Day 48 – Ouarazazate

What a horrendous day!!

First the wind was still blowing quick strongly and had been all night but it had died down a little. Terry’s problem with the water seemed to be temporailiy fixed. The spring from one of his tie down straps went flying whilst we has struggling getting his roller blind in yesterday. The search yesterday proved negative and today there was still no sign of it. All the units around us had, or where, going today so the campsite suddenly looked empty. Was it something we said lol

The journey north started well and for the first few kilometres the road was good but it soon degraded into a track with many potholes. The rains in late 2014 had done a lot of damage and it was very evident on this road. Our speed was reduced to no more than 20mph and that was on a good bit. It was very evident that the Morocco authorities are trying to repair the road as there was a lot of heavy machinery at work on a stretch of road about 20 miles long.

Our route took us up into the mountains and the temperature plummeted to 3°C and we were driving as it was snowing. Fortunately it was not settling but it was cold especially since arriving here in Morocco.

Finding the designated campsite was an art in itself. We found it down a rough old track and through an arch that was only just big enough to get through. We were shown to where he wanted us to park. As we stepped out of the van my foot was immediately engulfed in very wet clay which stuck to the shoes. Terry and I decided that a different part of the site was called on so we moved to better ground. It had been raining here and continued for most of the day. It didn’t get any warmer either.

Tina took the boys out for a walk through the entrance gate whilst Terry and I was in reception. Next we hear a cry of help. Tina had fallen on the wet clay which was like ice to walk on. We quickly came to her aid. Terry took the dogs and I lifted Tina. I also nearly slipped myself. She was soon back in the van. She washed herself down and slept on the bed for a few hours to recover.

We are not impressed with the site and have decided to move on tomorrow. We are going back to Marrakesh and hopefully have a meal in the square on one of the nights. We are also going to attempt to find where they fill gas bottles.

It is still raining tonight so not sure what the ground will be like in the morning…..