{"id":351,"date":"2017-12-29T14:28:42","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T14:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/?p=351"},"modified":"2026-05-21T09:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T08:31:19","slug":"millys-wish-christmas-at-the-dunes-of-the-erg-chebbi-camped-at-the-ksar-sania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/millys-wish-christmas-at-the-dunes-of-the-erg-chebbi-camped-at-the-ksar-sania\/","title":{"rendered":"Millys wish , Christmas at the dunes of the erg Chebbi camped at the Ksar Sania."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So we arrived at a vastly expanded and improved Merzouga slightly deflated on one corner but still mobile.<\/p>\n<p>The Ksar Sania or chez Francoise was there to greet us and we found a great place to camp with a perfect view of the biggest dune.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Decoration were put up included in mums nice little needlework to make us feel at home.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_352\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-352\" style=\"width: 1366px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/mothers-needlework-for-christams-in-the-p38-tardis.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/mothers-needlework-for-christams-in-the-p38-tardis.jpg\" alt=\"A little piece of home\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/mothers-needlework-for-christams-in-the-p38-tardis.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/mothers-needlework-for-christams-in-the-p38-tardis-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/mothers-needlework-for-christams-in-the-p38-tardis-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/mothers-needlework-for-christams-in-the-p38-tardis-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/mothers-needlework-for-christams-in-the-p38-tardis-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A little piece of home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Christmas day was spent with some Dutch, French ,Czechs and Germans in the main room with a fire and some Berber music\u2026hmmm&#8230; \u00a0must remember to get the CD\u2026I meant erase it from my memory.<\/p>\n<p>Milly insisted on a trip to the top of the big dune for a Christmas day walk, I must admit pushing that throttle lever on the quad I hired was a much better decision and Milly did agree we walked back all the way and that was tough enough. we took it to the top and Milly got out her Christmas present from here to her, and I had to get on one knee and propose again, she bought a new wedding ring, another 30 years\u2026.maybe, ( see later blog post)<\/p>\n<p>Milly recreated a picture from our first visit to the top of the dunes with Zoe and Chloe its not the same pissing around without the girls but it was a good effort.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Milly-recreates-a-classic-in-morocco-erg-cgebbi.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Milly-recreates-a-classic-in-morocco-erg-cgebbi.jpg\" alt=\"Milly does a huge jump in the dunes\" width=\"1365\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Milly-recreates-a-classic-in-morocco-erg-cgebbi.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Milly-recreates-a-classic-in-morocco-erg-cgebbi-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Milly-recreates-a-classic-in-morocco-erg-cgebbi-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Milly-recreates-a-classic-in-morocco-erg-cgebbi-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Milly-recreates-a-classic-in-morocco-erg-cgebbi-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Boxing day was a much quieter affair with me off to the local dibdab garage to fit two Defender front spring which by chance were pretty good match for the weight of the Tardis.<\/p>\n<p>I left Milly to do her homework \u2026<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_354\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-354\" style=\"width: 813px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/milly-does-her-homework-moroco-2017.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/milly-does-her-homework-moroco-2017.jpg\" alt=\"Milly colouring in Poldark, I think she thoiught it was a magic colouring book, because she kept rubbing\" width=\"813\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/milly-does-her-homework-moroco-2017.jpg 813w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/milly-does-her-homework-moroco-2017-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/milly-does-her-homework-moroco-2017-768x725.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/milly-does-her-homework-moroco-2017-624x589.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Milly colouring in Poldark, I think she thought it was a magic colouring book, because she kept rubbing here pencil in one place declaring nothings happening!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The traditional Boxing day family meal was not the same and the shit internet didn\u2019t help with skype to the Millington family. Shame we were so far from the WiFi \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boxing-day-family-meal-at-the-manor-morocco-2017.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boxing-day-family-meal-at-the-manor-morocco-2017.jpg\" alt=\"familymeal at the dunes of erg chebbi merzouga Chez frtancoise range rover camper called ther Tardis\" width=\"768\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boxing-day-family-meal-at-the-manor-morocco-2017.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boxing-day-family-meal-at-the-manor-morocco-2017-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boxing-day-family-meal-at-the-manor-morocco-2017-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Boxing-day-family-meal-at-the-manor-morocco-2017-624x1109.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So we arrived at a vastly expanded and improved Merzouga slightly deflated on one corner but still mobile. 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