eaten
45 days in Morocco
36 kilometres – average daily distance cycled including rest days
26 days of cycling
20 Dirhams – most paid for a coffee
19 rest days in Morocco
16 kilometres cycled on the shortest day
16 tagines eaten (each)
14 squashed hedgehogs
14 nights in hotels/hostels
13 nights in campsites
13 nights in rented apartments
11 offers to polish our sandals
10 litres – most water consumed in one day (total)
9 meals cooked in hotel rooms
7 kilograms of pasta consumed
6.25 chickens consumed
6 punctures repaired (three for strangers)
5 kilograms of goat consumed
5 litres of petrol used (ie 641 kilometres/litre per bike or 1822 miles/gallon)
5 kilometres – longest stretch of pushing the bikes
4 nights wild camping
3 peanut experiments conducted on ants (they are unable to move whole peanuts, even on a slope, but they will shear bits off)
3 punctures (all Bex’s)
2.5 kilograms of rice consumed
2 number of times we’ve kept our resolution to get up early
2 days of rain
2 times we’ve supplied motorists with water
2 broken spokes (both Huw’s)
2 live snakes spotted
2 Dirhams – the least paid for a coffee
1 broken front rack bracket (Bex’s)
1 smashed laptop screen (Bex’s)
1 dog bite (he only got Huw’s sandal)
1 nights in the room of an unknown establishment (possibly an opium den or a brothel)
0 times seen couscous available in a non-tourist restaurant
0 hours of siesta successfully managed