Wednesday 30/01/19
I went for a cycle while Toni jogged; it was a grey and dreary morning. After we had breakfast and watched the Swedes extricate their motor-home from next to us, quite easily as it turned out, we headed off into Olhão on our bikes. We are always looking for some odd things too, so popped into a few interesting looking shops on the way, things like: handles for my bike, bells for both bikes, clips for our trousers, ball of twine and so on. We had two tiny espressos and wandered through the old town which was great.
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| The narrow streets are surprisingly busy |
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| Lovely textured tiles around the curves of the wall |
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| The tiled buildings are so pretty |
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| Hmmm, may need to go back and measure... |
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| Public bench |
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| Stork feeding it's youngster with much beak-clacking |
Our main reason for the trip was to get fresh fish at the market which closed at 1pm, so we had more than enough time, but when we walked in they were busy packing up already - what? We scurried around and found a nice Dorado (local sea bream) which cost us €6.00, I paid with a €20 note and was give 4 coins back. I realised something was wrong immediately, only because I had noticed when I paid for coffee that I only had €20 notes, no €10's. He quickly corrected his error when I pointed it out, I wonder if he was chancing his arm?
Anyway, we went on to buy some mackerel and sardines for tomorrow and headed back to the bikes with the fish in the rucksack. Imagine our fury when we found that some scum had removed Toni's bicycle seat and stem. We then had to walk to the bike shop to try and find a replacement but, as it is a 15 year old Trek bought in South Africa none of the modern stems will fit. Toni had to head off with my bike to put the fish in the fridge while I walked to another shop where I also lucked out. Oh well, our mission now is to try and track down a odd-sized bicycle stem and seat.
The worst is, the twit that stole it won't be able to use it as it won't fit the modern bikes, so it will probably just get chucked away! It really soured the day but the grilled fish was lovely with sweet potato and fresh tomato from the market. In the meantime, Toni is wishing all sorts of ill-luck on the so-and-so that stole her bicycle seat....!
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| Yum! |
We hope the wind and rain clears up soon so that we can have some sunshine.
Sorry about that......so there are other South Africans in Portugal too hmmm? :-)
ReplyDeleteSkelms everywhere it appears. Maybe it was a Saffer who also has a Trek bike and has been looking for a new saddle for ages. The Portuguese shopkeepers were mortified and so apologetic and have been very helpful.
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