Saturday 28/08/21
It's hard to believe that our six week sit is over; the time has really flown. The owner arrived back yesterday afternoon, we did our usual handover, went for a lovely dinner at a nearby restaurant and headed off this morning.
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| Stunning moon rising earlier in the week |
The last week has been quite busy; once we had a firm handover date we needed to sort the access road out. The council had dumped gravel piles along the road shortly after we arrived and we had been hoping they would come and grade the piles onto the road as Bokkie wouldn't fit past them. All attempts to get hold of the council failed so we took it upon ourselves to form a 'chain gang' of two and flatten the piles sufficiently to let Bokkie pass. Luckily we picked the one misty, overcast morning to do it and had it sorted in a couple of backbreaking hours.
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| The darker side of house-sitting - road works ahead! |
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| It doesn't take long for a curious crowd to gather |
Unfortunately the next day, when returning on our bike, fully laden with groceries, Toni was so busy admiring our handiwork that she missed a ridge in the road and took a spectacular tumble on her bike. She was sporting grazes all over her arm and huge lumps on her legs but luckily nothing was broken. We were very impressed to find that the six eggs in the rucksack survived as well. A lucky escape!
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| The pain is better now but Toni is still sporting some impressive bruises |
We finished the rest of our cleaning and packing over the week and, with the handover completed it was time to depart. We really loved the sit and are going to miss the place and the horses enormously. Luckily, squeezing out of the main gates proved to be something of a non-event with Bokkie crawling up the hill and out without a problem.
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| Charmeur was quite cut-up and even offered me a goodbye kiss. |
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| The farewell committee gathered to wave us off |
We're back in Milfontes, a Portuguese holiday town on a river mouth that we visited in 2019 and it is lovely and cool. Completely different to last time we visited in winter, it is buzzing with local holidaymakers in spite of the cool weather and has a very relaxed feel about it.
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| Bokkie back in camping mode |
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| A misty, drizzly Milfontes. I know the sea is out there somewhere |
We're planning to stay here for a couple of days (or more), and will then slowly make our way northwards to our next house-sit, near Viseu.
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