Day 1 a Travelling to Essouira It was a fairly early start today. Ross took me to the train train station at 5.50 for the 6.20 train to King's Cross. It was an easy trip down; a bit of snoozing, a coffee, then more snoozing! I've given myself lots of time to get across to Luton airport, so no rush! I sat for a while outside St Pancreas Station.....strange! There is a huge bird cage with a swing hanging from the centre. I didn't even notice it until a lad sat on the swing and started to work it forwards and backwards.... Whilst whistling! Then it registered in my brain, it's a human bird cage! Is it weird? Or is it art? To me, it became art when he started swinging! Then my eyes, or maybe ... read more

Day 18 - Beach, Agadir Souk and Ella's party night! We set of with yoga before breakfast. Ella's group on the sun terrace of the Riad, and Rachel's group at Cli yoga lounge. Breakfast was as good as always! We got all packed up for surfing at Plage K 17. To be honest, I am so ready for home now, I had no intention of surfing! I laid around all morning on the beach. Most of the group surfed. We had the nomadic tea/coffee man passing by periodically, which kept us all happy! Lunch was delivered; it was not so good today, spam salad sandwiches followed by fruit and biscuits. I did manage a half of one, but it wasn't good! At 3pm we packed up the surfing gear to go to the souk. We passed ... read more

Day - 16 Dare I say it.... Another relaxing day! I got up late this morning! I wasn't actually late for anything, just up late for me whilst in Morocco! I woke up at 8.30. Ella and the group went for a 10k run on the beach, then finished off with an hour of yoga at Cli before breakfast. .... Whilst I was sleeping! I got to breakfast 10 minutes late, but no one really noticed! After breakfast the group prepared to go to Paradise Valley for the day. Three of us, Virginie, Rachel, and myself have all opted out. Virginie is a French lady that I have had the pleasure of spending time with since my return to Cli. She is 13 years younger than me, but yvenjoyedefinitely on my wavelength in many ways; apart ... read more

Day 13 - Back in Taghazout, Cli Surf, just chilling! I arrived last night, dinner was good, more salad and tagine! I slept well as always. I am back in my old room too! I'm feeling very much at home here! The table was full at breakfast; two of the German lads and Huan are still here, there is a new German girl, in addition to the new arrival of 14 people from Hull University. It feels strange that the majority of the group are from my home town! They all prepared for their surfing day, I hung back with Ella, she's doing her 'emails, and admin work' and I am very happy to be chilling! The sun is out, it's warm, no pressure, no deadlines, no rush for anything..... And breathe. Yes, that's the only ... read more

Day 11 - Leaving Aït Ben Haddou, going to Marrakesh Oh yes.... Another good nights sleep, I never fail! The really heavy blankets make me so comfortable! We were up naturally at 6.30; showered, and ready for breakfast at 7. It's been s good group for timing. We've never had any latecomers! We set off at 8am for Marrakesh. I sat with Sarah today. We watched Philomena, but although Saerah was enjoying the film, it wasn't good for her travel sickness! After about 90 minutes, we stopped for coffee and toilets. I felt sorry for Sarah, she's suffering today! Poor Sarah, the further we travelled, the worse she got... Until she was so sick! The drive is really scary. The mountains are so high, and the roads are narrow and winding, with horrendous hairpin bends. I ... read more