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Author: Jane
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We liked the Auberge Toubkal campsite, and especially our evening view with drinks, so it was an easy decision to stay another night and do a proper hike. Our route led south into the mountains, towards Agadir n’Tarikt, where we hoped to poke around the ruins. Our walking app, Footpath, had a very hazy idea…
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It was very cold first thing this morning – 4 degrees outside, and 12 inside Jones. We’re economising with gas, as it’s difficult to obtain in Morocco, so we just had the heating on for an hour or so, using a heady blend of gas, and electricity from our leisure batteries. It was just a…
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We left Camping Espirit Nature along the dirt roads we’d walked along the day before. Once we’d rejoined the metalled roads, we drove to a car park on the outskirts of Essaouira. We’ve passed the town twice before without visiting, so thought we really ought to take a look, despite it being very unfriendly to…
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Not a very exciting day today, except that we hope the weather forecast is correct, and it’s the last rainy day for a while. As we left Oualidia, the storm clouds over the sea were lit by the early morning sun to the east. We aimed straight for an olive oil seller that we’d lucked…
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The rain hammered down all night. Jones’s water leak fix is certainly getting a proper soak test. (Software engineering joke, sorry.) Also weirdly, I had the best night’s sleep ever. So my sleep issues are cured – I’ll be fine as long as we sleep in a Casablanca car park and I have a huge…
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We left the campsite at Asilah at about 9, having paid the night before. This is the evolution of a system I designed in Morocco three years ago to let us know where we’ve paid for a site – as we left one site without paying and were luckily rescued by a couple we’d chatted to the…
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I often get a really bad night’s sleep before ferry crossings, and sadly last night was one of them. Apple is very displeased with me. The alarm went off at 6a.m., just when I’d actually managed to get to sleep, and after a Flynn walk we were off to the ferry. It turned out that…
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Only a two hour drive today, to the DFDS ticket office at the port of Algeciras. Luckily I’d found a record of my booking number in Notes, so I wasn’t quite as brain dead with vaccine-induced fever as I thought. With that information, I was quickly issued a set of actual paper tickets. Luckily I…
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