Day 4 – Getting my Bearings
Only a quick post today because I’ve not really done much. To sum it up (an aide memoire for me really): Woke up to the sound of concrete being mixed and tiles laid. Walk round Big Mosque Coffee/Chat with Abdellah and student friend “Seymour” Mint tea with Barbara Back to rescue boots drying on the [...]
Day 3 – Introduction to the Macaques
06:00 Alarm. I snoozed for a few minutes then got in the (cold) shower. I heard a knock at the door and was surprised to see Sandra asking if I’m ready to go. I said that I’d be 5 minutes. My watch said it was 06:22. We’d agreed to meet at 07:00. Nevertheless I headed [...]
Day 2 – Marrakech to Azrou
At 05:55 my alarm goes off and much to my surprise I wake up. I shower and wonder whether the early breakfast that I had requested had been prepared. It hadn’t, so I slipped out of the Riad and into a petit taxi direct to the CTM bus station. I checked my bags in at [...]
Day 1 – Manchester to Marrakech
At 03:45 my alarm went off waking me only 4 hours after I’d gone to bed. The previous day had seen me work my way through a very long to do list. The final task on the list was to pack the large amount of filming equipment and enough clothes for a month of filming. [...]
My Final Project – The Background
OK it’s finally under way. An idea that I had back in September is now not just an idea, it’s about to become real. Since starting the MA in Wildlife Documentary Production at Salford Uni in September 2010 the other students on the course and I have been talking about what they may do for [...]