If this campsite has a problem, it's the local dogs and it seemed like hours before they either shut up or dispersed last night. Unfortunately this is not our first experience of this - Moroccans generally don't keep pets and are quite bemused to see the two Yorkies of Tina and Colin. There have been several offers of purchase too.........
Although calmed down overnight, the wind got up again but despite that it is still warm and sunny. Finished off the drying and we've decided to stay a few days as the constant travelling is beginning to take its toll. We are now beginning to look forward to returning to Europe, not because we've fallen out of love with Morocco, it's just that the coastal area is all very much the same and doesn't have the impact that travelling in the mountains has.
As expected more Dutch turned up and set up in an area behind the restaurant, which actually looks quite attractive and has views over the town (photo later). But of course then came one of the problems of having large numbers of European motorhomes, who all want electricity....
One of the Dutch party decided to run a long cable from the one remaining socket on the pillar we were using and promptly connected at least another 2 vans to it. Now ordinarily, this would trip the contact breaker fuse in a normal installation, but this is Morocco. No trip. Inevitably within a couple of minutes the whole shebang went up in flames, literally. Luckily someone managed to disconnect us, Colin and a Frenchman next to us before we suffered any damage and then turned a hosepipe on it!
A fatality was fortunately avoided and, give the site staff their due, repairs were immediately instigated. Electricity was restored within 90 mins and someone was told quite forcefully to go and plug in elsewhere!
Beef tagine for tea!
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