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Nothing to do, all day to do it

So far day one has been positively hectic. I attended the Welcome Meeting and have booked and paid for a selection of excursions, including a trip into the Sahara which spends a night in a bivouac. Hope it has running water.

Then I got roped into an Arabic lesson. I think I must be up to about 6 usable phrases now with all my travels.

And lunch. There is a serious risk of me having to pay excess baggage on my stomach. The food is truly excellent!

Now I’m lounging around, moving from sunbed to sunbed to stay in the sunshine. It’s quite cool in the shade still but nicely roasting in the sun.

I still feel a bit Yukky. The headache has been trying to make a comeback all day. I suspect it’s still the fallout from the stuff the doctor did 3 weeks ago, and things still settling down. So being fairly gentle with myself today.

So on that note I’m going to lie back down. This will be posted later when I get back in WiFi range.

Apologies for posting like that. One of the ‘improvements’ of the Flyer upgrade has been to render copy/paste unusable, and the ‘share’ function will only do a paragraph at a time. I will find a solution.

I arrived at the hotel with a killer headache and feeling grumpy. Various small irritations along the way ensured I was feeling rough. Grabbed a bite to eat, unpacked and fell into bed. Unfortunately, I had got completely frozen as the aircon was on full. I woke with my feet still numb and the headache lingering. A hot bath and an ibruprofen (chaser to the 2 paracetemol) and I headed to dinner.

Safe to say the food is excellent. I won’t go hungry! Indeed, I may return several sizes larger than when I left. Cleverly, the mirror in my room distorts slightly to make me look taller and thinner. Wonder if they’d notice if I took it home!

I’ve met some wonderful people already, so I shan’t be lonely. The sun is out this morning, and the world is warming up. Will post more reflections later (love the free wifi!) But right now am off to a welcome meeting.

The plane, however is cosy. I inflated my pillow, leaned back in the sunshine, and have slept for about an hour. Woke to a few cricks and kinks in my spine, but the fatigue and dehydration headache is lifting. With luck and a bottle of water, I should be vaguely compos mentis by the time we reach Morocco in about an hour and a half.

I tried, and mostly failed, to doze in the airport concourse. The failure can be put down entirely to the air conditioning. With temperatures outside below zero, the air con was still fierce enough to ensure I was far too cold to sleep. Indeed, by the time I reached the plane, I had lost contact with my fingers.

The parking facility isn’t exactly flashy, but I think little wheels will be ok. I dozed in front of an artificial real fire till the shuttle bus came, got to Gatwick and checked in. As someone who has always disliked flying rather strongly, I feel very proud to have opted for a window seat. Right now I am looking down on Spain, sprawled below me like a contour map.

The result was a near perfect journey. With mind mostly alert and body mostly asleep (so no need to stop to feed or empty it) I cruised 300 miles, reaching Crawley exactly 6 hours after leaving home. I slowed in a couple of places for snow (lying over Exmoor, coming towards me like a time vortex in Wiltshire) and set about locating the hotel.

Wrote this yesterday.

Well, I’m on my way. Looked at the weather yesterday and decided to leave Cornwall a bit earlier than originally intended, since the met office were making nasty noises about snow and ice. Add to that the simple fact that I don’t sleep when a journey is pending, and you can see why I hit the road something over an hour and a half early.

I had calculated that it would take about 6 hours to drive. Looking at the conditions I wanted to be able to go steadily.

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WARNING ABOUT SHAMPOO

Please share the following information with your friends.

I don’t know WHY I didn’t figure this out before.

I wash my hair in the shower and the shampoo runs down over my whole body. Printed very clearly on the label is the following warning:

“FOR EXTRA VOLUME AND BODY.”

 So no WONDER I have been gaining weight !!!

Well, I have got rid of that shampoo and I am going to start using Dish Washing Liquid instead. Its label reads:

“DISSOLVES FAT THAT IS OTHERWISE DIFFICULT TO REMOVE.”

Problem solved! If I don’t answer the phone . .. . I’ll be in the shower!