Alcoutim

About 20miles inland up the Guardiana river is Alcoutim on the Portuguese side and Sanlucar on the Spanish, our pilot book said the river was not too be missed so here we are. It is very peaceful but the wind has picked up as it said it would and we and everyone else are swinging around a fair bit but if things go as expected the wind will ease tonight and we will go off in the kayaks to explore even further up the river tomorrow. We saw a lot of herons and egrets on the way up as well as large mostly white jellyfish with short stubby tentacles. The other thing of note is that the forecast says there may even be a little rain tomorrow which would be lovely to help cool things down.Read more