Day 30 – Foum Zguid (Washing day)

We always planned to do our washing at this site today much like we did last year so I dragged out the washing machine from the garage and began to set it up. We needed copious amounts of hot water so along side the machine we brought out the household electric kettle. All of this was connected directly to an Electric Hookup point on the site. No RCD protection but luckily nothing untoward happened.

Load after load went into the machine and was then hung on the line. Its surprising how many clothes you get through in such a short space of time. Included in our offerings to the machine was the bedding which of course had signs of sand like everything else in the van. I did say to Tina that when we get home we will have the van professionally valeted both inside and out. Keeping the sand and now the flies out is a never ending job.

After several hours we finally finished and gave over the machine to Brenda to use for her washing.

The afternoon was sat in the cool shade chatting and drinking tea. The sun was hot today. One of our number departed the site to return to Tata. They struggled to get on to the site with the length of their van and also were apprehensive to go off the tarmac as they also struggled with grip.

Tina collected her garments from the little workshop where she was having some alterations made. She was very pleased with the results.

Later we decided to stroll up to town to have an early evening meal. Six of us sat and had chips with either a beef or chicken bouchette (meat on a stick) which was BBQ near us. Fresh orange juice, coffee water and bread accompanied the meal. Delicious and all for 80 MAD each (just under £6)

Tomorrow I really must have a go at washing the van. It really is in a state covered in grime and sand. Last year I was able to pay someone to do this but there doesn’t seem to be anyone offering this service this year. Oh well I will have to do it myself.