Day Thirty-eight 21.4.05 Today we drove to Alvor, we took the scenic route through the Serra de Monchique. The road was particularly picturesque with dramatic scenery around every corner. The line of volcanic mountains protects the Algarve and ensures its mild climate. It does feel warmer here and the sea is definitely calmer. We arrived at Alvor at mid day and just missed the reception for the campsite. We decided to go down to the beach for lunch ...

Day Thirty-seven 20.4.05 The weather although still agreeable was not as nice as yesterday. We couldn't think what to do today so a lazy morning and then a short drive to Porto Covo to have a look. It was quite pretty with a decent beach. The amount of parking suggested that it gets busy here in the summer. We drove back to Vila Nova de Milfontes to have a good look round. Its very picturesque around here and the town is quite traditional. The cent...

Day Thirty-six 19.4.05 The weather has vastly improved today although we did miss the first part of the day as a lie in was in order. If I didn't have an incredible desire to pee when I wake up I could quite happily stay in bed until noon. Will is definitely an early bird and continues to scratch about from about 6am. We will have to invest in a mattress topper to make the bed more comfy. If not only to give a better nights sleep but to encourage William ...

Day Thirty-five 18.4.05 We had to get away from the barking dogs so we packed up the awning last night to set off early. Good job we did because it rained last night. No time for breakfast, we would get some on the way. We stopped on the motorway at a service station got some diesel (very cheap, 93cents a litre) what we didn't realise was it was an automatic pump where you enter your credit card first and it was us the tannoy was talking to, trying to tel...

Day Thirty Four 17.4.05 We went to Obidos today, its about 10 miles from the campsite and we set off quite late as we had dogs barking and music all night and not much sleep. Boiled eggs for breakfast, no soldiers though as out of bread and no shops nearby. Shame. Obidos was as lovely up close as it was from the motorway, it's basically a medieval fortress almost entirely preserved. The first thing we did after negotiating the hoards of tourist coach...