2025 Morocco

This morning we were warm again and getting up was not a chore. We backed off the parking spot at around 11am and drove on to the service area where we emptied the black and grey tanks. We needed fresh water but thought that we could fill at our destination today.

We were on the road at approximately 11:20am making our way to an ACSI site in Plasencia. I had made contact with the site a few days back to ensure they were open mainly because at this time of the year sites close for Winter especially in France.

We pulled of the main road and drove down the hill into the site which was not at all busy and gave the impression of being very tired. I asked for 10A hookup as I want to run the heating again tonight. The ACSI price only included 5A connections.

Continued to watch the afternoon and evening sessions of the darts. We plan to stay another night leaving for another ACSI site on Monday.

Last night we had the heating on and we were very warm and comfortable. Good night sleep for us both.

Mid morning we wandered around to the Spa supermarket and bought some bread and a few other things. We should have enough food now to last us whilst we are on commercial campsites for the next 4 days.

Continued watching the darts championship this afternoon and will watch the session this evening. Our StarLink is working flawlessly and giving us access to streaming content without any buffering.

We will again run the electric heating tonight and move tomorrow.

Last night we were not connected to electric and therefore could not run the electric heating. If I used the gas heating it would run the batteries down as the fan would operate all night. We chose to get up and turn the heating on in the morning 30 minutes before we wanted to get out from under the bedding. The van had warmed up by now.

Our first job was to visit an ATM and get some shopping…. we were low on most things. We drove round to Carrefour and bought all of the essentials and also some things we hadn’t had for some time like pizzas. We were soon leaving and driving the 2.5 hours to our next parkup where we stopped on the way south a few weeks ago. It was dual carriageway for almost all the journey and therefore we made good time but making sure we kept to the speed limits and cruised comfortably.

I was hoping that we would get a connection to the free electric that we enjoyed before and that the aire was not full. To our surprise there were a few spaces available and we connected up which allowed us to have the electric heating on this evening and during tonight. We should have a much better nights sleep.

Over the past few days I have been having issues with the plug from my 12v converter to my CPAP machine. It is intermittently turning the machine off or will not turn on. I did bring my 240v supply which I needed for the ferry so I found that and intend to use it tonight as we are on mains electric.

Our meal was a very tasty pizza and was most enjoyable followed by the start of the 2026 Darts World Championship which is on until after new year. This will be my daily watch all the way until Christmas.

Started the day like most days but today we are travelling back to Spain. After packing the van for travel, filling the fresh water tank, emptying the black tank and taking in the Electric hook cable we left the site at around 11am. On the way we stopped and collected some bread for lunch.

Now onto the toll road. During the journey we were informed that there was a quicker route so muggins obeyed. However, this took us to Tangier town and a different ferry port. Now we had to retrace our steps to get on the right road to Tangier Med port.

We arrived at the port at around 1:30pm and went to get our ticket for the next ferry which was due to be 2pm. I also changed the remaining 120 MAD we had left to get €10.

Now onto the police, customs and passport checks together with the mobile scanner of all of the vehicles. I remember it previously as a slow process but this year it went really well so we were in line for loading at around 2:30pm.

The boat left the port at around 3:15pm and we were docking in Algeciras at just after 4:30pm. Once again the checks were minimal and no one took any interest in Tucker. No we made our way back to the parking close to Carlos office where we bought out ferry ticket. Tina is now happy that we are on our way and back in Europe.

I walked over to Burger King and bought a burger and some chips for both of us. We’ve decided to do some shopping in the morning. We have a choice of Lidl. Carrefour or Mercadona. We will make a decision in the morning.

Another day of not doing much however we did have some good news as Tucker was playing with Tina and his ball. He hadn’t done this since he was attacked about a week ago. The medication he is taking seems to be working well.

Tomorrow we will be servicing the van before we make our way to the port to get the ferry back to Algeciras, Spain. Our homeward journey begins…. 2 weeks and we will be in the UK.

Today was going to be a relaxing and recuperation day.

Late morning we strolled up to the cafe we have used many times before to buy some bread for lunch. We were greeted by the guardian who remembered us from our previous visits. He declined to have a coffee with us but he did sit and chat. He speaks very good English.

We found out that he has a family of a wife and 4 children but unfortunately his 10 year old daughter has a heart condition which requires medication. This costs 200 MAD (approx £16) every 2 weeks which is a lot for a guardian who looks after the parking outside of the cafe / bread shop and earns a few dirhams a day. He looked a worried man.

We have enough money to pay our camping fees and the tolls to get back to Tangier Med with a little in reserve but we both felt sorry for him and gave him 50 MAD which is all we could spare as the toll costs are uncertain.

We in Europe are so lucky with the support mechanisms to ensure people don’t go hungry and can get the medication they need. We do feel sad for the plight of people like the guardian.

No fines today thank goodness !!

We serviced the van before leaving the site at around 11am. We were travelling north to the last campsite before we exit Morocco. I made sure that I kept within the speed limits at all times as there were numerous speed cameras and average speed check zones.

We arrived at the site just after 2pm. Although we had been here at the start of our journey around Morocco Tina could not remember the site only the guy that greets and places us into position. Her illness is steadily getting worse.

I tried watching the Sunday afternoon matches but some English guys who had been down to the Western Sahara started to chat with us. They had been using roof tents and were a father and son from Cheshire. They needed to get back to Leeds by saturday morning for a wedding so they were planning to leave early in the morning to catch the ferry back to Spain. They were the going to drive the 1500 miles back to Calais by Friday as the boat from Santander had been cancelled. Good luck is what we said.

Not sure how long we will stay but it will be 2 or 3 nights in total.

Tucker has been licking at his wound and removed one of the stitches hence he opened the wound again. Tina was concerned and whilst I was watching the early premier league match she insisted we find another vet to see him.

Spoke to the owner lady who speaks really good English who made a call to a local vet and made an appointment at 6pm for us. The surgery is 20 mins away.

So before the bournemouth match had finished we packed up and made our way to the vet. He cleaned the wound and gave us a prescription for some antibiotics.

Before we resumed our place on the pitch we stopped the food cart and bought something for our meal. Planning to move on tomorrow but Tucker might be changing that decision.

Today was a relaxing day in the sunshine…. it was 18ºC this afternoon.

Tina organised doing some washing using the onsite machine and then hanging it out and getting it dry. We should now be OK until we get home.

Late afternoon we walked out on to the promenade and bought some food for our meal tonight. It was Morocco version of a take away van but much much cheaper.

This evening I watched the FIFA 2026 World Cup draw and of course Trump took delight in taking centre stage.

We will stay another night tomorrow.

We had made a decision to leave today and travel up the motorway to Tina’s favourite campsite in Morocco however when we woke we found that Tucker had been licking his back where he had been bitten by 2 dogs a few days ago. He had removed hair around the wound which showed a gaping and weeping hole in his back.

Tina took Tucker out for a walk and whilst she was out I identified a vet in Mohammedia that we might visit however when Tina returned she informed me she had arranged a local vet to come to our van in an hour.

On arrival he cleaned the wound and gave Tucker a local anaesthetic so he could stitch together the open wound. He made 2 stitches. He then said he would return with a cone to stop Tucker licking the wound and give him a rabies injection. I did not want any record in his Pet Passport as this could affect its validity thus compromising our entry back into the UK. He duly returned with further medication and charged us 800 MAD, which is approximately £65.

We decided to leave and travel to our original destination. We left at around 12:30pm. We needed to go as we had very little food in the fridge etc so we needed to get to a hypermarket. We arrived at the campsite at around 4:30pm.

Tucker is taking the cone in his stride and is increasingly getting more confident…. I am sure he recognises where we are. We plan to stay 3 nights.