October 3, 2016

We really like the area we’re travelling through today.  We discuss why – one of the reasons is that we’re in wilder countryside, woodland and open moors, and the other is that the villages and farms are pretty well all built in a traditional style.  The newer dwellings blend in with the old.

Today we should reach Sagres, the most south-westerly point of Portugal and of Europe.  I’m expecting a ‘Land’s End’ type of signpost to stand beside and have my photo taken, but I’m to be disappointed in that.  A helpful passerby takes our photo though.  Tomorrow we’ll turn eastwards along the south coast for the last three stages of the Portuguese coastline.

The day’s ride doesn’t disappoint though; it fits the pattern of recent days with some of the day on fast, busy roads and the rest on rough backroads.  We spot something extremely rare today, no, not more African wildlife but this:

Something we’ve spotted more frequently over the past few days and have absolutely no idea what it is about, is flattened tuna cans nailed to trees.

We make good progress and arrive with plenty of time to catch up on washing and blogging.  For only the second time on the trip I have internet that will upload photos.  Someone else has asked on the net what the tuna tin thing is all about, but unfortunately no one has replied.