Mon 15th
The sun returned today – hooray! We had set
the alarm for 7.30am to make the best use of the day, so were ready to depart
by 9.30am which is very early for us these days. We elected to drive along the
coast road , the N125 to Praia de Manta Rota all of 9 miles. The road surface
was appalling, quite easily a match for the poor roads in Italy.
Once we had literally squeezed by a road
sign and digger (breathe in…..) we arrived at the huge autocaravannas parking
area right by the dunes. It wasn’t full but had lots of German & French
vans well installed for the winter, with trailers, scooters and quite a few
hire cars parked up. It seems that many French camping caristes are avoiding
Morocco because of the current problems and staying in Portugal as it is cheaper
than Spain.
We walked in for a look and soon got
chatting to a lovely Scottish couple outside their Hymer. The area looked good,
the sun was warm so we moved in behind them.
no - we do not have a new aerial, it's the street light behind us!
After lunch we walked along the very nice, clean
beach and through the village which is very small . It was very quiet and
clean. In fact we had seen hardly any litter since entering Portugal. Fingers
crossed.
beautiful clean beach
The beach was lovely with lots of shells, it stretched for miles in both directions. Paddling tomorrow?
The forecast is good for the next few days, where are you spending Christmas?
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