Better first explain the lack of blogs, no inter-net access. On Fridaynight we stayed at an arie on the N10 because the camp site we had chosen was closed and no alternative was available. For those of you that do not know arie’s are common in France with a range of facilities from just a toilet to [...]
We felt that Porto was a must visit. Not dissapointed but, at the same time not one of the pritiest cities that we have visited. It is vibrant, at the same time it looks a little tired. Our tourist bus, An origional wooden bodied tram, some modifacations to the braking system. Cost, €1.50 each, hop [...]
A old university town with a mix of ancient and modern. Pleasant to walk around and explore some of the narrow side streets. Several small specialist shops, the sort that in the UK have been consigned to museums or the memories of the older generation, including us. We enjoyed lunch outside sat on the decking of [...]
Google earth N40.18888 W8.39944 Our first impression was not favourable. However having looked around it is a nice site, good clean facilities, supermarket a five minute walk away and a bus to town. More later.
We moved to this site on Monday the 28th, very rural. Go to google earth and punch in long lat, N38.18361 W8.10361 Rural and peaceful. Monday 7th. We are still at Markadia planning to move on Wednesday 9th. Did not intend to stay as long but, the 8th is a national holiday in Portugal and, [...]
Today, Monday 29th, we leave the Algarve and head north at the start of the return leg. We plan to take a zig zag course through Portugal visiting places on the way, then into north west Spain. More detail as we go. We have booked a pitch on the Casa Rosa from December 2011 to [...]
Something for our older viewers. We heard that Cliff Richards vineyard is in the local area, the large sign at a roundabout was an obvious clue. Today, we visited hoping to be invited in for a sample, may be a coffee and a chat, no chance. We did visit and bought some wine, it is very nice. [...]
Today we made another visit to Silves, the more often that we visit it, the more that we like it. The title of this blog relates to the photo with the same heading. If you look at the photo you will see lots of motor homes, a building, and more motorhomes. The motorhomes stay there for [...]
Foia is about 40 km north of the Mediterranean coast and 920 metres above sea level. The pictures are not very exciting, if you look carefully in one you can make out the coast. I have included the pictures of the communication masts just to prove that, A, we have been there, and B, it [...]
This visit was primarily to attend the funeral of Keith’s Sister. We used some of our time to do a bit of site seeing, the joys of a free bus pass and senior citizen railcards, (we prefer the term, recycled teenagers). Train from Moreton to Bournemouth, bus to Poole, train back to Moreton for the total [...]
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