Friday 28 September 2018

Left camp site at 10.30 am Visited Los Barracueos, granite volcanic extrusions on a very flat landscape, another GoT location (giant v Brienne of Tarth fight?) dramatic, has the biggest rock dwelling stork colony in inland Spain, when they are not AWOL in Africa.

Rock with hole!

Rock dwelling stork nest

En route to Portugal now.  Pulled up at the border for a lunch stop and 2 eagles soared, circling above us, in the blue sky. Beautiful wooded valley with white washed villages, terracotta rooves, just across the border.... We spent the next 4 hours travelling across inland Portugal 170 miles, in van induced air conditioned comfort. We ended up on the coast with a wonderful breeze (no flies) at Sao Martinho do Porto, a perfectly natural sheltered semi circular shaped beach shielded from the Atlantic waves by two rocky headlands. We opted for a basic camp site after such a long drive Colina del Sol, very hilly site with beautiful views, portakabin loos and showers quite clean but very shabby and old, and no extras, and an open rather chilly 25 metre pool, a 20 minute walk through a quiet residential area to the small town itself