EP and MC were up early whilst JC's snores could be heard echoing down the vally. A local inquisitive Berber in shades and a long mac came and sat near us for a while. EP went to talk to him, discovering that there was another cave across the valley but quite a walk in.
After breaking camp we set off to the top of the road of the mine, but given the weather of the previous night and the condition of the road, we decided to walk down the track. Wemet the same man at the top of the road and he joined us for the walk down, collecting firewood along the way. Once at his house he disappeared and returned bearing delicicous small plums and invited us to eat a meal, although we declined having just had breakfast.
At the end of the track we were shown the mine below us which we later discovered to be a lead mine. Our aim was to descend below the mine to a gorge to a cave that the Professor had found but not surveyed. As our lack of local language got the better of us, we gave Ayoub a call and qsked him to speak to the local. The cave we were aiming for was full of water but we were told that the man knew of other caves and we should wait for his friend to join us. Two hours later and a cup of mint tea, his friend had not shown up so he drew a map. The cave was the one the man in the mac had pointed out and could be seen in a chunk of what looked like Sandstone partway down a cliff. Wedecided not to explore this one and headed on to Zaoulat Ahansal.
At the village we were guided to a gite for the night.
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