Blogs from Foz do Arelho, Central, Portugal, Europe

Advertisement

Europe » Portugal » Central » Foz do Arelho April 5th 2017

5th April We woke up to a heavy dew & fog which hadn’t been forecast so we had a lie in whilst I wrote up this rubbish. It cleared up by midday so after some hand-washing we decided to walk into town, about 2 miles away. Turns out that it was a bad decision; we had only walked 100 yards from the campsite when 2 big dogs ran out from a garden, one of which bit Cathy on the fleshy part of her hip. Trying to defend ourselves, the same dog bit me too on the hip. Very, very frightening & it could have been so much worse. We eventually & thankfully got away, very, very shaken. A member of staff called the police & an ambulance. After a brief statement as we asked to press ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Central » Foz do Arelho April 5th 2017

4th April The tablet changed the name to Montenegro, it’s Monte in case you’re looking. I set the alarm for 7am & we’d have been away for 9.30am except the that electricity hook up box was locked – I asked a chap from the site who was nearby & off he went, not to return. Had to go to reception.. Set the Dyson for Barcelos & away for 9.20am. Dropped into a massive Supermarche on the way. We couldn’t find the local one but looking for it gave us a view of enormous Atlantic breakers coming in. Cathy got very excited when we saw a huge ceramics factory but it was dilapidated...& into Barcelos. I should have known better but ended up ‘threading the needle’ through a couple streets rammed with parked cars. We didn’t see ... read more
20170404_125715
20170404_130233
20170404_130249




Tot: 0.054s; Tpl: 0.003s; cc: 7; qc: 22; dbt: 0.0246s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1mb