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52km Nisa to Castelo Branco

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Quiet roads led us to the town of Castelo Branco, where we stopped a bit earlier than normal for an Easter Monday lunch and, less excitingly, to wash our growing pile of dirty clothes from a couple days of wild camping. The route leading to Castelo Branco was slightly hard work – a 2.5km downhill […] Read More »

96km Estramoz – Nisa

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We’ve had a lot of rainy mornings lately (maybe a sign of what we can expect for our springtime cycle ride across Europe) and this morning the drops started hitting our tent around dawn. As we rolled out we were bracing ourselves for a wet day but surprisingly enough the rain held off and sometimes […] Read More »

57km Évora to Estramoz

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We woke to a slight chill in the air; something we are slowly readjusting to as we work our way north after a winter in the warmer parts of the world. The daytime temperatures are just right for cycling but the cool mornings don’t do much to encourage us out of our sleeping bags. We […] Read More »

96km Beja to Evora

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“We are not thinkers, los espanoles, we don’t stay at home and think like the Germans; that’s why we have practically no philosophers. We like to be out where it’s sunny and interesting, where we can see what’s going on. When we go to other countries, the streets look empty to us. We think, where […] Read More »

Andrew and the water fountain

Dear readers, since it’s Easter we though we’d share a little treat with you in this video from the road. The other day we had a bit of an adventure, trying to get water from a Portugese water fountain. Andrew came off rather the worse for wear and we took this video to warn off […] Read More »