Left the site fairly early for us! Need to do a “Stock up” shop but decided not to try the town Lidle as it’s halfway up a very steep hill and getting in and out isn’t that easy, so we’ll wait until we see an easier one. Navigated our way out and onto the right road heading east away from the coast, sticking to the “B” roads. After a while we entered a large town Alcobaca and followed the signs for the next town we wanted, halfway through the town the signs stopped mentioning towns in our direction! We guessed our way through and the came across a large Lidle with easy access, so we decided to stop and do our shopping, then figure out which way to go! Taking up one row of parking places we left Bella and bought more essentials ie wine and water, oh and a few meals. When we were ready to leave we tried Sally Satnav and she came up trumps showing us a route out of town, by luck we were still on the road we wanted.
We had a very scenic journey going through lots of small towns and villages and some wonderful scenery, especially when we climbed through the hills and along a wide river. Some of the houses built fairly recently are wonderful, very individual with large arched verandas overlooking the countryside. After a quick stop for lunch we joined a wine route and followed that for about an hour, past vineyards and through towns looking slightly French! The roads through some of the towns were dreadful, enough to shake your fillings out! At times it felt like the van may fall apart despite going very slowly. Lynn and Sarah swopped over, so I had Sarah navigating and pointing out the pot holes!
We arrived at the campsite at around 3.30pm still in hot sunshine, so we quickly found a place to park Bella with views of the Barragem de Montargil and sat in the sun with a drink!
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