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Last Day In The Algarve
Like the little chap in the photo above, we’ve been moving very slowly of late.
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Praia de Luz Rockpools
The Algarve, famous as the sunny retreat of hordes of over-wintering folks from Northern Europe, is being a little bit temperamental, weather-wise.
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Olhão and the Ria Formosa
We moved on from Tavira yesterday, just a few kilometres down the road to Olhão, a fishing town that lies at the heart of the Ria Formosa Natural Park.
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Bird-watching in Isla Cristina
As predicted, we spent a second day here today at Isla Cristina. We’d seen yesterday how beautiful and fascinating the beach was and we’d had a brief look at the estuary and the mudflats behind the beach, which were teeming with birdlife.
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Isla Cristina
We’ve put in quite a few miles over the last couple of days, travelling down the coast from Torrox, east of Malaga, all the way to Isla Cristina, on the border with Portugal.
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Sierra Nevada and Órgiva
Ho hum, the best laid plans and all that…
We’d spent some time yesterday at La Garrofa, picking through the campsite books, and pouring over the maps to work out where we wanted to go and where to stay in the Sierra Nevada.
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Processionary Caterpillar Nests
Whilst we were staying with Susan and Malcolm on their almond farm in Lledo, they told us about the Processionary Caterpillar, and how dangerous it was.
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Parc Ornithologique de Pont de Gau
Today was always going to be Flamingo Day. We were weighing up whether to cycle to the lagoon where the flamingoes are supposed to breed and gather in large numbers (14km each way) or whether to go to the Pont de Gau reserve (4km each way).
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Where to see seals in the UK
Seal spotting in the UK is easier than you might think, since half the world’s population of grey seals lives around the coast of the UK.
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