Trip up country

Three of us left at 8:15 this morning to drive East into the Anti-Atlas mountains. Along the route were signs of the terrible flash floods that Elsewhere killed  at least 32 people over the previous two days. We have seen wadis turned into fierce and surging clay-coloured rivers sometimes brimming up to road level and sometimes cutting off the road. ...Rivers of mud. Today most of the waters had disappeared leaving pools and puddles and mud streaks on the roads. 

The stony ground sometimes hosting euphorbia plants and prickly pear gradually changed as we drove higher into the mountains.

We finally arrived at Tafraoute which gives the appearance of a frontier town. Not many tourists at the moment but it caters for seasonal visitors in hotels and camping grounds.

I found a Berber rug which took my fancy and we also bought a picnic lunch at the market stalls. Delicious oranges for 14p per kilo.

Back home for a delicious supper of beetroot hummus, potatoes cooked in garlic and spices, and tomatoes.