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| Ouzoud to Khenifra - 137 miles |
We would have liked to
get away earlier but, well, you have to wait for the sun to warm up
don't you? So after breakfast and the domestics it was gone 11.00
before we got away. Never mind it was again a gloriously clear
morning and we headed back to the main N8 road via the Gorges de
L'oel Abid, another very picturesque and quiet road. Only one short
section of single track “piste” around the narrow bridge (see
photos).
The N8 is a fast two
lane road being the main route from Marrakesh to Fez and beyond, not
too busy but enough to need to pay attention. We stayed with it for
the rest of the day, passing through much varied scenery, from hills
to valley plains, bustling towns and quiet villages and a very blue
reservoir. We paused just past the town of Kasba Tadlil in the only
proper layby we ever saw for lunch and a stretch before carrying on
to Khenifra.
There is not a lot of
choice of overnight stops along this route. Khenifra was about the
right distance but the only really viable place was a sort of
guardian parking at a leisure complex just past the town. However it
had good reviews in the Campercontact app so we parked up and no
doubt we'll see the security man/guardian sometime this evening for
his “donation”. Meanwhile we had a quick look round, it's quite
nice with some lovely gardens but what look like refreshment and food
stalls all seem to be closed up, the only thing open being the small
garage shop which did, however, have ice-creams!
A French van has pulled
in alongside us intending to stopover too. It's not the quietest of
places being close to the main road but it'll do for one night. The
next nearest is an hour and a half drive away.
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