Photos from Spain & Portugal April 16

Leaving home 19.04.16, packed and ready to go

Portsmouth bound

Time for the ferry

21.04.16 cloudy on the last leg of today's journey

View. From the outside!

Huge boulders

Bridge at Vouzela, Portugal

Vouzela, Portugal

Near our nights lodgings, paco de Vilharigues

Ideal for a picnic, lots of tables on our bike!

En route Congosta to Vouzela, Portugal

Into the queue we go

Found this cat on the bike this morning!

Paco de Vilhargues, Portugal. A wonderful hotel.

The open road

Wisteria everywhere

We do overtake some things!

Traditional tiled Portuguese home

Bit tight on this lovely bridge!

Coffee stop on Sunday

Swallows nesting in here

Vila Nova de Milafontes 25.04.16

Vila Nova de Milfontes, Portugal 25.04.16

Part of the Nature Park of Southwest Alentejo, Portugal. On the Vincentine coast. 25.04.16

Vila Nova de Milfontes RAF memorial

Castle dated 1602 at Vila Nova de Milfontes.

Me on the road!!

Alentejo, Portugal 26.04.16

On the road in Alentejo, Portugal. 26.04.16

Arriving to a lovely greeting from Paul's Mum and Dad and their doggy.

A nature reserve at Salgados, bird watching

Paul and his Mum

Benagil Beach

Paul's Mum and Dad

Look closely for the Hoopoe bird that I'd nesting with it's young in Paul's parents garden.

En route to La Zarzuela, 29.04.16. Traditional roadside sign! El Torro

Another traditional road sign in Spain, Tio Pepe (uncle Pepe)

Storks are nesting throughout Spain and Portugal at present. We've also heard quite a few cuckoo.

Today's open road

View from tonight's stop at La Zarzuela 29.04.16

Paul at La Finca de Palmera

Traffic jam in Algeciras 30.04.16

Look closely for a thumbs up on the way past!

En route to Seville.

Pay attention! And drive carefully, or look what happens.....

Our lunch stop draws the usual crowd of admirers to the sidecar. Here's a couple.

Thunderstorm on arrival 30.04.16

Latest comments

21.02 | 10:41

What a trip, glad you are home safe and sound.
Will I see you back swimming Rachel?

21.02 | 01:23

Happy to hear you made it safe home. I will definetly miss your posts. Happy to see you again some day. Take good care, warm regards, M.

20.02 | 00:38

It was great to meet you guys. Happy to see you made it safely home. Thanks again for the great night and hope to see you soon!

19.02 | 23:09

Welcome home 🏡 ❤️