Friday 29th March 2019 – Alvor to Terrugem

Alvor to Terrugem - 185 miles

We got a load of washing done, dried and packed away yesterday, which was our main reason for using a campsite. We shouldn't now need a laundry again before getting home. Nice hot showers too so today we were ready to get some serious miles under the wheels and managed an earlyish start for a change.

We decided to head north through the Algarve into Alentejo, which is very picturesque following the ID1 and IC2, both quiet fast roads and no tolls. We've used this route before and indeed stopped at the same places too – Beja for lunch then Terrugem to overnight. Not a lot more to say about our day except we're pleased with our progress – although one of our party is still grumpy at being cooped up in his cage all day...........!

Terrugem is still in Portugal, although only 30 mins from the border – we mention this because we'll be losing an hour tomorrow when we cross to Spain so are looking for another early start.