Month: February 2026

A Return to the nation’s capital today via a very smart motorway, which was also very cheap to use. The only small issue was the occasional man, woman or child that decided to cross it on foot or even just

Drove into Tetouan this morning, it was cool, cloudy, and looking like rain. Parked at the top of the enormous Muslim cemetery which spreads across the top of the city. It’s a surprisingly beautiful place, but I don’t think we’re

Had to get up early 🥱😖as our ferry from Algeciras to Tanger Med was booked for midday. We never in a million years thought that it would actually leave anywhere near the given time. But after surviving the windiest drive

Just missed the carnival by a couple of days this year, but still had a lovely day in one of our favourite places.I was ready first which is some kind of miracle. Guy, however nearly made us late with a

Back here at Camping Playa las Dunas – looking at previous blogs, we seem to be here at the same time most years. Obviously, more by accident than design as we never book in advance.Did a Lidl shop this morning,

Well, if you don’t wake up until 10am it is going to be a late start isn’t it!? In fairness, I think the putting forward of our clocks by one hour yesterday as we came in from Portugal knocked us for six!

Awful night last night ..sometimes when it’s getting late to park up we forget to check for the obvious – this time, several benches at the back of us on the quayside. About four car loads of kids came and

Or ..Tour of the Algarve! Yes, you know who found a must see bike race and the best spot would be up in the hills towards Monchique.Much scuffling around this morning to ensure that we got there with first dibs

After a quiet night in the Aldi car park, we made our way to São Vincent, the most westerly point in mainland Europe, which is just across the bay from Sagres. We parked up at the end of the promontory

Meandered down the coast road for a while this morning and ended up parking above a tiny little port.We had a walk down a steep road to the scruffiest, messiest, tangle of fishing gear I’ve ever seen!I followed Guy down