Where's Bertie? He's still at the commercial Aire at Albufeira.
Weather: Wall-to-wall sunshine, but a bit of a breeze today.
It was bit of a struggle to find myself a running route for this morning. Being in the suburbs most of the roads have a pavement on at least one side, but there are also lots of side roads. Side roads have two problems: the potential to have to keep stopping for traffic and the danger of me having an aberration and looking the wrong way when crossing. I couldn't find any off-road paths of a decent length nor identify any nearby tiny lanes that looked suitable. Eventually I found a location that would involve only one road crossing, but with the downside that it also involved running around the same block five times.
The block around which I ran was mainly huge villas, completely out of keeping with everything we've seen in small-town Portugal. There was just one empty plot, being put into use by these occupants - the four legged ones looked a little out of place in such a built-up area.
With little enthusiasm for more walking around the town, and with a good breeze blowing, tackling the washing finally came to the top of my to-do list. It wasn't an arduous chore: the Aire has a laundry, so I was able to put a load in then return to Bertie until it was done. That dried so quickly that after lunch I put another load in, which is going to almost, but not quite, dry before the sun dips out of sight (which is going to happen about ten minutes from now).
Aside from a walk to the shops to buy bread and cakes, that's all we have done out of doors today. Otherwise, it's been a quiet day of reading, interspersed with a bit of cleaning and a bit of planning (a very little bit - we've identified where we're headed tomorrow).
Weather: Wall-to-wall sunshine, but a bit of a breeze today.
It was bit of a struggle to find myself a running route for this morning. Being in the suburbs most of the roads have a pavement on at least one side, but there are also lots of side roads. Side roads have two problems: the potential to have to keep stopping for traffic and the danger of me having an aberration and looking the wrong way when crossing. I couldn't find any off-road paths of a decent length nor identify any nearby tiny lanes that looked suitable. Eventually I found a location that would involve only one road crossing, but with the downside that it also involved running around the same block five times.
The block around which I ran was mainly huge villas, completely out of keeping with everything we've seen in small-town Portugal. There was just one empty plot, being put into use by these occupants - the four legged ones looked a little out of place in such a built-up area.
With little enthusiasm for more walking around the town, and with a good breeze blowing, tackling the washing finally came to the top of my to-do list. It wasn't an arduous chore: the Aire has a laundry, so I was able to put a load in then return to Bertie until it was done. That dried so quickly that after lunch I put another load in, which is going to almost, but not quite, dry before the sun dips out of sight (which is going to happen about ten minutes from now).
Aside from a walk to the shops to buy bread and cakes, that's all we have done out of doors today. Otherwise, it's been a quiet day of reading, interspersed with a bit of cleaning and a bit of planning (a very little bit - we've identified where we're headed tomorrow).
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