The daily normal slow, not too stressful! The weather is mixed warm, still sometimes cooler over night! We have one peak over a weekend when it hits 40c a taste of what is and for us and Poppy sake we need to get out before those temperatures the norm!!
But that doesnt sound or look hopeful, our booking has been changed to the 12th of May still with our destination as Barcelona, but we know that is an issue with Spain still in lockdown. As much as we try some 6 phone calls to GNV (The to change the booking to the end destination of Sete in France they are unwilling to make that change! We hang on to the slim chance that as the sailing on the 12th appears to be confirmed that they might just change our booking. A bit naive really, we dont get that phone call and In due course our ticket is cancelled. GNV is really now the bad guy, in all of this, with false information and pie in the sky ferry dates, we know there
are approximately 5000 Motorhomes, mainly French in Morocco and many of those have now bought tickets with GNV, the question is when or if we will ever be able to use it!?!
There is now an online registration form to be filled in if you are interested in a sailing for either the 12th or 19th, it ,wait patiently for a phone call but it we are back at square one.
I follow a couple of motorhome groups and one called the Motoroamers, Ann posts that there will be a Ferry organised by the British Embassy to Spain, even though we have sent our details to the Embassy we have not been informed of this sailing. Thanks to Ann we are able to contact Ahad at the Embassy immediately, we are starting to see some light!
To travel anywhere other than your local shops in Morocco you need authorisation, and on the 12th of May we get an email from the Embassy that authorisation through and we need to go and collect the paper work and make our way to Tanger Med Port
The following morning we jump on the bikes, we are told we have to go to the Wilaya (town hall) in Marrakech its a 14km cycle in. The journey in is easy with no checks, it is of course quiet but there are plenty of road blocks and police on the street. Our main problem is we cant find the Wilaya, we are sent from pillar to post by several people, eventually we ask a policemen a motorbike to take us to the door, weve made it, after much conversation, a phone call to Houda at the Embassy, we are at the wrong office!*/#!?@! We can get our authorisation at our local village office!! The return cycle back to the campsite is exhausting, I reckon we have done nearly 35km and back empty handed, we try again tomorrow.
Graeme heads off early to get to the office, only some 7kms away, thankfully we get the right information but we need a medical certificate! I get
a phone call to meet Graeme at the local doctors, after a speedy examination we have what we need to travel – the one thing missing is a ferry ticket!
With us knowing the boat is delayed due to bad weather and will go maybe Monday or Tuesday we have a day of rest and our last tea party with the Ourika Gang.
Were of to Moulay Bousselham. We are waived off by Manuela, Sonja and Hans Peter they have been good friends for our time at Ourika and it seems strange to leave them behind! Some 482kms – 11 police checks – 2 photographs – 1 telephone call we arrive back at Moulay Bousselham, some 200km from the port, but still no ticket. We retire to bed exhausted but not before we say Hi to a few people from the Motoroamers FB page.
It is nice to meet up with other Brits. We meet up again with Andy and Sheila and are invited to a T Party, a nice few hours are spent
We wait another day until we are informed that the authorisation from the Moroccan authority will be given by 1pm as to whether the boat sails or doesnt.
