{"id":431,"date":"2018-01-08T19:56:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T19:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/?p=431"},"modified":"2026-05-21T09:31:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T08:31:04","slug":"a-secret-piste-to-a-bygone-age-in-the-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/a-secret-piste-to-a-bygone-age-in-the-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"A secret piste to a bygone age in the hills."},"content":{"rendered":"

After we had a night of Glorious heat and sunshine (rain and wind) on the mountain side next to the unusual wadi, Milly decided that the intense blue sky and searing heat ( rain , wind and low cloud) that she wasn\u2019t keen on a 6000ft mountain pass of unknown condition, after a good 30 minutes of BD sulking she realised the cliff edge of unknowns was going to be a better day than a sulky husband.<\/p>\n

\"camping<\/a><\/p>\n

What a fantastic track, no traffic, very tight and steep and passed through dense alpine type forests and through villages that still have no electric, satellite dishes or paint on the walls ( which is now very rare in Morocco),<\/p>\n

\"This<\/a>
This was the only easy bit on the entire track!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Nice<\/a>
Nice view from the office window<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

we exited 50km later on a wadi crossing with some decent water<\/p>\n

\"Tafrine<\/a>
Splaaaaaaaaaaaaash!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

and set off to our camp ground next to a strange amazing abandoned castle on the edge of a reservoir.<\/p>\n

\"castle<\/a><\/p>\n

Due to unforeseen circumstances i.e. a full on rain storm which was amazing in its own right but not helpful for a peaceful pretty campsite in the woods, we reluctantly we drove to Taganoute, which should have been Tafroute, so we drove to that instead, after 7 hours driving, a mountain pass of snow and high winds we camped on a municipal campsite on the outskirts of a heavily upgraded Tafroute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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