Tuesday 21st June 2011 – A cool breeze…. Is a delightful thing to wake up to... back tracking slightly….we drove through Tata after receiving some wonderful advice as to the best desert tracks to take... not South as apparently the Moroccan army was massing to take on Algeria, but a little further West to Foum El Hisn and then through to Assa, a small town where in the past the caravans from the desert stopped for refreshments. However a few miles from our turning there was funny noise and bits of black rubber were suddenly flying through the air… we had blown a trailer tire. Even in the 45-degree heat we changed it in record time and were on our way. This did mean however, that driving on-piste away from civilisation was not very sensible for us to consider… if we blew another tire we could be stuck for days. Disastrous for the cocktail making! So we kept to the main road and drove on… and on… all the way to the coast… where it was actually rather chilly! I did not think I would ever need a pullover again!
Like true campers we found another delightful spot next to many many sand dunes and the cool Atlantic ocean. We also met a charming young fellow who delivered us fresh fish each evening for tea. Marvellous.
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| Another successful BBQ in the Sahar.... mmm Orangutan |
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| pre-breakdown... |
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| 5700 miles to the nearest Kwikfit.... and Beni Mellal (the dog) knows what to do in an emergency! |
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| a camping delight... |
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