It's been a while!!
Not too much has been happening, hence why I have waited for a while to blog! Sorry to all you readers......although I am not sure who/if anyone reads this. Our two 'couples' of friends have now moved on, Brian & Mary into Spain ready for their trip to Morocco for Xmas & Gilroy & Sheila to Olhao for a spot of bird watching prior to returning to the UK for Xmas. They have all been great company & we enjoyed another great night out at the Portuguese evening. We helped Brian pack their RV up a bit....well Mal did whilst I had a cup of tea with Mary! They bought us a lovely Santa for in our MH....it was so kind of them & looks great! It was very windy & rainy on the 29th so Mal dug some trenches at the back of the MH 'cos we had a river flowing through camp. We stayed in today as the weather was so poor, Brian & Mary came round in the evening as they had packed all their Satellite etc away.
Sheila (Pink top) & Mary
Mal & Gilroy 
Brian & Mal
Mal trying Sheila's funky glasses on for size!
30th Nov - It was rainy this morning! but we managed to sit out for a while in the afternoon, at least until the showers came again. We said our goodbyes to Brian, Mary, Sheila & Gilroy hoping that we will meet up with them again on the road. Eve & Bill our neighbours at the back had been out yesterday to the church made of bones (ooohh quick spooky). Oh & the pig (now known as pig in harness) has been ordered to leave the site...so naturally Jolie, Annie & Shaun (the dog) will have to move on! The rest of our time was spent relaxing, reading, going to the market, down to the beach - just regular day to day stuff!
15th Dec - departure day!
We both got up early & embarked on packing for the off! Bill came to ask Mal some IT advice, so Mal kindly offered to take a look at his laptop to try to fix the problem - to no avail. Our departure time consequently slipped back to after lunch.... Anyway we headed of towards Porches were we stopped off for lunch, this is a lovely area with beautiful beaches. We stopped off at Pingo Doce (supermarket) for 8litres of woolite for my sister P.....it is much cheaper in Portugal & she is my sis! We decided on a spot of wild camping at the barragem (reservoir), anyway long story short....we got lost ended up near a barragem on a workman's site....the roads were mud & it was pretty scary driving albeit not the worst I have experienced on this trip! We gave up & decided to go towards Albufeira, which was almost where we came from about 2hrs before! We carried on through Villamoura & stayed on the beach at Queteira.
P.S - we still haven't got the parts from Hymer!!!
Me above the beach in Porches
The old church on the peninsula at Porches - spot the person with the long hair....could be cousin it!!
The old church on the peninsula at Porches - beautiful!
Porches Beach...
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