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H and I had a BA Companion voucher that was about to expire in march and not much time to try and use it, but lo and behold – we found a three night trip to Marrakesh that worked for the diaries and cost us a few Avios and the pricely sum of \u00a32. So off we went!<\/p>\n

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Really pleased with our choice of riad – Riad les Nuits de Marrakesh – run by two very lovely gay French men, a few hundred metres from the Jemaa. Very Moroccan in feel, nicely scented with orangeflower oil and the chaps had plenty of local tips to offer, bless them.<\/p>\n

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Did the usual mega wandering around the souks – 52,000 steps in 3 days!! On my poor plantar fasciitis trotters… But did at least manage to avoid buying any slippers, carpets or Aladdin's lamps, just a mountain of spices, peppercorns, olives and cinnamon twigs instead… <\/p>\n

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And we certainly ate a LOT of lamb – including this fabulous street meal of roasted lamb cooked in a filthy looking hole in the floor. But which then looked a damn sight more appetising when oozing and with crunchy skin on a simple tray with a brown roll and a pile of cumin and salt to dip it into..<\/p>\n

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Plus some good eves out in the relatively few places that sell the western demon alcohol… Cheers to the Pergola bar and the Bistro d'Arabe in particular..<\/p>\n

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Had our fill by day 4 so we took a car up into the Atlas mountains. H yomped to 4 waterfalls, while I gave up at the first one – rather wishing I had packed my trainers as flipflop shoes were never going to cut it up those slopes. And had a tagine by the flowing river at the end – very nice flavour but the bare meat bones literally looked like they had been eaten by 1-2 customers before they got dished up to us…<\/p>\n

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All in all a good few days and some unexpected heat – 34 degrees on the first two days, then down to 14 on our final morning, picking up again late morning. <\/p>\n

Cheers to Clarkie Cars for dropping us to LGW very early on Tuesday and for the Fri night collection – always appreciated! Sx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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