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20_11_01

Author: Iain & Fiona Lewis Published Date: October 31, 2020
The skies are big and the land is bigger.
The skies are big and the land is bigger.
Signs of the least populated part of the least populated part of Portugal.
There is no way through this way.
Fiona finds a ‘portable’ supply of aloe vera.
What a top lunch spot.
If only there were time for a post lunch snooze.
The poor cork tree looks like its bleeding.
Water, water everywhere.
Ruffian basks in the evening glow.
Ruffian still basks in the evening glow.
Storks make the most of the floating islands.
Concrete constructions constrain the course.
The water supply is dwindling after the summer.
We can’t venture any further onto the dam.
The pier has seen better days.
The river has seen some pretty serious industry.
The bright lights of Portugal.
The river goes on and on and on.
Its like we’ve never been apart.
It’s not often you can be in 2 countries at once.
Sea fog 20 miles inland.
There be injuns in those hills.
The hiking is phenomenal, accessible and most importantly signposted.
The toothed gears of an ancient windmill are still ready for use.
The land bears fruit.
Water extraction still happens ‘the old way’.
We take the high ground with Favorita.
Iain tries to be model material (and fails).
Great land based adventures.
Iain gets intimate with the first pump and gets it working.
Iain gets intimate with the second pump and gets it working.
Iain sing to himself ‘2 outta 3, aint bad’.
The virgin mary is woken up for us as we hike through the village.
Billy goat gruff.
Larry wants some goat action.
Pretty villages, in pretty landscapes.
We can spy home far in the distance.

Author: Iain & Fiona Lewis

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