Day 7 by the pool outside Marrakech Another night round the campfire last night with beef stew, great conversation and flapping of washing up. With earplugs firmly installed and our tent nowhere near anyone who snores, our camp site here is lovely. We've located our tent between the orange trees, just over the path from … Continue reading And relax …..
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African sun
Day 6 Casablanca to Marrakech Must remember to put earplugs in at night...... Everyone loved having Casablanca, the movie, up on the wall last night, and it was really lovely to see Mark do that for everyone. We stayed up a bit longer round the camp fire chatting with our tour leader and the two … Continue reading African sun
300km roadtrip after a good night’s sleep
Day 5 Chefchaouen to Casablanca Is there a more emotive route than one that includes the Moroccan blue city of Chefchaouen and the roaring forties Hollywood Casablanca? It's a shame that the reality is a series of roadside toilets and a supermarket stop at Kenitra. At least I got a good night's sleep, having found … Continue reading 300km roadtrip after a good night’s sleep
We have TWO snorers
Day 4 Chefchaouen We certainly found a strategic location for the tent last night: solidly placed between two olympic snorers. The new mattress is also not as insulating as our old one so I'm still waiting for a decent night's sleep. My two septuagenarian cooking crew worked as hard as I expected this morning, chopping … Continue reading We have TWO snorers
We have a snorer……
Day 3 Volubilis and Chefchaouen With a new inflatable mattress we did at least wake up a couple of inches above ground level, but several inches into deep despair at the very loud snorer all night long. Tonight's tent putting up will be a strategic exercise in location choice. Tonight will also be interesting as … Continue reading We have a snorer……
The Fancy Flappers are on the road
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
The start of a new adventure
Day 1 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 … 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
