Still walking … when we get the chance

Well, it looks like 2021 is going to be another of those years when I fail to meet almost any of my New Year’s resolutions. For once, I didn’t even label them ‘resolutions’, preferring to note them down as ‘objectives’. … Continued

The Algarve is most definitely not flat

Goodness, it’s often so difficult to resist being drawn into the Facebook malarkey that offers itself up as honest discussion but mostly I do stop myself dashing off a response. Until today, when some silly woman living on the Silver … Continued

Camino de Santiago: Loulé to Salir

When Harri and I began walking the Central Camino de Santiago back in October, we had no inkling that eight whole months would pass before we returned to tackle section two from Loulé to Salir. Such is the nature of … Continued

Rocha da Pena and Penina

I thought we last hiked Rocha da Pena two years, but it was in fact three years ago that we walked from Albufeira to Salir and, the next day, tackled this beauty of a mountain. This was our first real … Continued