Dino Footprints Portugal All that hill-walking in Ireland has stood me in good stead. Since our return to Portugal, the Oldies have been dragging me around a load of cliffs. They’d heard so much about the famous Portuguese dinosaur footprints, they finally decided to take a look at some of them for themselves. The first location was at Cabo Espichel on the southwest corner of the Setúbal peninsula. What a stunningly beautiful spot! Well worth a visit just for the…
We’d had a taste of things to come when we visited the cliffs of Cabo de São Vicente, but we still weren’t quite prepared for the unspoilt, rugged beauty of the south western coast of Portugal. The entire area is a national park (Paisagem Protegida do sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina – try saying that after a bottle of Blog wine!), and so the small towns and fishing villages are far and few between and there are none of the…
I am not the only Big Bird on the cliff. Since we arrived in Portugal, we have seen a large number of storks, many nesting on roofs, poles, chimneys, church belfries and derelict industrial buildings in towns and villages along the coast. They are quite a common sight which is not surprising, considering that the stork is protected in this country and it is against the law to demolish any structure on which storks nest. The lucky ducks! We poor…