‘Azwu Bzef’

Azwu bzef: A lot of wind. Too much wind. Enough wind; more than enough … more wind than you would ever want to encounter in the middle of a desert. ‘You are so lucky.’ Hamid, our Moroccan driver, always tells me when a sketching trip has ended without climatic hitch. According to him, March is … Read more

Welcome return

I’ve just returned from nearly a month in Morocco, and two wonderful trips with some great people. It was lovely to be back after three and a half years – four, for the desert – and I realised how much I’d been missing the warmth, the food and those colours! Early March usually brings my … Read more

(It’s) Coming Together!

The decisions over what size of luggage to take on a trip… can I get away with hand luggage? Pay for a large cabin bag? Or do I have to check one? … are taken out of my hands when there is so much equipment to bring along. I plead with clients to travel light, … Read more