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Author: Jane
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There’s not much to say about today, as it was a travel day, so it’ll be a bit dull, sorry. There was thick fog for a couple of hours, as we whizzed back up the RN1 to Guelmim. We tried a Marjane supermarket, as that was all there was, but were very disappointed. I think…
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We’d stayed at Sidi Ifni for a good few days in 2023, while Denby was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder after hitting a tree stump in Tafroute and suffering lengthy repairs in Tiznit, so this time we decided that one night was enough. As we packed up, Rog got talking to a fellow Brit…
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We woke to biblical rain storms and the forecast predicted they would continue all morning. It seemed like a good day to do our shopping hop to Agadir. I asked Rog, “Shall we do the boring route or the slightly dodgy one, given that it’s trousering it down?” I leave those of you who know…
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The day started, fashionably late as ever, with a shortish dog walk over to the back of the valley and up the hill.The Berber camp is still there! It was relatively cloudy this morning, so we took the opportunity of leaving Flynn in the well-ventilated van, and walking up into town. First up, breakfast (and,…
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It was literally freezing when we woke up. Minus 1 degree outside, and only 8 inside Jones. The heating had to go on pronto! We had to wait for proper daylight and dawn is at 8:30 here, so it was well after nine when we made our way along the wadi and back to the…
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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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