Well we left the apartment around 11.00 and headed out via Amancil town centre and around the outskirts of Faro and then due road works ended up in place called Olhao which on the outskirts is pretty rubbish. In fact the complete journey that looked ok on the map was a rough very bumpy and pothole road with so many car dealerships you cannot imagine. Due to road works our drive thro Olhao was brief but most interesting that there is an area by the sea front which had loads of shops and restaurants and bars
and was very busy. parking might be a problem but as that was not our destination we carried on with anticipation of visiting the Venice of Portugal.
Boy what a let down , the town centre is quite old with lots of road closure due to road works and so we were diverted here and there but there appears little to be like Venice. As we drove out of the town we came across an area where there were deserted warehouses and eventually the road ended with a small port where a local ferry service was apparently operating and so we sat there in the sun for about 25 minutes and talked about how to proceed. Parking in the town looked very difficult whilst Noel was having some issues down below and so we decided to return the the area we know well and have lunch in the Irish restaurant. This time we travelled along the Motorway to Amancil which had much nicer views and could not believe that as we arrived in the very crowded car park that a car pulled out just where we wanted to be. You can be lucky sometimes.
We had a good lunch with Noel the fish and chips and Jennifer had the daily special of Celery and apple soup followed cod on a bed of creamy potato and onion and more like a pie, but very good she said. We then proceeded to the supermarket for a few things and found some English style Danish bacon, wow bacon sarnies tomorrow guys. We got back to the apartment and in the early evening watched an English guy who apparently lives in Thailand starting out to complete the famous Maclehose trail in Hong Kong and it was his first experience on camping en-route and so had lots of hiccups. Its a very hard trip and took him four days in poor weather although part of the way thro it got so bad that his safety was at risk so spent the night in a hotel. But well worth the watch.
Later in the evening we had a video chat with our son and daughter in law. So a good day apart from Noel eating what was fatty yogurt which screwed up his system for the day, big mistake and not to be repeated as the effects carry on for a couple of days.
Anyway we plan a quiet day tomorrow and will work on our remaining travel plans to get back to Santander. Its always difficult the first time round but should we do this again we will know what to do.
