Rufus does Europe

What a day! Thought we’d get the boat into Cadiz at lunchtime but when we arrived at the port there was a queue of people a mile long. Most of them were in fancy dress, singing and dancing. After an

Motorway drive back into Spain today notching up a few more €1.75 tolls on the Portuguese side. Still no idea how to pay them – super complicated system. Think we’ll just wait until someone asks for the money! The Norwegian

Up quite early (for us!), with brains engaged on the ‘how to get out around the tree’ conundrum. It wasn’t too bad; just a little bit of shunting back and forth. Seemed that everyone had picked the same day to

Very ready to move on too ..need to see what’s round the corner! 😂 We had a dilemma this morning when we ran out of water. Haven’t been looking at the gauge – we kind of thought if we didn’t

Bit of a boring day today 😬…more of the same. Sporting endeavours this morning, then we actually sat in the sun this afto – didn’t have enough leg energy to walk back to the beach though. The worker bee campsite

Up and out like rats up a drainpipe this morning. Heard the sound of a motorhome reversing and after a peek out of the net curtains, we saw our chance to move to a sunny pitch. As I threw all

Hanging around here still, as we think there’s discount if you stay more than a few days …need to check at the reception really. Also, hoping that someone will move soon, so that we can nab a sunny pitch and

The cyclist went for his ‘big’ ride this morning after a late get up. He’d discovered that Monchique was a mountain, not just a mountain village, so went off with the aim of reaching the top. As usual, he gave

Valentines Day! Who would have thought Guy would buy a card in Sainsburys before we came away and then hide it in a book for a month? 😬 Had to scurry round and get the crayons out for a home

We caught the bus into Lagos this morning – timed it perfectly for once. Thought we’d missed the stop when it took a strange route around the back roads first. Saw quite a lot of stuff that we missed last