We have just arrived at week five of our lock down in Morocco. Baloo is parked in the corner of a small, rather basic campsite at Imsouane, a surfing village to the North of Agadir. Without the usual holidaymakers, the village has a small population of just a few hundred. There are a handful of shops mostly selling groceries. We can buy basics without much problem. Fresh fruit and vegetables, rice, pasta and toilet rolls.
Life here is quiet. We can walk down onto the beach when the tide is out. There are some hills behind the campsite where we can take the dog. I have been fixing a few problems with the truck and amusing myself taking photographs. Diane has been working on her tan.
There is a lot of cooking going on. We have made salt and chilli flakes. I had an attempt at Branston Pickle but used beetroot so it came out purple. Tastes great though. So does the homemade mayonnaise. Baked beans are a significant improvement on the tinned variety. We have also been making hummus, guacamole and many curries. I find cooking a great way to pass the time and Diane likes the results. For the last couple of weeks I have needed to apply my imagination to food a bit more than usual because the oven is unusable. It has developed a fault whereby it is locked into a cleaning cycle that it will not break out off. I cannot work out any way to reset it. This is frustrating – my oven has suffered a software crash. In the meantime, I am making bread in the frying pan with some quite reasonable results.
Imsouane village 
Ocean Point campsite 
Pancakes with orange 
Bombay potatoes 
Breakfast with flat breads
Ironically, we are meeting and talking to far more people than we ever did out in the desert. We try to keep our distance from others and to keep to the Moroccan guidelines. This includes wearing a facemask whenever we go out. I have heard a lot of discussion about facemasks on the radio lately, mostly concerned with how effective they are. The fact appears to be, that as a physical barrier to infection they are very limited. However, if everyone in town is wearing them, then it gives a serious visual clue that these are unusual times and we should all be behaving a little differently. It kind of shows that you are taking the situation seriously even if, as I have seen several times, people pull down the mask to talk to someone else.
Beach access is exciting 
Drying in the sun