Camping Atlantica Imourane, Tamraght, Agadir (Morocco 80023)

The campsite we left this morning had been one of the better ones here. It certainly had the best showers do far. Little did we know as we left this morning that the drive ahead of us would be a vast change from the fairly flat roads of the last week. Today Marge was subjected to climbs, switchback bends and downhill runs with yet more switchback bends.

And to make it all more interesting a herd of goats blocking the road were thrown into the mix. The campsites in this area are expensive, and the reviews of most not so good, so John decided we'd stay overnight at a small fishing village popular with surfers. Now the small fishing village image you have in your mind will not be like the ones here. Rubble and rubbish doesn't say quaint does it. We parked up in a parking area to make lunch and within a few minutes a parking guardian was pestering us. He wouldn't go away and things got a little heated, so we decided to leave. Sometimes these guys are just too overbearing.

More driving through some mountains, where we took a break at a little coffee trailer. £1.30 for two cups. The average wage here is £1.00 an hour, so seems like this man has a good business.

After driving down to the coast road we stopped off at The Village of Colours. The stop wasn't intentional, but we had a bus following us that seemed intent on ramming Marge from behind or running her off the road. After dismissing some free overnight stops we arrived early evening at a campsite around eleven miles from Agadir. The man on reception was a little off hand, and the site looked empty. There are a few vans here, surprisingly quite a few of them are English. It has been 26c here today, although the wind is blowing cold and a sea mist is rolling in. The campsite is closing for two months on Monday. Yes you read right. It closes for this period because it's too hot!

It certainly doesn't feel very warm this evening. Hopefully closing campsites won't pose a problem for us as we continue our journey. We also hope that the driving of the Moroccans improves, although we know it won't, they are fearless. We'd love to be able to take in some views, but our eyes need to be watching everything that is going on around us. And sometimes it can be quite full on.