Ouzoud Falls

Day off recovering at one of the billed attractions, Ouzoud Falls.

Well, my leg seems to be recovering well. Today I only had a little light exercise walking around the falls.

My hotel

Casba oum Hani d'ouzoud
Casba oum Hani d’ouzoud

Is comfortably located with a stunning view across the valley. In the morning I awoke to the sun rising behind the mountains, gradually lighting up the terrace outside my room as it rose.

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Marrakech – Ouzoud Falls

1st day of the trip cycling Marrakech to Ouzoud, roughly 167km or 103 miles.

A bit far this one. Worked out to be around 165km by the time I arrived at thehotel.

That would have been ok, but I have a knee injury. I’d forgotten this and by 130, it was starting to cause problems.

Apart from that, it all went well.

Cycling Marrakech to Ouzoud Falls
Cycling Marrakech to Ouzoud Falls

It was actually more than 86 miles. That’s just when the Fitbit ran out. All in all, the trip was 104 miles.

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Marrakech

So, I’ve realised that the WordPress app simply doesn’t function and I’ve had to delete it.

Now all the blogging I’m doing on this cycling trip across North Africa will be done on the browser.

I’ve not got my computer with me this time, just my phone and tablet. That will make it slower, and it won’t be possible to customise and add content in the way that I’d like. It is better than spamming Facebook.

it’s taken a few days to realise this is the case, but from here on in, I’ll be doing the blog.

Missing blog?

Yes. The observant of you may have noticed that for the past few months, my blog had gone missing.

This isn’t a case of a missing blog, more of missing internet. That’s right. For at least the last 4 weeks, if not longer, the internet stopped functioning, (more or less), in Banbury.

No hotspot

I use the internet through mobile hotspot, so if my mobile signal drops, I have no internet.

In the last four to six weeks, there have been a few days when I’ve not even to make calls because the signal was so bad. I made a call, or more of a message to my provider 3 who initially have me a week of, then when I got back in touch the following week and made a formal compliant through the complaints department, (rather than just customer services), they gave me some more money.

After that, I’ve just given up. The service is usable but it’s intermittent. I wouldn’t count on being able to do any big uploads, which I haven’t. Hence, no blog.

This is the first and it’s being done on my tablets browser via the hotels internet.

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Day #10: Montgomery to Penyffordd

Final day of my Tour de Wales. A quick dash along the Montgomery towpath, up through the Ruabon Valley and back to base.

Where my journey finished.

I would’ve liked to have done more, but the MOT ran out on my car two days ago. That took priority over visiting the other places like Swansea and Cardiff I would have liked to dropped in.

Still there we are…

Photo’s from the trip https://photos.app.goo.gl/mSjTezCFFyNjw2tw6

Haunted house Montgomery

I dug up the Google review which set me off on this place.

Charming and unique B&B, hosts were lovely and un-intrusive. Pretty sure the room we stayed in was haunted, as during the night kept getting disturbed by a figure standing near to the window and strange wet patch that appeared on the chair despite me and my partner not moving it through the duration of our stay, nor did we use the tea or coffee facilities (which were amply stocked with high quality goods), nor did we place any cups of water or drink near the dresser in question. Overall enthralling visit!! Would stay again:)

https://goo.gl/maps/YS3NaRR5JZDj5BFaA

As promised. Here’s a video of the haunted house. Check the blue ‘orbs’ at around 2:14. I make a couple of errors whilst describing this video. I’d had a bit of a long day.

It’s fairly interesting anyway. See what you think.

Montgomery to Penyffordd

Last stop in Wales to pick up the car and back home.

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