That was another great day..! I left the lovely campsite at Sidi el Makhti, about 9am heading into the town of Nador for a full tank of Fuel and then headed south. I also filled my 5ltr fuel can and 6ltr fuel bag – as I just didn’t know how plentiful or scarce fuel will be. I also took the opportunity to buy some extra water and a huge bag of nuts, which cost about 1eu.
About 10am the day started to get warmer and warmer and by lunchtime I was starting to feel the heat. And with a big blue sky I was grinning from ear to ear riding along the completely empty highway. While riding south I came up on a vehicle with UK number plates, so I gave him a big wave and we pulled in for a chat. It’s the first UK vehicle I’ve seen since arriving in Morocco. Piers is a musician from Manchester and he’s driving south to discover world music, as well as escaping the doom and gloom back in the UK. What a star…!
Towards the afternoon I started thinking about somewhere to camp and using iOverlander I headed for for a possible place to camp. I found it but it didn’t seem very safe so I went to a ‘Plan B’ and after a few detours found a place to camp about 50km further on. The area I’m camping is on rise off a main road which overlooks a large flat plateau. I’m about 2000m above sea level, so it’s a bit chilly at 20 degrees, which means I may have to put my long-johns on tonight as I know that once the sun goes, its going to get cool quite quickly. I’m about 100km north of Midelt, and there are no villages nearby to use as a landmark. Tomorrow I’m heading further south, heading for Erfoud and then – Merzouga.
Today I’ve done about 450km, taking into account a couple little detours while finding somewhere to camp. It’s been a great day. I’ve just had a cup of Yorkshire’s finest tea and I’m just about to get some food on the go before retiring into my warm sleeping bag for the evening. The view ahead of me is stunning, and as the sun starts to go down behind me, pockets of small lights start to come on in the distance from nearby farm-houses. Like small stars, and it’s so good to be alive…
