Team Basil had another discussion this morning about the Corona Virus and after much soul searching decided to make an early return to Britain. I’m pretty sure we are over reacting, certainly on the basis of the current spread, but…
The Eagle’s Nest
On the Municipal Campsite at Serpa we became acquainted with an English couple who have been coming to Southern Portugal for years and they recommended that next we should stop at a place called Monsaraz. It isn’t somewhere I had…
Sleepy Serpa
Today we had a look round the small town of Serpa. It is another place with no particularly noteworthy monuments but is just a pretty, whitewashed town worth a wander and wander we did. Sarah was already an expert in…
Ghosts of Industries Past
This morning we urged Basil from his riverside slumbers and weaved our way through the far too narrow cobbled streets of Mertola and onto the open road. The initial part of our journey was along a very poor highway through…