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| Oil drum wall |
I'm writing this post from a campsite near the village of Odeleite - practically on the Portugal-Spain border, up on a plateau with gorgeous panoramic views for miles and miles. We can see the Guadiana river (the actual border) from our pitch and we're still just on the Portuguese side. Our current campsite is actually a motorhome aire owned by the local hunting association which, admittedly, isn't very Veganuary, but we've not heard anyone shooting at the wildlife yet! It's an amazing 8 euros a night including electricity and there's fantastic walking routes right from our doorstep. We've been out for great hikes on each of the past three days and are considering delaying our planned departure from Tuesday until Friday or beyond so we can do even more wandering.
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| Our motorhome is second from the right |
The oil drum wall pictured at the top of this post is part of a small ramshackle encampment nearby where a woman seems to live on her own and keeps an assortment of ducks, geese, chickens and guinea fowl. Most of the place looks as though it was built from recycled materials. It's brilliant!
Traditional farming is apparently still practiced around here (according to one of our Walk Route leaflets anyway). We've not yet seen anyone using a horse-drawn plough, but a wandering shepherd brought his flock of sheep and goats across the land just below our aire on Friday. He had about half a dozen dogs 'helping', only one of which looked like how I envisage a Collie sheepdog. The others were mostly guess-the-breed mutts, but they were certainly enthusiastic!
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On my blogs this week were:
Stephanie Jane
A Month In Books - December 2018
Books From The Backlog - UK2 by Terry Tyler
December Challenges Wrapup - Bookish Bingo
#WorldReads - Five Books From Argentina
Literary Flits
Crush by Richard Siken review
Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey review
Crazy As Chocolate by Elisabeth Hyde review
The Bead Collector by Sefi Atta review
Incident At Diamond Springs by Kendall Hanson review + #FreeBook
Farm Land: Sentience by Gemma Lawrence review
Black Holes by Ochi review + #FreeBook
Airing Out
No new campsites this week
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| One of the views from our pitch |
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| Guadiana River |
Oh my word, those are some gorgeous views. I could just sit out there all day reading. It looks so peaceful.
ReplyDeleteIt's absolute bliss and we're getting gorgeous sunsets too :-)
DeleteBeautiful pics as always! The hiking sounds fabulous as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks Greg!
DeleteWe've been out hiking almost every day this year so far and I am feeling good for the exercise
8 euros a night is a bargain!
ReplyDeleteIt looks so peaceful. :)
If we could cope without the electric hookup it would only be 5 euros!!
DeleteI hope your having a good time. I'm loving all the pictures.
ReplyDeleteWe're having a fab time!
DeleteIt looks very peaceful (shooting aside). It sounds like incredible value for money too! x
ReplyDeleteSophie
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It's amazing value! A similar sort of place in the UK would easily be three times the price and wouldn't be so laid back
DeleteYou are having such a great experience. I would love to just sit and watch the dogs with the sheep. Thanks for sharing the photos.
ReplyDeleteWe enjoyed watching them for about half an hour. There was a younger dog who was learning how to make sheep move in the right direction and she obviously thought it was all a brilliant game!
DeleteI always love your pictures. Anne - Books of My Heart
ReplyDeleteThank you Anne :-)
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