The Grazalema Mountains
16/12/17 – 17/12/17 From Seville we travelled south east to the Sierra de Grazalema natural park where we hoped to get our mountain fix. Our first stop was El Bosque,… Read more »
Category: Countries
A Busy Day in Sevilla
re 15/12/17 At the end of our day in Seville our mobile devices told us that we’d walked over 9 miles, which I can believe as my feet were aching…. Read more »
Roman Ruins at Italica
14/12/17 From Aracena we decided to head south towards Seville, on the way we were planning to visit Italica, a Roman city that has been partially excavated near the current… Read more »
Sierra de Aracena
13/12/17 North of Huelva, the town of Aracena sits in the folds of the Sierra de Aracena; gentle forested hills and mountains that form part of the wider Sierra Morena… Read more »
In the Footsteps of Columbus
11/12/17 – 12/12/17 We crossed the border between Portugal and Spain, passing into the province of Huelva, an area of Spain I had never heard of before. There is a… Read more »
Last Days in Portugal
08/12/17 – 09/12/17 Our planning day had been fruitful and we knew what we wanted to do before meeting up with Aaron. So we were off on the way to… Read more »
Zombie Nation
06/12/17 – 08/12/17 We didn’t intend to spend much time in the Algarve, but we wanted to see the rock formations of the Algarve cliffs somewhere and Lagos seemed as… Read more »
To the Furthest Corner of Europe
05/12/17 Well…one of them anyway. Our parking spot was at Cabo São Vicente, the south-west corner of Europe near the town of Sagres. We had emptied and refilled Bertie at… Read more »
Laid Back at Praia de Bordeira
03/12/17 – 04/12/17 When we woke up at the Praia de Bordeira we were surrounded by vans. The usual big white boxes of various nationalities, but also smaller campervans and… Read more »
Sand in our Shoes
02/12/17 From our parking spot at the Praia de Almograve we could access part of the Ruta Vincentina, two interconnected long distance trails that run all the way down the… Read more »
The Special One
30/11/17 – 01/12/17 The next couple of days were spent around the Setubal area, birthplace of Jose Mourinho, the Special One. Setubal is just south of Lisbon and we skirted… Read more »
The End of the World is Running Out of Cider
28/11/17-29/11/17 The forecast for the 28th was rain, so we didn’t make many plans except for a spot of grocery shopping. It was a mega two supermarket shop. Lidl for… Read more »
Guincho Beach
26/11/17-27/11/17 Next we drove to Foz do Lizandro, intending to stop there for the evening. We parked up on the clifftop and walked down steps to the beach where the… Read more »
Peniche
25/11/17 Peniche is a town on a small headland that sticks out from the west coast of Portugal just north of Lisbon. It’s known for it’s great surf, and because… Read more »
The Obidos Lagoon
24/11/17 We were staying at a large paid aire at Foz do Arelho. This area of parking nestled between the coast and the Óbidos lagoon and was very busy with… Read more »
Underground, Overground
23/11/17 We spent the night of 22nd parked at Batalha in preparation for a visit to Batalha Monastery. We wanted to visit one monastery while we were in Portugal and… Read more »
Portugal’s Silver Coast
21/11/17 – 22/11/17 We had a moment of deja vu as we approached our next destination of Sao Pedro do Moel. This is Portugal’s Silver Coast and had some striking… Read more »
Paiva Walkways, the Ultimate in Garden Decking
19/11/17 – 20/11/17 When we moved into our house in Exmouth I remember Paul installing decking in the back garden – decking steps from the backdoor, decking over the crazy-paved… Read more »
Port, Porto, Portugal!
17/11/17 – 18/11/17 On the morning of the 17th we woke up in the aire at Esposende, looked around and decided that we would move on. Sometimes we just… Read more »
Peneda-Gerês, Perfect
15/11/17-16/11/17 The national park of Peneda-Gerês was a place we fell in love with during our short visit. The first place since we crossed the channel that makes it into… Read more »