The plan that Myself, Tim and Ian had come up with was to reverse our normal route which would hopefully leave the pistes that we knew were damaged and still under torrential rain to dry out for a week, but we changed the plan even further that night and agreed with the group that we'd put in a big, long and wet road day to get as far south as we could to escape the terrible weather.
The Morning saw us leave Chefchaouan in the rain and head south, Past Moulay Idriss and Fes, aiming for the Cascades D'ouzoud and the spectacular gorges there....
Moulay Idriss in the rain
(what you cant see here are two very tolerant policemen, who were initially confused when we pulled into the French stylee 'left turn lane' and used it as a layby....The Moroccan cops are, as a rule, extremely nice and polite with tourists, and although you do find a few bent ones, it's surprising how relaxed they can be in some ways)
Just south of Fes, and we stop at some services, always a good place to grab some good food in a relatively short time, by Moroccan standards
Don't avoid stopping at a petrol station because of the image...you really do get some top grub, and the through-flow at the bigger ones is so good, it's always fresh and served faster than at most other places
The Morning saw us leave Chefchaouan in the rain and head south, Past Moulay Idriss and Fes, aiming for the Cascades D'ouzoud and the spectacular gorges there....
Moulay Idriss in the rain
(what you cant see here are two very tolerant policemen, who were initially confused when we pulled into the French stylee 'left turn lane' and used it as a layby....The Moroccan cops are, as a rule, extremely nice and polite with tourists, and although you do find a few bent ones, it's surprising how relaxed they can be in some ways)
Just south of Fes, and we stop at some services, always a good place to grab some good food in a relatively short time, by Moroccan standards
Don't avoid stopping at a petrol station because of the image...you really do get some top grub, and the through-flow at the bigger ones is so good, it's always fresh and served faster than at most other places