Diary Entry – 14th January 2024

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So we are a little closer to making our plans for the year now. Yesterday when we were talking about plans that got us in the planning mood. What is funny is that we worked it our that we have 10 weeks left in Morocco and we will only have 12 back in the UK. That then leads me onto to what we have planned roughly, we have only pencilled it in but this is what we have in store. So we will aim to leave Morocco at the end of April that will consist of staying on this campsite until the end of February and then having March to do some travelling around and seeing some of the other bits of Morocco. Although with this we have changed our minds about 300 times and thought about leaving end of January but another month of sun and another month of wages in before we have to leave just seems to make more sense. What we are going to do is to reinsure the vehicle at the end of this month so we can go driving about more and go and have some days out.

Our plan is be back in Northwich for the end of April for a few reasons really. The main one obviously is for the final home game of the season which Stoke have Bristol City, this will be the Beefs first game and one i will be very excited to take him to. We are going to go in hospitality so we have somewhere warm to go if it gets a bit cold. There is the first Campervan show of the year in May at some point so i always look forward to that. The weather tends ot be good in May and June. We will have Camper Jam and Dubbed Out Festival in July. Then it gets very exciting!!

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We did briefly flirt with the idea of going to Turkey this winter but i always worry that the weather will be rubbish and raining and i think certainly for the next year or 2 i am quite happy to come to Morocco for the Winter but spread my time across a handful of campsites but certainly this one for December and January. We have committed to having a couple of weeks away with my sister, brother in law and nephews to Brittany in early August. That leaves us with a dilemma, we either stay in Spain and Portugal until the end of October early November. Or we do something a bit different!

So we are going to go to Croatia and Bosnia!! We will have 2 weeks to get to Croatia from France and do a bit of sight seeing on the way but then have between 4 and 6 weeks in Croatia and then 4 weeks in Bosnia and completely cover those 2 places. I have always been desperate to go to Bosnia then at least once we are there we have the choice to go to Turkey if we wanted. Certainly at this moment in time we plan to get the ferry from Albania to Italy, then from Italy to Barcelona and onto Algeciras. I think can be done quite quickly if you wanted to but with we would have a few weeks to get to Morocco to allow for our Schengen days to be back in Morocco Mid November. I want to spend a lot more time in that part of the world but at the moment i want to be able to come back to the UK for the summer time so it is always trying to balance it with the weather and not getting stitched up in snow or rain abroad. If anyone knows any amazing places in Bosnia for Croatia please please let me know, or even Monetenegro.

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