Don’t tell me I can’t… move to Morocco & be an adventurer

Alice Morrison, 53

Alice, a former CEO of a creative media company, decided to become a full-time adventurer after being made redundant. Since then she has completed the world’s longest bike race, Le Tour d’Afrique, trekked from Africa’s highest point to the Atlantic Ocean and run the gruelling Marathon Des Sables. Having moved to Morocco to train, she settled in the Atlas Mountains, securing a BBC series on her voyage from Morocco to Timbuktu, and a second following her as she became the first woman to walk the length of the country’s Draa River. alice says: “It’s never too late to recreate yourself. I was woefully unprepared for Le Tour d’Afrique, but somehow I managed the 8,500 miles from Cairo to Cape Town, and in doing so, discovered the joys of freedom, of pushing my body to its limits and digging into my emotional reserves. I knew I was hooked when I signed up to run the Marathon des Sables. I fell in love with Morocco – I was only supposed to stay a few months, but five years on I’m still here. My life is as far removed as it could be from my corporate existence.”