Saturday 18 February 2017

We chose a pitch to give us sunshine all day so it was already very warm at breakfast. A knock on the door and we were handed a freshly-cooked crepe – you don't get that at the Caravan Club! Later we were brought a roundel of bread, again fresh from the oven (although that was ordered earlier) and the lady also took away our bag of washing. What service!

After breakfast it was cleanup day taking the opportunity to empty the van, brush the floors and seats, air the rugs etc. A damp cloth tackled the accumulated dust and even the windows got cleaned too. The smalls were washed through and hung to dry in the hot, but now a little hazy, sunshine. A couple of running repairs and our morning was complete. We include this just to make sure you understand this is not a holiday, just a “relocation”!

Let me tell you a little more about the site, situated very close to the centre of town and which is apparently French owned and run with the able assistance of several lovely ladies and a young receptionist who speaks perfect English. And French, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Berber and goodness knows what else. There are some that can......

It is an ex-municipal site and the original facilities have all been upgraded to European standard, retaining just enough of a Moroccan air, and look to have been very recently redecorated. The pitches are all of a very generous size, almost double what you get elsewhere, some shaded others in full sun with electricity to each. Water taps are scattered about taking advantage of the irrigation system that supplies agricultural plots all around the edge. An additional toilet block has been built at the far end of the site where a dozen new pitches have been laid out. There's also quite the best motorhome service point we've ever seen in Morocco!

Mini zoo

Best looking donkey in Morocco!

There is a swimming pool with clean water in it, a cafe/restaurant with a very posh lounge and for the kids a mini zoo with a friendly donkey, goats, sheep, rabbits, ducks – and a huge Rottweiler! If there is anything negative, it is that it's situated behind the bus station and each bus announces it's intended departure by blasting it's horn! Oh and there's two mosques close by who try to outdo each other with their calls to prayer – which start at 5.30 a.m., but you get that everywhere.

All in all, a lovely little place and tomorrow we'll go and explore the town.