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Author: Jane
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And we’re home! We got boosted to an early train so we were home by 9:30am with the time difference, and the sun is shining! Jones is mostly unpacked, the washing machine is on its third run, and we’re leaving the cleaning till tomorrow. Flynn has had his first shower for two months and is pleasant…
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We left our car park in Miranda de Ebro early. It had rained heavily overnight and the “hard” standing had been transformed into a sea of mud. Once again the interior of Jones was coated within seconds of Flynn returning from his wee walk – camping in the rain with a large mudophile dog really…
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We set the alarm for 6am to have time for a Flynn wee walk and a cuppa, before getting to Tanger Med at 7am for the 9am sailing. I stupidly thought we were talking the wrong turning onto the motorway, panicked, and sent us on a 32 km deviation back towards Tanger. That meant we…
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The rain lashed it down all night, and when I checked the forecasts in the morning, I found that the port of Algeciras, where we’re returning to from Tangier Med, was closed until Thursday night. No chance of us getting back to Spain today then. We could have moved Jones somewhere new, but it seemed…
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After our visit to the Sahara at Erg Chegaga, we chose our route to the eastern side of the High Atlas, based on our desire to visit Fes. Rog in particular has been very keen, parroting “largest pedestrianised urban area in the world” whenever anyone so much as starts a word “Fe…” So we made…
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Today was very much a travel day – we set off early and drove east to Meski, with only two stops – bread and walking Flynn. We are only allowed two months away from home before our house’s insurance company throw their hands in the air, deny us insurance, and invite the local arsonists round with…
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Today was all about the Sahara. At nine am, we were picked up from Camping Auberge La Khaima – which we definitely recommend, as there’s lots of space under the palm trees and each pitch gets a charcoal fired oven, sink and kitchen prep area. Our mode of transport today was a Toyota land-cruiser 4WD…
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We got up soon after the sun rose to make the most of the low light on the dunes. We’re camped in quite an extensive range of low sand dunes north of Foum Zguid, with views of the dark, distant mountains. The dunes border a desert area that’s more like most of that we’ve driven…
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