Day Thirty-one 14.4.05 William's Birthday eve. We decided to scoot down the coast to Lisbon for William's birthday. When we woke up the awning was dry. It began to spit whilst we were eating breakfast. We made a decision not to try and pack it up, but wait until the rain stopped. It took ages and meant that we headed off a lot later than planned. We took the motorway this time and messed up the toll, somehow we managed to go through the g...

Day Thirty-one 14.4.05 William's Birthday eve. We decided to scoot down the coast to Lisbon for William's birthday. When we woke up the awning was dry. It began to spit whilst we were eating breakfast. We made a decision not to try and pack it up, but wait until the rain stopped. It took ages and meant that we headed off a lot later than planned. We took the motorway this time and messed up the toll, somehow we managed to go through the g...

Day Thirty 13.4.05 We left the dusty campsite at Espinho to drive along the coast to Figueira da Foz. The road we took (N109) was quite busy, it takes longer than the motorway but you see a lot more. One village merges into the next and a lot of the older houses in the village centres are perilously close to the roadside. Many are tiled in traditional ceramic presumably so that they can simply wash off all the road dust. We're sure that when the elderly ...

Day Twenty-eight 11.4.05 Today we took a drive to A Guarda and then onto Tui and then back to the site. On the way we saw a market happening at Baiona and decided to stop and have a look. It was along the entire length of the high street which must have been half a mile. The stalls, with the exception of a few, were all selling clothes. They were all a bit dull and they were all selling the same dull stuff. We did find a stall selling novelty ...

Day Twenty-eight 11.4.05 Today we took a drive to A Guarda and then onto Tui and then back to the site. On the way we saw a market happening at Baiona and decided to stop and have a look. It was along the entire length of the high street which must have been half a mile. The stalls, with the exception of a few, were all selling clothes. They were all a bit dull and they were all selling the same dull stuff. We did find a stall selling novelty ...