Tom was up with paintbrush in hand by 7.30am, putting further coats on the ladders, front grill, box cleets and other previously ignored spots. The others were soon to follow with drills, spanners, rivet guns and the rest to get everything finished and ready for a clean before the group arrived. The plan to have this all done before everyone joined us clearly wasn't going to work and so whilst Rich and Mark cracked on doing the best they could, Tom ran lessons in putting up tents and camp beds to those who had arrived. Lesson complete and with everyone now with their own tent and bed, the group less Tom, Mark and Rich headed into town to soak up the atmospheric city.
With the group arriving in dribs and drabs through the afternoon, there was several different camp building lessons and lots of trying to get out of doing the clean! Eventually, everyone was fully trained and the truck was spotless which was our cue to all go into the city, meet up with the others who had previously gone and go for a welcome supper. We sat in a restaurant overlooking the main square and ate tagine's whilst drinking coke. We were joined by Jess, a friend of Tom's from university who is working in Marrakech, who is organising a city-wide arts festival in November. Now in it's 3rd year, it growing hugely and sounds very exciting. We did, however, all forget to ask what it's called!
A taxi back for everyone at 11pm was followed by a pretty swift goodnight by all and dreams of what to expect when the sun comes over the horizon tomorrow. The beginning of the drive from Morocco to Ghana and plenty of stories along the way...
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