Where's Bertie? He's at a commercial Aire that sits about half way between the tiny villages of Fonte do Penedo and Alcaria. It costs €5 per day to stay here, including the usual services as well as wifi and shower. Electricity is available for €3/day. Exact location: 37.33187, -7.46828.
Weather: Wall-to-wall sunshine but a strong northerly wind making it feel cooler than the daytime high of 13 degrees.
We had Bertie filled and drained and his parking ticket paid by just gone 0830. After a pause at Lidl, inland we went, heading north into a strong northerly wind, on a road that took us up and down many a lump in the landscape. It was only just gone 0930 when we arrived here at this small hilltop Aire that sits in open countryside, between two villages.
One of the views from the Aire, looking down at the reservoir at Odeleite.
The plus point of the Aire being at a high point in the landscape is that it has 360 degree views. The downside is that there is no shelter and today was *really* windy. Going outside was a battle not to lose control of the door, and once out there it was just a battle.
Bertie's up there
By the time we thought about the exposure we had already paid up for three nights, but fortunately we also knew that the wind was forecast to drop during today (which it has) and then further over the next couple of days.
There's no ambling around town and stopping for coffee or lunch to be had here, but, as well as the views, there are oodles of tracks cutting through the countryside, including some marked routes. In particular, the GR15 and the local PR4 run within a very short distance of the Aire and this afternoon's explorations took us on a circuit that used bits of both of those routes. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like I'm going to have the option of a running route that doesn't involve some unrunnable ups and downs.
.... interlude...
A break was had between the last paragraph and this one, during which I went and sampled the shower. My first mains-water shower in 3 weeks and it wasn't a disappointment. Powerful, hot and unrestricted. What a fantastic end to the day :-)
Weather: Wall-to-wall sunshine but a strong northerly wind making it feel cooler than the daytime high of 13 degrees.
We had Bertie filled and drained and his parking ticket paid by just gone 0830. After a pause at Lidl, inland we went, heading north into a strong northerly wind, on a road that took us up and down many a lump in the landscape. It was only just gone 0930 when we arrived here at this small hilltop Aire that sits in open countryside, between two villages.
The plus point of the Aire being at a high point in the landscape is that it has 360 degree views. The downside is that there is no shelter and today was *really* windy. Going outside was a battle not to lose control of the door, and once out there it was just a battle.
By the time we thought about the exposure we had already paid up for three nights, but fortunately we also knew that the wind was forecast to drop during today (which it has) and then further over the next couple of days.
There's no ambling around town and stopping for coffee or lunch to be had here, but, as well as the views, there are oodles of tracks cutting through the countryside, including some marked routes. In particular, the GR15 and the local PR4 run within a very short distance of the Aire and this afternoon's explorations took us on a circuit that used bits of both of those routes. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like I'm going to have the option of a running route that doesn't involve some unrunnable ups and downs.
.... interlude...
A break was had between the last paragraph and this one, during which I went and sampled the shower. My first mains-water shower in 3 weeks and it wasn't a disappointment. Powerful, hot and unrestricted. What a fantastic end to the day :-)
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