Friday 10th May - Day 15 It was another grey start today, but we didn’t care, we had a plan. A quick drive up the coast of 80 miles or so would see us at Praia de Mira and into a better weather pattern. On the way there was a bit of motorway jeopardy as … Continue reading Praia de Mira

Thursday 9th May Thursday morning dawned disappointingly as forecast. The sky was full of low dark clouds and there was a wet mist rolling in as Alf and I took our morning constitutional. The mist turned to drizzle, and the drizzle turned to rain. It was a good day to spend driving and today we … Continue reading The Land of the Dinosaurs

(Andy Foskett; 2019) Wednesday 8th May - Day 1 Porto Covo is the furthest south we are going to travel on this trip, we are only 37° away from the equator. This morning it doesn’t feel very tropical my dog walk along the coastal footpath is in low, grey cloud only improved by the sight … Continue reading “Just a cloudy day in Paradise”

Tuesday 7th May - Day 12 Thank you to all of you who spotted the typo in the last entry. It is your contributions that makes blogging such a collaborative task! We are in Portugal! More specifically we have arrived in Evora. Evora is a charming little town (actually it is a city, but it … Continue reading Evora

Monday 6th May Caceres was shrouded in mist as we drove out of the city. By the time we arrived in Merida the mist had cleared, and the sun was just deciding whether to bother making an appearance. We had found some great on street parking, through the Park4Night app, for a quick visit to … Continue reading Merida, Moors and Motorway Madness!

Sunday 5th May Andy, Lesley and Wendy took the opportunity this morning to enjoy for one last time the National Park and took the dogs for a walk, leaving me to catch up with the blog. All too soon we were saying farewell to the birds and other assorted wildlife of Monfragüe and continuing our … Continue reading Cartographic Consternation in Caceres

Saturday 4th May At cock crow Lesley, Wendy, Andy and I (plus the two dogs, for the pedants) were up and off into the Monfragüe Park. Our campsite was the nearest to the National Park, but it was still 14kms to the centre, too far to cycle, so we all crowded into our van and … Continue reading Monfragüe National Park

Friday 3rd May Day 8 Dear Reader, I am sorry that I am not as up to date with my posts as I would like to be, but life on the road with the Fosketts is pretty fast paced. In fact, it can be just this side of hectic! However, As I always have my … Continue reading Hungry in Salamanca

Thursday 2ndMay The Foskett and Jones’ vans crept out of Riaño and continued southward along the N625 through beautiful valleys dotted with charming hamlets, more Tyrolean than the Spain I had expected. Every church had at least one stork nesting on its belfry. We skirted the region’s capital Leon and joined the A66, the motorhomers, … Continue reading An Unexpected Reunion and a new Decathlon

Wednesday 1 May Thursday morning it was freezing cold as Alf and I stepped out of the van for his morning ‘constitutional’. We were high up (1130m) in the mountains in the village of Riaño. All thoughts about the temperature quickly disappeared when I saw the amazing view that I published a few days ago. … Continue reading Riaño