Month: March 2024

Foul weather today but we’ve had a lovely afternoon out with our friend Julie, who very kindly came to pick us up from the campsite and chauffeured us round.After visiting her fabulous apartment, we came back into Alvor for lunch

The weather has changed overnight. Cold and blustery this morning when we set off for Portimão to do a Lidl shop.On then to Alvor, where we’ve stayed on a campsite a couple of times in the past. There’s free parking

Well, it was actually a very quiet night at the bottom of the airport runway. I think the last flight we heard was about 10pm then nothing until about 7:45 this morning!We set off down the coast to see the

Moved a bit further along the coast this morning, to the end of the runway for Faro airport to be exact. 😬it’s a little noisy as the planes come over so low that you can see the nuts and bolts

We seemed to be across the border in minutes this morning – hadn’t realised we were that close.First up, a toll booth on the main road. Put the card in, got a ticket, and I think it’s now registered us

We were so stupid with the nearly dry washing last night. My phone said no rain and sunny in the morning. There was too much to bring in and fold, so we left it out.10:30 – it rains a bit,

Last night we’d slept in the train station carpark and it seemed that all night long we could hear tipper trucks reversing and dumping stuff. After a very short drive this morning we found the source of the noise –

Long drive today up the motorways north towards Seville and beyond. Making tracks towards Portugal now that the lens has arrived. We were buffeted by strong winds for most of the way which wasn’t ideal. Got stuck in a rare