Finally, after 5 years wintering in Morocco some friends have come to visit and tour around a bit. Sandra, Eric & Irene all from home are staying with me for 10 days whilst I show them some of the sights Gill & I have spent many times visiting. Also we are scattering some of Gills ashes at a place Gill liked to stop at looking at the wildflowers and the High Atlas mountain range at the start of the pass over the Tizi 'n' Test. Her ashes have been travelling with me since I left home in December in a box of her favourite chocolates, Thorntons Continentals. She would have liked that!
This is a picture of the spot I took of Gill in 2009 (bad hair year) the next year we went back on the same date but there weren't any flowers as there had not been any rain.
The road side has been altered slightly since then but the marker Marrakech 165 and the stripey rock are still there.
On Ash Wednesday six others Kevan & Barbara, Peter & Mary & Philip & Pat friends we have made in Morocco joined us at the spot to remember Gill with her favourite tipple 'Swill' (Cava) and buns watched by two bemused goat herders.
It was great to have friends from home for a whole 10 days and the van coped very well with all the extra load. Eric & Irene stayed in hotel rooms each night and I slept on the spare van bed a let Sandra have my much more luxurious fixed bed.
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| Scary drive over Tizi n Tichka pass |
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| Eric & Peter seemed to get on well |
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| Where did all that water come from? |
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| Breakfast at Skoura |
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| Shopping at last! |
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| Sidi Kaouki |
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