Once again we set out to do a half day and ended up putting in a fair number of kilometers. We rose early from our bed in the hotel room overlooking the gorge carved out by the Douro river and headed straight down to the internet cafe to make the most of our last chance […] Read More »
We hope you aren’t swamped with all the new goodies on the site because we have just one more thing to share with you before we cycle off into the Spanish hills…. our Portugal radio show! This time we have an interview with a Belgian family who we met in Beja. They share some thoughts […] Read More »
Well, we’ve been very busy cycling the last few days and had a big backlog of things to put online! In the last day we’ve added a week of posts to the site and also managed to upload a couple videos to share with you. They are both from a day we spent in a […] Read More »
We woke up this morning realising that our choice of camping location probably could have been better. From now there will be no more camping in ploughed fields! The field wasn’t newly ploughed so we had no worry that the farmer would mind, but the soil had hardened over time into dips and mounds. Not […] Read More »
We were slowly pedalling our way up a windy stretch of road, with olive trees and vineyards all around us, the sun beating down on our heads and a view of the Douro River far below, at the bottom of the steep banks separating Spain and Portugal. “Hi,” said a voice from out of nowhere […] Read More »
