Friday 30th October

Seeing the campsite in the light we soon realised quite how large it was, shame it's a bit gritty, the showers are rubbish and certain parts of it stink of sewage. It's also expensive for what it is and so we might try and find alternatives on future trips, as there are plenty of spectacular rough camping spots further up the coast.

Breakfast was served whilst discussing the day's shopping list – we really need enough for the next 5 or so days as the coastal route is long and rough camping will be much more scenic, relaxed and enjoyable. A trio set out to find the supermarket whilst the others packed up camp and Tom went to find the British Consulate to find out what happens next.

The shopping was done by 10am and Mark picked it and everyone else up from the supermarket in the truck and hit the road towards Tiznit and beyond. Tom was left in Agadir with a very helpful Bristish Consular, an internet café next door, with skype, and the his next few moves to organise. He can only be issued an emergency passport for one journey and it will only be valid for one week so that rules out Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana with the rest of the group. The plan then is to get back to London asap, get a new passport pronto and fly back to Nouakchott to meet the others, failing that on time constraints the rendez-vous will have to be Bamako. Essentially Tom really needs to “overtake” the group over the course of the next week or so to ensure that they are not waiting for him, but rather him for them.

The team managed to reach Izni at a sensible hour and found themselves faced with Morocco's answer to Durdle Door on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset. Further explanation of this to follow, as the blog will now be written by them whilst Tom hops back to the UK tomorrow evening, in preparation to obtain a passport on Monday or soon thereafter.