Well it is for us anyway. As temperatures start to get in the high thirties, we start to melt. ! At the souk last Tuesday, we were being told it was 40 deg C. ! Under the cherry trees, 30. It's a heat wave, not only here but all over Morocco it seems. So we keep our heads down, keep cool and wait.
For what? you might ask. Well for lower temperatures, so we can head out of here and get back to the cooling breezes of the coast. We'll leave heading south for another time. A van is difficult to keep cool in such heat without air conditioning and our solar panels need sun to work ! I don't really function at 30 let alone 40 ! It is June after all!
So what do we get up to while we wait? As the sun gets lower, we head up into the Cedar trees and spend some time with monkeys.
They are quite happy to get on with their lives, feeding by digging in the ground for something which they seem to like. Being Monkeys.
We go up onto the high plain as the sun is setting, a vast open area dotted with shepherds and their flocks.
A place of reflection. These folk live up here. Whole families. Nomads doing what they do.
Krysia has two projects on the go to keep her busy and cool ! Drawing of course and a new knitting project. Remember the wool ? Genuine local fleece from thr Beni M'Guid tribe ? Of course you do.
Well she bought a bit more at the souk!
To add to her stock from the week before. That's 2 kilo's from last week and 6 kilo's this week. ! let me see, at £3.50 a kilo ( ! ) that makes £21. Bargain !
The project underway is a beauty. Hand knitting a mosaic pattern with the new wool. It's going to be a rug in our van. Double the width and very nice under foot !
Three new drawings also come out from under the cherry shade.
The Wanderer
So Thursday morning, we bit the bullet and headed for the coast. Still very hot at Azrou but nothing to what was to come. The journey started with a hot engine warning as soon as we left town ! Vanny does this now and again. Usually when I'm most NOT needing it ! which must be why !!
Big hill climb out of town and, suddenly, she is fine ! perfect engine temperature for the rest of today's journey ! And we so needed that because the journey got hotter and hotter. Past Meknes and on into the bowl of death ! Drum roll ! A basin develops around us with air temperatures soaring. How do we know? Well, hand out the window and wow that's hot, then cool, then hot again and then there's the long long hill out of the basin. what a haul. Eyes glued to the temperature gauge which didn't falter. Perfect temp all the way ! Vanny must have been reminding us at the start, of how important she is. You are very important Vanny ! We never forget and you keep reminding us.
The long drive takes us back to Assilah and our Summertime campsite. And the Sea ! with cool cool breezes and swimming to be had. Walking too. For us, a long walk along an open beach is just perfect. Zen walking is our thing. What is it? That's for you to find out because I haven't got a clue. But it's really good. Come walk with us.
And to finish this cooled down blog, a very simple image.
For what? you might ask. Well for lower temperatures, so we can head out of here and get back to the cooling breezes of the coast. We'll leave heading south for another time. A van is difficult to keep cool in such heat without air conditioning and our solar panels need sun to work ! I don't really function at 30 let alone 40 ! It is June after all!
So what do we get up to while we wait? As the sun gets lower, we head up into the Cedar trees and spend some time with monkeys.
They are quite happy to get on with their lives, feeding by digging in the ground for something which they seem to like. Being Monkeys.
We go up onto the high plain as the sun is setting, a vast open area dotted with shepherds and their flocks.
A place of reflection. These folk live up here. Whole families. Nomads doing what they do.
Krysia has two projects on the go to keep her busy and cool ! Drawing of course and a new knitting project. Remember the wool ? Genuine local fleece from thr Beni M'Guid tribe ? Of course you do.
Well she bought a bit more at the souk!
To add to her stock from the week before. That's 2 kilo's from last week and 6 kilo's this week. ! let me see, at £3.50 a kilo ( ! ) that makes £21. Bargain !
The project underway is a beauty. Hand knitting a mosaic pattern with the new wool. It's going to be a rug in our van. Double the width and very nice under foot !
Three new drawings also come out from under the cherry shade.
The Cherry Pickers The Orchard
So Thursday morning, we bit the bullet and headed for the coast. Still very hot at Azrou but nothing to what was to come. The journey started with a hot engine warning as soon as we left town ! Vanny does this now and again. Usually when I'm most NOT needing it ! which must be why !!
Big hill climb out of town and, suddenly, she is fine ! perfect engine temperature for the rest of today's journey ! And we so needed that because the journey got hotter and hotter. Past Meknes and on into the bowl of death ! Drum roll ! A basin develops around us with air temperatures soaring. How do we know? Well, hand out the window and wow that's hot, then cool, then hot again and then there's the long long hill out of the basin. what a haul. Eyes glued to the temperature gauge which didn't falter. Perfect temp all the way ! Vanny must have been reminding us at the start, of how important she is. You are very important Vanny ! We never forget and you keep reminding us.
The long drive takes us back to Assilah and our Summertime campsite. And the Sea ! with cool cool breezes and swimming to be had. Walking too. For us, a long walk along an open beach is just perfect. Zen walking is our thing. What is it? That's for you to find out because I haven't got a clue. But it's really good. Come walk with us.
And to finish this cooled down blog, a very simple image.
Ted whats going with your balls please? Xx
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