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22 July Looking Forward To A Holiday In The UKI am now 2/3 of my stay in Morocco. I have just two months left before, hopefully, I will be flying back to the UK on Thu 21st September for 2 weeks holiday. Water water everywhere - but not in my bathroomIt seems me and water don't go together in Morocco! I have gone from too much water (having twice had floods in the apartment) to too little. I am sure someone with greater literary talents than myself could make this the basis for a scene in a Carry On Film.
To start the story we have been without hot water for a week. However, a description of the plumbing in our apartment is perhaps required. Water is available in the following rooms:
When the hot water boiler gave up the ghost we lost the washing machine (which only runs off hot water apparently), the toilet in the small room (which was connected only to the hot water - god alone knows why) and the basin in the bathroom (which also had no cold water connection). Mercifully the toilet in the bathroom was connected to the cold water system as was the shower so at least we could have cold showers each morning; not my choice of ways to start a day but better than no shower at all. However, yesterday the shower gave up the ghost too. There was a dribble coming out but that was about it. However, we did have water in the kitchen still so I boiled the kettle up and started to fill the bath up or at least get an inch of hot water in the bottom as I draw the line at cold baths - I'm a wuss. I know. However, after getting almost an inch at the bottom of the bath the kettle gave up the ghost too. The only pans we had left were dirty from cooking the night before. If you have never tried getting a greasy pan clean with cold water before let me tell you it is not easy! The shower issue does appear to be intermittent and I suspect associated with the local water pressure. Anyway, the "healthy" cold showers have left me with a head cold and hacking cough. You've got to have a sense of humour to live out here ;-)
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