The pink sands of Falasarna beach
After Olwen’s hospital check-up in Chaniá Hospital, we had the whole day ahead of us, so we hit the road west and travelled further along this road than we have […]
A trip outside Paleochora!
Well, this is a strange sensation. Today, we took a spin in the van, for leisure purposes! It is finally permissible to travel within your prefecture for non-essential reasons. This […]
Olwen’s top 5 beaches in Portugal
Carvoeiro: I liked this beach and most of the time it was very warm. I also loved the town; it was pretty and they sold nice ice-creams. The beach was […]
Praia de São Lourenço
Oh my word, another fabulous beach… we had to clamber down rocks to reach this gorgeous little cove. It’s called Praia de São Lourenço and Sian at the Silves site told […]
Leaving Silves, finally
Well, we have finally made the decision that it is time to venture forth. This is an unnerving feeling, for sure, driving off towards the great unknown. Well, not quite […]
Summer solstice 2020
What an amazing place in which to spend this significant day. We didn’t make it for a sunrise swim, but managed sunset instead. Apologies for the quantity of photos here […]
Praia de Armação de Pêra
After John and Kate’s departure, to cheer ourselves up we took a spin to another nearby beach. This time, we went to the working fishing beach of Armação de Pêra. ‘Armação […]
🐾 Pip at the beach
As we’re a sea-loving family, it wasn’t long before we introduced Pip to the beauties of the sea and sand. In fact, we headed straight for the beach on our […]
Exiting Portuguese lockdown
3rd May 2020: It’s hard to believe that we have been seven weeks now in lockdown. We are still in the same campsite in Silves with more or less the […]
Praia do Carvalho
Praia Carvalho is another stunner of a beach. It involves trekking a bit of a distance along a clifftop path, then down lots of steps. Once you reach the cliff above […]