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Month: February 2018

From the ‘Wow’ to the ‘Oh Sh..’!

February 24, 2018February 24, 2018 - Margaret 14 Comments

Camping Rural Presa de Vinuela – what can we say? It was as though we had fallen asleep and woken up in paradise… but only partial paradise you understand. The views, the surroundings, the clean air, the quiet … we really thought we were in a little corner of heaven. The campsite – not soRead more

Posted in France, Spain, Portugal 2017 - 18

Life’s a beach – but not always

February 20, 2018February 20, 2018 - Margaret 13 Comments

We loved our three nights up in the hills and, as always, we felt a little sad when we drove away and crossed the bridge over the river Guadiana into Spain. It’s not that we don’t love Spain – just that we’ve loved Portugal so much that it was hard to leave it. Travelling slowlyRead more

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Moving on … places to go, people to see

February 14, 2018February 14, 2018 - Margaret 1 Comment

We spent five nights at the motorhome parking at Quarteira. The parking itself isn’t very interesting, being just a large secure car park with a motorhome service point, but it does have a few big positives. It is very close to a Lidl supermarket, a good launderette and a great take away chicken and pizzaRead more

Posted in France, Spain, Portugal 2017 - 18

Birds and Buddies

February 10, 2018February 11, 2018 - Margaret 11 Comments

Shirley returned from her flying visit home on Saturday evening. It was easy for me to work out when to drive to the airport, as I could see her flight approaching from the van window. Driving around the airport carparks I tried hard to find one that didn’t have a height restriction. Finally, I sawRead more

Posted in France, Spain, Portugal 2017 - 18

A Little Touch of Grumpy

February 3, 2018 - Margaret 19 Comments

I’m sitting here looking out over the inlet at Praia de Faro. There is a huge parking area here that is popular with motorhomes and it’s extra popular with me for two reasons. One is that it is by the runway at Faro airport and the other is that I’m parked up close to MoRead more

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