Rufus does Europe

Up early ..something to do with the altitude we think.Guy checked the tyres first thing, as yesterday, when we returned from our walk, two young lads were hanging around the van. We think they let a load of air out

After a quiet night, we had a walk back down through the narrowest part of the gorge this morning. Many coaches were coming in and there wasn’t much room to walk.We heard a guide call his group back to the

Pulled ourselves reluctantly away from the desert this morning, only to drive through a different kind of desert …the flat black hammada.There were a few camels roaming loose around the roads. Most of them looked quite old – I wonder

Thought we’d move a bit further down the road through Merzouga today. The dunes looked like they were higher here, so thought it might be worth looking at from a different perspective.We de-toured along the way to a lake, but

Done nothing really all day…it’s so lovely here. The fresh bread was delivered as promised to the bag left out on our wing mirror overnight. I’d ordered two rounds thinking they would be small, but they were huge. Had bread

We can’t quite believe that we are here, parked right on the edge of the Sahara. It is everything, if not more, than you would expect..so peaceful and beautiful.The day didn’t start off so well as we were both wondering

Didn’t really get very far today as we stopped off in Er Rachidia to get more water supplies in anticipation of Monday’s Aïd es Seghir and the shops being closed on Tuesday.It seemed like a very modern town with electrical

Well, it was always going to happen, the minute he saw the trail of white stones going up the side of the mountain opposite. A marked trail, no less. I’m so very happy that I didn’t even attempt that one!The

We walked into Midelt this morning armed with shopping bags to stock up on fruit and vegetables at the local Marjane supermarket. Probably should have gone to the daily fruit and vegetable market, but at least we have some idea

This cross country route we’ve taken today shows as a normal road on google maps. Around 3hours it says…it’s taken all day and I’ve no idea how we’ve got through it.Started off ok – tarmac then turned to gravel, which