Yes, that's me above. With all my documentation checked, I was off to Portugal for my Winter holiday and boarded the bus with my fellow canine companions. It took three days before I arrived in the Algarve and it was so hot!! Fortunately, I was staying in a lovely cottage with the biggest water bowl I have ever seen. A nice man came every morning, giving me a pat and checking the temperature of the water for me. Some days it was so hot, I went out in the countryside and splashed about in a small river - a great way to keep cool. This was all new territory and I had a lovely time here for a couple of weeks. I then moved to another house at Vila do Bispo near Sagres. There were lots of other dogs here to play with. Next door was a big dog I called 'Big Dog' and he had a scruffy little friend I called 'Scruff'. Sometimes they would talk rather loudly for hours on a night and keep me awake, which was a little annoying. Further up the road, two black noses appeared under a gate every morning and they were really noisy too. This turned out to be a marvellous place to stay. Most days I would go to a place called Cabranosa and have a good run in the woods. Then I would sit on top of a mound where there were lots of people looking at the sky. There were some really nice people there, who shared their sandwiches and biscuits with me. I enjoyed being near the sea too. I think my favourite beach was at Boca do Rio which had a lagoon to play in, as well as a dog-friendly beach. I used to meet lots of pals here. Sagres has a smashing harbour with many fishing boats bringing local fish in. I called the fish quay 'Cat World' as I'd never seen so many cats - they were everywhere!! The trouble was, even though I pulled at my lead and looked menacing, they just stared at me and weren't in the least bit frightened. After a couple of months, I moved to Alvor where there's the most incredible beach, so long, I didn't know which way to run first! At one end of the beach, there were even caves to hide in! But the best thing in Alvor was probably my sunbed, where I could snooze in the warm sunshine, all Winter!!!
Tony and joanne cook hornsea
10/3/2019 10:28:39 am
Thank you so much for your blog nigel as first timers in portugal we learned so much from your blogs about birds and places to go. We had a fab 4 weeks in november and 6 weeks in jan /Feb. Hope ti be back later in the year . Many thanks
Nigel Genn
10/3/2019 03:42:47 pm
It's great to know I helped. Such a kind comment. Comments are closed.
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