Listening to the sound of the sea as you lie in bed has to be one of the most special things we have enjoyed on this trip....you never get tired of it.
This morning, we met a lovely young family, Julius, Marie, Karl and Greta.
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Gorgeous Greta...[/caption][caption id="attachment_2748" align="aligncenter" width="640"]
New friends...Julius and Karl, Billy, Marie and Greta...[/caption][caption id="attachment_2741" align="aligncenter" width="640"]
Cuddle time....[/caption]They are from Germany and have been travelling in their VWvan since June. We spent a couple of hours together chatting over coffee...swapping van ideas, places to go and stories of our travels. We really had a great time together hope to see them again one day...perhaps in the UK.
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We passed many cork trees today whose bark had been stripped right back....then many yards where it is all being processed....[/caption][caption id="attachment_2743" align="aligncenter" width="640"]
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Villa Nova de Milfontes....[/caption][caption id="attachment_2744" align="aligncenter" width="640"]
We crossed the river here hoping to find a place to camp but there were "No camping"signs everywhere ...so we moved on...[/caption]
All too soon, it was time for us to move on again making our way up the coast towards Lisbon.
Once we had found our camp for the night...right next to the beach at Praia de illhe...we decided, as the tide was out, to walk along the beach. We just couldn't believe it when, out of the spray from the waves, we saw Marie and Greta sitting on the beach! What a lovely coincidence!
We were unsure whether or not we might get moved on from our place tonight so, on returning to Bluebelle we thought we would take the rough track behind the beach to camp with Julias and Maria.....however, we hadn't gone very far before we got stuck in sand....just after BT said..."Whatever we do, we mustn't stop!!" It took us 45mins to dig ourselves out.....we gave up on moving elsewhere and returned to our original parking place! It was a very peaceful night and we weren't asked to move on at all.....
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I hope you are still collecting sand! You two,obviously love the sound, smell and movement of the sea as much as I do! Back in Kent for a few days, off to Holland Sunday for a week, then back to Dartmouth for the food festival. Hope,to see you then? The campervan show at Westpoint was fantastic, so many super secondhand vans for sale. I could have come home with several. Unfortunately John's plane from Belfast was delayed so could not drag him among to wet his apetite. He is slowly coming round though ...... Enjoy your last few days of freedom and adventure. Cannot wait for. Big big hug, love to you both
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