Day 2 in Fez The WhatsApp group for the whole group is now called the Fancy Flappers do Africa. By way of explanation, there are deliberately no tea towels on the truck, all washing up is dried by grabbing a plate or two and flapping your arms with them until they are moderately dry/no more … Continue reading The fancy flappers are on the road
Author: Janet Fernihough
The start of a new adventure
Not quite farewell Fez as well be back for a guided tour tomorrow with our new friends, but definitely a fond farewell to our gorgeous Ryad in the heart of the Medina. We're still in the throws of sorting our house back at home so our heads definitely feel like they are in two places … Continue reading The start of a new adventure
T minus 1 day….
After burning through double our budget yesterday, with an e-sim, hammam and hotel meal, today is all about not spending money and just soaking up the atmosphere. This started with one of my favourite activities - breakfast on the roof of a gorgeous Ryad in the sunshine, with a monumental view over the Fez Medina. … Continue reading T minus 1 day….
T minus 2 days
The flight to Fez! Which meant being stopped going through UK security with a lot of currency on us. The woman who searched Mark's carry on luggage was just very jealous of the trip, so with completely stuffed rucksacks and bedding on the plane we were then just left with the task of spotting two … Continue reading T minus 2 days
T minus 3 days
Started at 4:50am with a dead phone battery. Walking randomly round upstairs, stark bollock naked, with a hangover, plugging the same dead cable and plug into a different plug socket proved surprisingly useless. At 7am we were clearing the kitchen and sticking tread protectors onto our new stairs. Thanks to our useless stair fitters we … Continue reading T minus 3 days
Day 56 – we did it!
Cornwall was having a fret this morning: specifically a sea fret that obscured all views of the coastal bays. This was fine by me, as it meant that as soon as we got to the hairy sections of the coastal path view, you couldn't see much anyway, so we didn't miss out by walking through fields … Continue reading Day 56 – we did it!
Day 55 – preparation for the last day tomorrow
Mark has always been determined that not one single day of this trip should be less than 21.1km/a half marathon and for a brief moment, today's route threatened that determination with a 19km route from Hayle to Mousehole. So of course as soon as there was an opportunity to detour for an additional 1.6km to … Continue reading Day 55 – preparation for the last day tomorrow
Day 54 – between a rock and a hard place
Today promised to be a 20-something km route, with very little elevation and a huge section drifting gently downhill. Well, Cornwall wasn't having that and felt the need to throw mizzle at us to tone down our enthusiasm. Mizzle is a combination of mist and drizzle, which today has been thrown at us with quite … Continue reading Day 54 – between a rock and a hard place
Day 53 – mmmm……..
As we inevitably climbed up a 5km long hill to our pub room tonight, I asked Mark if he could recall anything from walking this morning. It was a struggle, but then he did recall getting sticker shock at something he saw on the outskirts of St Austell. The rest of the day has been … Continue reading Day 53 – mmmm……..
Day 52 and guess what we had more of…..
31.2km of this.... We started with a lovely view from the hotel. Just before we took a pint of milk from the buffet up to our room to make porridge We walked back through Looe. East Looe River with the life size statue of Nelson the one eyed Seal Past houses with boats on the … Continue reading Day 52 and guess what we had more of…..
