Saturday 18th April The weather overnight was atrocious and I did get up in the middle of the night to check that the river wasn’t rising. This was the view out of the window just before we went to bed.…
Barcelos
Friday 17th April We left Porto aiming for the coast again at Villa do Conde and easily found the aire, unfortunately it was nothing special so I didn’t take any photos of it at all. It wasn’t helped by the…
How to get the right bus home
Monday 13th April We made our usual early morning start, leaving Frankie about 10.30am, we had a busy day, hence the early start. We’d been told that we could get a bus into Porto for €2.10 each, it’s a 30…
How Much?
Sunday 12th April, part 2 We had a choice of two aires at Porto, one very close to the city and free but the reviews weren’t that brilliant (there could be a drugs house behind the aire) or an aire…
A Touch of Deja Vu
Sunday 12th April The bells in Fatima went off at 7am and sounded like they were inside the van. Don’t they know that Lucy will not get up before 9am no matter how large the bells are or how urgently…
Fatima
Tuesday 7th April After emptying the water tank and filling up with water (but not emptying the toilet, the drain was blocked) we made our way to the next destination, Fatima, only 20km away until Stella gets involved and takes…
Typical Bank Holiday
Monday 6th April When we arrived here at Vila Nove do Barquinha last night the sun was shining, the car park was full up and we had to wait a while until some of the cars moved off so that…
An easy mistake to make
Sunday 5th April Making our slow way north we aimed for an aire at Barragem Pego do Altar, halfway between where we were and Evora, somewhere we had marked in our map book as a place worth visiting. We’d heard…
Santiago de Sacem
Thursday 2nd April We stayed another day and night at Porto Covo, there was a closer beach which was bigger and busier but had more scantily clad ladies on it so it was worth staying for the extra day. The…
Dont’t Look Down
Monday 30th March We left the aire at Lagos after filling and emptying the usuals and made our way to Sagres, right on the western and southern corner of Portugal. There are three aires round about here but the Camper…