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Christmas day (off) in Marrakech (Morocco) (Stage 9.1) 25.12.2004
Marrakech Marrakech is a very old city with many interesting open air markets where visitors can browse, drink the sweet mint tea and try local foods.
The teams enjoyed Christmas day off in Marrakech. After a 'Points & Plugs' party and a quick tune-up lunch was taken in the lively Bazar. Fare was traditional and modern. Grapefruit crackers were washed down with Rallye Sud (lite) Sham-Pain (602cc magnums at £1-49) followed by roast foul, sweet & sour potatoes, sprout surprise, well-bread sauce and lots of stuffing. A palate refresher of camel tasties, then the traditional 50lb Christmas Pud made of lardy, dried gratings, peels and pin-stripe suet served with lashings of 20-40 all-weather custard. We were all too well fed to join in the planned after lunch sing song session although Gill did do one verse of 'Non-je ne regrette rien' before having a lie-down Everyone had put a present up the chimney and then we each took turns in receiving our anonymous Christmas gift. Unfortunately those at the end of the line found their presents had been quite badly charred but everyone laughed and laughed. As a special gesture Barry Annells of 'Bourne Citroen Centre' tightened everyone's nuts, Pete Simper, of 'PTS-Citroen' gave everyone's nipples a sqirt from his heavy duty grease gun and Alan Taylor of 'Taylors of Distinction' gave out bon-mot assortments. Hoorah for our A-Series garagists! Santa Isomaki (who really does live at the North Pole) gave everyone a gift from his Christmas sack....
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| The organisers gave the team members a gift-sock containing a magnificient set of RallyeSuds soaps and toiletries and 'Douche Voda' Wristo Wop-TV-O'Phone which was able to pick up all international channels including the new, innovative 2CV TV, sponsored by Frognosh Inc, and transmitting from Dunghilly in the UK "where Luxembourg left off". "Should old aquaintance be forgot?....(The general consensus was 'Yes') |
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