Google makes it look like we are living in the bushes at the moment but only because the aire is a fairly recent development so not shown yet.
We left Route 66 with a heavy heart, we had fallen in love with the relaxed camp and beautiful surrounding countryside but felt it was time to move. Our loo fan is getting noisier and is bound to pack up at any time so we need to pick up the spare we had ordered and get some post Charmaine and Chris kindly forwarded to us from the UK.
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| We went for a ride through the gorgeous farmlands |
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| Looking out over the orange groves - Moncarapacho in the distance |
I was a bit concerned whether Bokkie would be able to start this morning as it has been 32 days since we have had electrical hook up so have been relying on solar power. With a few cloudy days in the mix and the fact that we hadn't driven anywhere for more than a week, the engine battery voltage was a bit low but luckily she didn't disappoint us.
We headed to Lidl in Olhao to stock up Bokkie's lockers and also popped in at a Continente - a Portuguese supermarket chain - where we found they had a good selection of GF goodies which we couldn't resist (chocolate g/f wafer biscuits...!). We need something to put all the wonderful cheeses on after all.
We then drove past Faro to Vilamoura Rustic Aire where we met Gerard, a South African and Anthea, a Brit who grew up in Oz; a wonderful couple who have built up the aire. We proceeded to stand around and chat for three hours until Toni suddenly realised we hadn't even switched the fridge onto gas yet. Luckily it was cool enough so no damage was done. I always knew too much talking was bad for you...
We haven't many photos yet as we haven't had a proper chance to explore. We took a walk around the area, it is quite rural and then becomes quite developed as you get closer to the coast, looks very much focussed on the tourist market so we are already hankering back to the less populous areas.
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| 'The Old Course' golf club, not very Portuguese sounding... |
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