Hot, hot, hot!!

We’re heading in the direction of Portugal. We have never been there so why not? It’ll be another country flag for Ivy. The roads once we get back down the mountain are long and straight mostly so we made good progress. It’s too hot to be outside anyway, especially walking anywhere with Bliss so driving during the day with short stops along the way is for the best. Luckily Ivy has lovely cool air con and it’s just so good to be able to escape the heat.
We came to a huge lake with a bridge for us to cross over. Darren noticed that there were hundreds of big fish in it so we parked up and went back to have a look. Bliss took the opportunity to cool off in the lake for a while before we continued on our way. The drive is always interesting, the landscape changed regularly from huge flat agricultural fields to meadows full of flowers, huge boulders that were stacked strangely on top of each other leading us to wonder how they were created. We passed a hotel in the middle of nowhere that really reminded us of The Bates Motel! 😳...we decided not to stop!
Another free aire for the night, one other campervan there. It’s still pretty hot so Bliss immediately took her place underneath Ivy for a nap, while we sheltered inside. The flies are a bloody nuisance and though we have fly screens on all the windows and skylight we don’t for the side door and the back doors so we vowed to get some. I think you really need them both to be open when it’s this hot to create a through breeze.
It stays hot until the sun goes down at 21:45 so we aren’t able to explore the village with Bliss.
Highlight of our day… The sunset which was absolutely stunning, there were a few clouds that really caught the sun’s golden glow as it went down.Les mer