{"id":1335,"date":"2023-03-14T21:55:30","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T21:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/picton-lynas.co.uk\/walkingblog\/?page_id=1335"},"modified":"2023-03-14T22:23:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T22:23:07","slug":"portugal-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/picton-lynas.co.uk\/walkingblog\/portugal\/portugal-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Portugal – 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Porto Covo to Vila Nova de Milfontes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A nice day today. The sun was shining. It was 18-20 degrees with a light wind. I can not imagine doing this in the summer though at 25-30 degrees. Melt city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leaving Porto Covo and I spotted this giant shadow on the ground. One minute it was there then the next gone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We put walls and razor wire around ours and then add, ‘You will die signs’. Here they all understand the danger without the nannying and the Electricity sub-station is converted into art.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The harbour and Porto Covo. A very pleasant little town. With a great hotel. 2 pools don’t you know.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This part even has little posts to guide you. Thankfully didn’t last and I could choose my own way.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Those waves. Sometimes 5 metres tall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gawd! The Isle of Man never had any handy ropes to help you up the cliffs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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They even paint the way markers in the most out-of-the-way places.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And then add helpful instructions. No need for guide book or maps.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bond villain island.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Frig. A man and woman ahead. See how they mirror each other, bending left and right at the same time.
I had thought to attempt a group walk in October if the Esme bud thing settles. But I find the close proximity of other humans, especially if in my eyeline or worse, if I can hear their babble, triggering. Maybe Esme can help me with some suggestions.
Fortress coming up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I scooted past while they gawped at the Fortress. God! but I’m an antisocial old fucker.
Talk about an overhang. Not sure I want to walk on that. I might tip it over the edge, so to speak.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A lovely yellow brick road ahead. Shame that I’ll be jinking off on the narrower trails.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I wonder if you see the same thing as me. Yes. It is a huge fossilized Octopus. Its oblong head is facing us, its tentacles are coming towards us. One is impaled by that pole and 2 others are swept backwards down the hill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A whole area of these freshly bloomed, yellow flowers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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These bamboo forests are the strangest things. Who knew? Bamboo in Portugal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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There are no farms, no livestock. I suppose they could run goats which would destroy everything, but sensibly they just made a huge national park and preserved it all pristine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Just came along that 2K of lovely beach. Soft sand’s a bitch, but you can’t have everything.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Trekking through the pine forests now. Still far too much soft sand.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Around that headland. Maybe my last. Ha! What a fool.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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There is a sneaky chap down there. See if you can spot him before zooming in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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You can hear the waves banging into the rocks from far away. Nothing between us and Virginia, USA but the ocean. Love the way the water flows through that comb-y rock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hard to catch but maybe you’d get a feel for the waves in this one.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The black bit is a sea cave. Home to a sea dragon, for all the kids amongst you.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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That one is definitely for tomorrow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Here you go. Running out of steam face. Sweat run sun block and all.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Civilisation on the horizon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Weird. Every other bay is sandy. I suppose this one must have fallen foul of the sea gods.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Damn! but that is disappointing. 2 more miles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The river estuary at Vila Nova de Milfrontes. A very nice looking place. With, it turns out, a lovely restaurant where I had giant shrimp the size of a lobster.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The original “Vila”. Are ye all jell of the beautiful blue sky and sun shining? Me blessed by the new and the old.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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