The hanging garden trail - Lagoa

This morning I was up at 7am and Ellie got up at 8. There were a few clouds but otherwise it was blue sky and looked set to be a nice day.
I decided I was going to have a rest day off the bike and would rather go for a hike but first I had to clean Wanda’s inside and get out any food in the fridge and then we had to clean the rat piss smelling car.
Wanda was pretty easy to clean but the car took a good couple of hours washing all of the floor mats, parcel shelf and the boot lining with water and fabric softener. And then wiping every single surface of the car with an anti bacterial kitchen spray.
By 10:30am we were ready to roll and the car still smelt.
We headed to the beach car park at the top of lagoa and from there hiked around the sandy cliff tops. These are the photos that Portugal is famous for and its caves and from our walk we could look down the roofs of the caves and see the sea.
Once we reached lagoa beach we found a little cafe and sat down and had my first alcoholic beer of the trip and we both had ice creams.
It was packed with people and there were hundreds of kayakers going out to see the caves and big power boats coming in too. You wouldn’t think it was November.
After drinks we took a slow walk back to the car park and then we realised Ellie still had cat food in her bag so we fed the stray cats at the car park. They already looked very well fed and they have a beautiful house the council has made them.
From lagoa we passed the big Chinese store and stopped to get some car air freshener and then we headed back home.
Today actually felt like we were on holiday instead of travelling and it was lovely to actually just relax for a change.Read more