Erkounte Park

The wind pattern became a feature of our stay. A strong easterly seemed to get up in the early hours and into the morning before fading away mid-morning to be replaced by a gentle on-shore westerly breeze which then continued throughout the rest of the day and evening. This meant that last thing at night we had to put things away that may get blown about and then delay putting up the awning until the wind shift, no real problem as we tend not to put out anything we're not planning to use, unlike some pitches where even the kitchen sink makes an appearance.

There's not a lot to do here, but then again we didn't intend to do a lot! Various domestics, including a couple of machine loads of washing which of course dried out in no time, and regular walkies for the four-footed member of our party, who is starting to take his role as guardian very seriously, barking at wheels, strangers approaching, other dogs etc. He does enjoy sunning himself though but when he's had enough he crawls under the van for shade in a cool breeze.

The beach is a ten minute scramble down a fairly steep track at the back of the site, passable with a four-wheel drive or quad bike, sadly neither of which we possess. However Jamie does contribute by pulling hard to get to the beach and once there and let off his lead he makes a mad dash, waiting for us to launch his ball. Which he never brings back, just sits by it waiting for us to pick it up and throw it again. Just who is the mug here!

Although accessible by road at the far end of the beach, it is virtually empty all the time. The breakers are quite rough for quite a way out so, as common on this coast, it's not good for swimming so we just limited ourselves to a paddle – Jamie seems to be getting over his fear of water now, being quite happy to go in up to his tummy then lying down in the sand. So he shouldn't have been too surprised when one evening he ended up in the site doggy shower!

One of the facilities is an excellent restaurant, run by Abdullahs wife, and Sunday evening we pre-booked a meal for a change – tagine kefta (meat balls) for Terry and chicken escalope for Bren, preceeded by Salade Morocaine and finished off with beautiful ice-creams paying just £16 for the two of us. No alcohol of course, we just shared a big bottle of water.

Tagine Kefta

Poulet Escalope

Yummy ice-cream!

Some of our Funster friends moved on but a couple did stay on for a few days more. We've decided to head off tomorrow (Tuesday) to have a look at Sidi Ifni and maybe stopping off on the way to checkout a set of natural coastal arches. If possible we'll try and find somewhere to stop for a night or two to revisit the town before heading up into the mountains.