Beech's 1st moho adventure

[Podney]

A few but the GNR have been knocking them up early in the mornings!

Just a thought for OP...........
You may like a night or two for free at Boca de Rio, between Salema and Burgau. Easy access near to beach , flat, walks,views from cliffs.

 

[Helen Ariel]

Just a thought for OP...........
You may like a night or two for free at Boca de Rio, between Salema and Burgau. Easy access near to beach , flat, walks,views from cliffs.

Thank you. We are thinking of doing some day/overnight trips from our base here in the next few weeks so we will check that out.

 

[Helen Ariel]

I took Beech for a walk round the outside of the perimeter fence of the campsite this morning and here is our pitch from outside and inside.

I like it as it's really quiet being at the end and really dark at night. It feels a bit like wilding.

We decided to get out for a bike ride today as it's been ages and we needed the exercise because thunder and rain storms were due tonight and tomorrow.

We did a 21 mile loop out along the West Coast taking in some stunning wild beaches and then back towards the South Coast where we spotted incredibly dark skies on the horizon so picked up our pace back to the campsite.

Spots of rain started just as we were packing the bikes away but thank goodness we got inside in time as we now have very loud thunder and lightning, torrential rain and we also just had the loudest hail shower I've ever experienced. The back of our pitch has flooded too!

TV and several beers is in order tonight I think.

 

[Podney]

Forecast not good for tomorrow either
Better again next week.
Thats a great site.
I really don’t think you can beat the beaches in that area,better than the Caribbean any day!

 

[Langtoftlad]

We did a 21 mile loop out along the West Coast taking in some stunning wild beaches and then back towards the South Coast where we spotted incredibly dark skies on the horizon so picked up our pace back to the campsite.

What do you do with Beech when you're out biking?

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[Helen Ariel]

What do you do with Beech when you're out biking?

She sleeps! She's 11 so she's glad of a rest.

 

[Just smiffy]

She sleeps! She's 11 so she's glad of a rest.

Are you sure...

 

[Northernraider]

Only 16°

 

[Helen Ariel]

Northernraider Today I got 20 on my garmin during our ride and here is the forecast after this rain passes... Plus no lockdown yet!

 

[Podney]

Helen Ariel since my last post re wilding at Boca de Rio,the duchess has informed me that an article in Algarve Resident has said they fined 96people for wild camping in Vila do Bispo on Tuesday this week. GNR not happy bunnies!
I don’t think(99%) there are any signs banning it at Boca de Rio.
Thought I’d better let you know.

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[Helen Ariel]

Helen Ariel since my last post re wilding at Boca de Rio,the duchess has informed me that an article in Algarve Resident has said they fined 96people for wild camping in Vila do Bispo on Tuesday this week. GNR not happy bunnies!
I don’t think(99%) there are any signs banning it at Boca de Rio.
Thought I’d better let you know.

Yes saw that. No signs in many places here but still not allowed. I think if you're sensible it's easy to find free spots but not right on the cliffs by the beaches.

 

[Just smiffy]

Your going to get some fairly wet weather in the next 24hrs or so.... keep safe..

 

[BreweryDave]

Yes saw that. No signs in many places here but still not allowed. I think if you're sensible it's easy to find free spots but not right on the cliffs by the beaches.

It was actually contained in one of the decrees of ‘emergency’, now downgraded to ‘calamity’ but expected to go up again next week, that overnight parking at any beach parking area ( official or not) was prohibited to motorhomes. This was actually challenged by the Portuguese motorhome club, and amended to allow daytime parking. It’s still a matter of conflict, as the GNR will move vans on, and the age old discrimination against motorhomes ‘parking’ argument raises its head weekly here, but since it was prohibited in the COVID legislation, it’s become seen as very anti-social to wild camp anywhere near the coast, and locals will and do complain to the GNR who then act. The law applies to the whole of Portugal, but obviously the Algarve area is where the majority of visitors are. The fines can be quite high.

In its defence, the Algarve has opened many new aires over the past few years to cater for the increase in MH’s in the area. I often see the odd single MH parked up in towns, even for a few days, and these seem to be left alone, it’s where several park together that attention gets drawn !

 

[BreweryDave]

Helen Ariel if you are on Facebook, I highly recommend you join the group called ‘Safe Communities Portugal’ for factual updates on all sorts of things

 

[Helen Ariel]

Helen Ariel if you are on Facebook, I highly recommend you join the group called ‘Safe Communities Portugal’ for factual updates on all sorts of things

Will check it out thanks

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[busby]

She sleeps! She's 11 so she's glad of a rest.
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Looks very content,,its a dogs life eh,,,think Beech has it pretty good,,BUSBY,,

 

[Helen Ariel]

Some pics of the maestro at work in the kitchen making more amazing sourdough bread! I’m very lucky.

Hurry up Sunday morning!

 

[Just smiffy]

Got to eat it warm....

 

[Mikey RV]

Just caught up with this thread. Looks like your both having a great time. Not envious at all being into mountain biking and surfing and body boarding etc. And the pics of the food that you have in your camper I feel like I am eating also because you have the same plates as me. keep the pics coming and happy travels. Thanks for sharing your trip with us.

 

[Helen Ariel]

Just caught up with this thread. Looks like your both having a great time. Not envious at all being into mountain biking and surfing and body boarding etc. And the pics of the food that you have in your camper I feel like I am eating also because you have the same plates as me. keep the pics coming and happy travels. Thanks for sharing your trip with us.

Thanks Mikey! The next wave is dedicated to you!

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[Helen Ariel]

Got to eat it warm....

Helen would kill me if I dared to get stuck in before she’s decreed it’s ready to eat! It’s strictly rationed as I could quite easily eat it in one sitting!

Paul

 

[Just smiffy]

Helen would kill me if I dared to get stuck in before she’s decreed it’s ready to eat! It’s strictly rationed as I could quite easily eat it in one sitting!

Paul

Some things are just worth dying for....

 

[Helen Ariel]

So more rain today but I got out for a short run with Beech during a sunny spell then did a bit of work on the pitch.

We're like proper full timers now as we bought some weed membrane from the garden centre in Lagos on the last rain day which DH put down yesterday and I have dug a channel at the side and back of our pitch which carries the stream of water away behind our pitch into the undergrowth.

We're at the bottom of a small hill and when the rain gets heavy it flows down the gravel road onto the empty pitch next to us then onto ours but my system is working pretty well and it's only the back of the pitch that gets affected so we wanted to stay here rather than moving as it feels like home now.

Beech has a new friend to help her not miss her feline sibling who had to stay home in Sussex.

Although this one is a bit more dainty than our Groovy.

 

[Helen Ariel]

As promised Mikey RV

Solid 4ft to 6ft sets, with the occasional clean up wave coming through. Took a couple right on the head for you!

Paul

 

[Mikey RV]

Cheers guys, made my day. Perfect size for some fun waves. Wish I was there.

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[Helen Ariel]

We've had a lovely couple of days now the weather and surf have improved.

A little surf yesterday but it was a bit messy and Beech had a good play on the beach afterwards.

Back at the campsite we found this beastie. Anyone know what it is?

This morning we popped to the market and bought a couple of sea bass for a bbq then got down on to Tonel beach for mid tide and some beautiful clean waves.

I love surfing when the sets come rolling in slowly with lovely glassy clean faces, the water is see through in places and after I'd paddled out the back i saw quite a few sizeable fish leaping.

I got a few nice waves today and chickened out on quite a few bigger ones. What an amazing feeling when a six foot wall of water rises up in front of you. Now I've learnt not to panic and to push through the wave then when you emerge out of the back of the wave and feel it's power tugging at you and you see it roll away to shore and the spray from the wave blows back and hits you in the face. There is no feeling more alive than this!

After 3 hours down the beach we headed back to the campsite and ravenously devoured the bbqed sea bass in an Asian inspired marinade with a couple of tinnies.

I have a lovely tired, satisfied feeling now and hopefully more waves tomorrow. I just need to be a bit braver now!

 

[busby]

We've had a lovely couple of days now the weather and surf have improved.

A little surf yesterday but it was a bit messy and Beech had a good play on the beach afterwards.
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Back at the campsite we found this beastie. Anyone know what it is?
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This morning we popped to the market and bought a couple of sea bass for a bbq then got down on to Tonel beach for mid tide and some beautiful clean waves.

I love surfing when the sets come rolling in slowly with lovely glassy clean faces, the water is see through in places and after I'd paddled out the back i saw quite a few sizeable fish leaping.

I got a few nice waves today and chickened out on quite a few bigger ones. What an amazing feeling when a six foot wall of water rises up in front of you. Now I've learnt not to panic and to push through the wave then when you emerge out of the back of the wave and feel it's power tugging at you and you see it roll away to shore and the spray from the wave blows back and hits you in the face. There is no feeling more alive than this!

After 3 hours down the beach we headed back to the campsite and ravenously devoured the bbqed sea bass in an Asian inspired marinade with a couple of tinnies.

I have a lovely tired, satisfied feeling now and hopefully more waves tomorrow. I just need to be a bit braver now!

Looks like a Stag Beetle,,BUSBY.

 

[Val 3 dogs]

Sounds to me like you're addicted! afraid there is no hope of a cure- it will forever be "just one more"

 

[Helen Ariel]

Sounds to me like you're addicted! afraid there is no hope of a cure- it will forever be "just one more"

I must say it is more addictive than my other hobby of mountain biking

 

[Helen Ariel]

Looks like a Stag Beetle,,BUSBY.

I thought they had 2 antlers at the front like a stag and were bigger?

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