We've been here now for
around 10 days and have to say if we were to go nowhere else we could
be happy. It's not the most glamourous campsite in the world but it's
relatively small hence quiet and has almost everything we need, save
a supermarket. We can get bread daily at reception and there are a
couple of local vendors who come round daily with fresh vegetables,
eggs and fish. The site has a washing machine which we've made good
use of, no dryer being needed of course, the warm sun and breeze
making short work of that.
The weather has been
excellent with just a couple of days when the sun was obscured by
high clouds, mostly with only a very light breeze to keep things
under control. Nothing like at home of course where we read reports
of a second huge storm causing flooding, flight and rail
cancellations, damage etc. A very good reason for coming away for
the winter!
There is quite a high
turnover of vans, most just stopping for a couple of days although
there are one or two long-term residents and a few, like us, who stay
for a week or so. In amongst those has been a few Brit vans, some of
whom we've enjoyed chatting with, especially one couple from
Northampton who stopped to chinwag for so long we missed lunch
completely one day! Some of the group we crossed over from Spain with
are on the next door site and we've seen them a few times too. The
few site staff are also very friendly although they don't speak
English, French being the communication medium.
Jamie just loves the
beach and when he realises we're going there he simply can't wait,
jumping about and pulling on his lead. We had no reoccurrence of his
sudden reluctance to run so we suspect he may have just overstretched
himself but is okay now. We did have one disturbed night when he
wouldn't go to sleep, again we think a tummy upset, but it was just
one night. Occasionally he goes off his food but we put that down to
being too warm – he spends a lot of time under the van where he's
found a cool breeze. Until, that is, he spots one of the several cats
about the site or a neighbouring dog who needs shouting at. It's just
as well we keep him on a long lead! But today, much to his disgust,
we put him in the shower as he was getting decidedly scruffy, and now
won't talk to us. Dogs!
However the fridge is now
looking a little empty and we've started on the backup rations so a
serious shopping session is needed. We're also starting to get itchy
feet so tomorrow (Monday) we're planning to move on, firstly to the
big Carrefour supermarket at Essaouira, and then south along the N1
towards Agadir with no definite destination in mind – we know of
several places where an overnight stay is likely to be okay and we
have a sort of rough plan to continue at a leisurely pace as far as
Sidi Ifni, where we've not been since our first visit seven years
ago, before heading inland into the mountains.
I'm writing this at nearly half past ten in the evening and the temperature in the van is still 29 deg!
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