Saturday 20 February

Moving on again today so early start as it is quite a long drive, although we've planned to use the excellent motorways as we've travelled this way a couple of times already. The tolls are quite reasonable and it makes for more relaxing driving.

So away by 10.30 on a generally nice morning although we did get a few spots of rain passing Casablanca, where we could also see the pollution haze over the city. Thereafter it gradually improved until we were back to warm sunshine which was then set for the rest of the day.

18 donkeys in the back of a truck - new definition of donkey cart

They're still doing the roadworks on the Rabat ring-road, which slowed us down a bit, and once clear we took a lunch stop, taking the opportunity to refuel, at a service area. Then on to one of our favourite spots from last year, Moulay Bousselham which is on a lagoon with just a small outlet to the sea. The campsite is alongside the lagoon, which has a variety of bird life, supposedly including a large flock of flamingos, which have yet to be seen by anyone we know. Pitches are amongst the trees with electricity points scattered about, some of which actually work! However this means that parking tends to be a bit higgledy piggledy with a lot of wasted space making finding a nice spot a little taxing. We eventually settled on a pretty spot amongst the trees with a working electricity point close by – there are always people coming and going so we'll watch for something better later.

The weather forecast is good for the next few days so we will make this our last stop in Morocco as it is less than 2 hours to the ferry port and there is no real advantage in moving up to Asilah.