Tam n pups winter trip 2022

[canopus]

If you intend staying just north of Agadir at any of the campsites someone will know if Rashid is still painting.

Dazzlin may see this and let you know the cost.

 

[Carol]

Any photos?

I'll put it on tomorrow bit dark outside now.

 

[canopus]

This is Rashid painting Carol and eddies van in Tagazhoute back in 2014
Looks like his full name is Rashid Nabil.

 

[Feltwell]

I like that Rashid painting, but if the van is going I think you should keep it as bog standard as possible.

No one objects to factory spec. A painting is not to everyone's taste, and could be seen as a cover up for damage.

I can't see that a painting would add any £value either, even if it is to the viewer's liking.

 

[Gina M]

Yes I agree. Tempting as it may be Tam, remember the van is going. You could have a painting done for the inside of the van though to hang up. Then it could go in your next van.

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[angiep]

Severe Weather Morocco

Severe Weather Morocco. 55,880 likes · 1,309 talking about this. Severe Weather in Morocco

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Just a link to keep an eye on the weather Tam for any potential for floods.
If the link doesn't work it is on Facebook called Severe weather Maroco. I've posted it on the Maroco thread.

 

[Northernraider]

Meet the man who lives in a kennel with 150 stray dogs in Morocco

A canine behaviour expert has has staked his claim as the world's biggest animal lover after moving into a kennel to live with 150 stray dogs in Morocco.

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[Gina M]

Meet the man who lives in a kennel with 150 stray dogs in Morocco

A canine behaviour expert has has staked his claim as the world's biggest animal lover after moving into a kennel to live with 150 stray dogs in Morocco.

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OMG I couldn't read most of the stuff of torture etc. but what an amazing beautiful man

 

[Minxy]

OMG I couldn't read most of the stuff of torture etc. but what an amazing beautiful man

Steady girl ... he's not up for 'adoption'!

 

[Gina M]

Steady girl ... he's not up for 'adoption'!

errm I didn't mean it that way

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[Northernraider]

Severe Weather Morocco

Severe Weather Morocco. 55,880 likes · 1,309 talking about this. Severe Weather in Morocco

www.facebook.com

Just a link to keep an eye on the weather Tam for any potential for floods.
If the link doesn't work it is on Facebook called Severe weather Maroco. I've posted it on the Maroco thread.

I don't do Facebook.

But happy to say the forecast around here and where I'm heading over the next week isn't too bad ...its not sunny like I had hoped for but no sign of snow or rain thankfully

 

[Gina M]

OMG I couldn't read most of the stuff of torture etc. but what an amazing beautiful man

I don't do Facebook.

But happy to say the forecast around here and where I'm heading over the next week isn't too bad ...its not sunny like I had hoped for but no sign of snow or rain thankfullyView attachment 717712

I don't do Facebook either. I spend too much time on here!! so no time for it or Instagram.

 

[Dazzlin]

Dazzlin had this painting done by Rashid in 2015

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We thought long and hard about this. I wanted it the year before, Lynne was reluctant the year after.


We don't have that van anymore, but it still has the "van-tat", and is around in North Yorkshire.

It cost about 400 dirhams (£40), worth every penny.

If we ever get over in Noah, I would not hesitate to get the bonnet done.

We were just today discussing getting a mural done on our Villa wall over the pool.

Tam - hope you enjoy maroc as much as we did for 5 years.....

 

[Dazzlin]

We liked Kenitra for the cheap site fees and the great town.

Be aware, I am sure Andy (funster writer) got bitten near there and needed a rabies jab.

He is still alive and still publishing...

This is a picture I took of him n missus n Gordo in maroc for book cover!
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[Just smiffy]

We liked Kenitra for the cheap site fees and the great town.

Be aware, I am sure Andy (funster writer) got bitten near there and needed a rabies jab.

He is still alive and still publishing...

This is a picture I took of him n missus n Gordo in maroc for book cover!
Amazon product ASIN 1692093665

Kenitra, it’s a big town…

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[canopus]

We liked Kenitra for the cheap site fees and the great town.

Be aware, I am sure Andy (funster writer) got bitten near there and needed a rabies jab.

He is still alive and still publishing...

This is a picture I took of him n missus n Gordo in maroc for book cover!

We liked Kenitra for the cheap site fees and the great town.

Be aware, I am sure Andy (funster writer) got bitten near there and needed a rabies jab.

He is still alive and still publishing...

This is a picture I took of him n missus n Gordo in maroc for book cover!
Amazon product ASIN 1692093665

Morocco 2019

We are currently on our way south now, intending a few weeks in Spain then crossing end of January. We're also with Comfort. You'll need to give them the dates you want cover for, I arranged for eight weeks, of course you don't need to travel exactly on those dates, just between them. The...

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cakey was very badly bitten by the camp site guard dog, he had to have continuing treatment back in the UK from memory.

 

[Northernraider]

Abraem has finally finished my bumpers , they're by no means perfect and he has cut corners on the preparation but they are much better than before so I will look on the positive side. I have paid him what we originally agreed rather than the second price with the side bits included as I know the bits he has not prepared properly will probably not last , he seems happy enough with that . I think it may be a learning curve in the longterm that I should have been patient and waited to find a painter who was a bit more dedicated and particular. Once I've cleaned up his bits of overspray etc I'll take some photos .


Jackie has buggered off on her own after much discussion this morning about where we were going next , I hate to say it but she's a stubborn bugger and also very impatient so our paths may go separate ways on this trip . There are places I want to see that differ from hers so I'm just leaving her too it. I prefer a more organised and planned route than zigzagging all over the place at random.

 

[Gina M]

Have you been keeping up with the Morocco 23 thread Tam. There is talk of heavy rain and mountain roads breaking up in some places.

 

[Northernraider]

Have you been keeping up with the Morocco 23 thread Tam. There is talk of heavy rain and mountain roads breaking up in some places.

Nah I stopped looking at folk I follow on Instagram in Morocco too as I want to discover things for myself. I won't be near the mountains for a few weeks yet. I'm only watching the weather around where I am and where I'm heading next.

I was advised it was still too early for the mountain areas so I'm sticking to the coast all the way to just past agadir ... then I'll see about going inland

 

[canopus]

Someone told us a rule of thumb was ‘leave Tafraout off your plans until the end of February at the earliest‘. Heavy rain and snow melt can wreak havoc up there.

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[Northernraider]

Its bloody warm here today , its not blue skies but its easily 25/26° at the minute ...I can feel my skin burning .

I've been chatting with a local girl fatima who was walking around the campsite with her little dog " marshmallow " who is a little cutey , she says it's a lasa apso


She was asking how I liked Morocco, I said I've mixed feelings so far there are good things and bad , she says she does not like living here , as a girl she says she has no rights , women are treated as second class , she wants to go live in Europe so is studying hard , she was visiting a German couple here on the site she has known for 6 years. I was surprised by a lot of what she said as my impression so far has been Morocco seemed quite Liberal towards women compared to what I have seen in the news etc with more Eastern countries.

There's a whole pack of cats over the wall from here ...I managed to catch a pic of some of them ...before I pulled my phone out there was about 10 or 12 sat on the wall .

So this is the result of the van paintwork ....a few before and after photos .

For £120 it's a big improvement on how it was before

 

[Northernraider]

Someone told us a rule of thumb was ‘leave Tafraout off your plans until the end of February at the earliest‘. Heavy rain and snow melt can wreak havoc up there.

Yes I was told to leave going in land till early march . And from where I am now I've quite a few places going south to visit before then anyway . And I will most likely be back to Maroc so I don't need to see everything this time.

I don't want to see snow lol I came south to escape that

 

[canopus]

You should check out the river that runs though the middle of (normally dry) Tafraout. Courtesy of angiepon the Maroc 2023 thread.

 

[canopus]

This is cakey’s harrowing horror story from his time in Kenitra.

Morocco 2017

We're looking at coming over for a few days without our mh - just travelling by grand taxi, coach or train. My boys want to have a trip out of Europe but we don't have more time to get down to Fez or into the Atlas mountains / desert. I would like to find somewhere without the drug culture and...

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[Northernraider]

Jeeso the NHS don't waste any time

I turned 50 only 2 days ago and my mum has just text saying a bowel screening kit has arrived in the post for me lol


Is this the joy I've to look forward to lol

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[Lenny HB]

Jeeso the NHS don't waste any time

I turned 50 only 2 days ago and my mum has just text saying a bowel screening kit has arrived in the post for me lol


Is this the joy I've to look forward to lol

Have you knocked 10 years off your age as you don't get them until you are 60.

 

[Langtoftlad]

Have you knocked 10 years off your age as you don't get them until you are 60.

Scottish NHS maybe different?

 

[mikebeaches]

Have you knocked 10 years off your age as you don't get them until you are 60.

Reckon it's been changed to 50.

 

[Northernraider]

Have you knocked 10 years off your age as you don't get them until you are 60.

Not in Scotland lol .

 

[Lenny HB]

Just had a look they started rolling out to 50 - 59 years olds in April 2021.

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