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

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

It’s the strangest thing but we had a huge sense of freedom as we drove away from Turiscampo and onto the open road. Spending five weeks on a campsite gives a lot in terms of facilities and entertainment but we missed the thrill of the simple life. No doubt there will come a day whenRead more

We were sitting sunning ourselves at Turiscampo when we noticed that two of the pitches in our little circle had become vacant. This is quite an event as pitches with sunshine and vacant possession are rarer than hen’s teeth and give rise to about as much excitement. The chilled out residents were desperate for somethingRead more

I don’t know where time goes. The days go scudding past as we live our relatively simple little life here on our pitch at Turiscampo. You might be wondering why we’re staying so long. It could be because we like being on a serviced pitch and having everything we need around us – that’s goodRead more

The extra keen blog followers out there might have noticed that we’ve been offline for a couple of days. Adrian, middle son and web designer extraordinaire, has been working on it in the background while we’ve been sitting in an overfed, slightly wine dazed state of suspended animation over the Christmas period. We’re back nowRead more

Deciding to arrive at Turiscampo a week early meant that we had to accept a pitch that was smaller and darker than the one we would have been allocated a week later. Campsites this far south have a difficult dilemma. The pitches that are most popular in the height of summer have a lot ofRead more

We’ve been away for almost three months now and have just settled on to our pitch at Turiscampo near Praia da Luz in the Algarve. We’re here for a month and have the benefit of a hire car, mains electricity, luxurious bathrooms and all the facilities we could possibly need to make ourselves comfortable. ThisRead more

Christmas came early for me when I realised we were parked overlooking a football stadium. I love football so I set off to explore. Margaret called after me, “Bring me a pie and a Bovril!” I could do much better than that. This football ground had a burger bar – and a proper bar! IRead more

Poppy finds her feminine side and doesn’t like it Before we left Mafra we arranged for the dogs to have a bath and a haircut. Living in such close proximity creates a certain sense of urgency when they start to smell a bit doggy, so we grabbed the opportunity when we discovered that the vet’sRead more