Chilling in Santa Luzia

 Monday 02/09/21

It might get a bit lonely but luckily we have some dancing girls to keep us company

We woke up this morning to a low mist that turned into an unexpected drizzle.  This is after two days of really strong winds, presumably the remnants of the storms that have been lashing the UK.  It has kept things cooler here which has been nice, we still have loads of sunshine most days and the house stays lovely and cool inside.

Gangs of Azure winged magpies move through noisily each day, they don't
sit still for long, though and are difficult to capture 

The soft morning light makes even dried weeds look pretty

You have to admit, this web looks very inviting

We had a lovely long cycle a few days ago, made longer by the fact that, without reading glasses, neither of us can see the map on our mobile phone so we got a bit 'disorientated'.  Luckily a friendly farmer advised us that we were heading the wrong way and we managed to find our route again.  We spent 2.5 hours on our bikes, almost all of it on gravel roads in the countryside, and it was fantastic.

The very pretty station at Funcheira.  We were hoping the café would be open but no luck.

Those in the UK will notice a more relaxed approach to getting passengers to the far platform.
In the UK there would be a bridge with lift access.

We're keeping ourselves busy and loving the relaxed lifestyle here.  Of course, if this was our own house there are a million jobs we could do, but one is a bit limited what you can take on at a house-sit.  We have started supplementing the horses feed by giving them hay and we were very popular while they enjoyed their sweet treat.

Bonus video

The horses seem to be energised by the cooler weather.