Friday 11 th April 2025.
It rained on and off for the whole of our journey today, we took another country road to avoid paying motorway tolls but it wasn’t as easy today to enjoy the scenery and not only did it rain but the temperature was 15 degrees less than it has been for the past 5 days.
We took a detour on our journey to have a look at Albufeiro da Barragem de Sabugal, trying saying that after a few drinks.The river was dammed to make a huge reservoir which is the main structure of a hydro agricultural project.
We stopped for lunch en route and by chance opposite us was a stone structure that had been built to capture a small spring coming from the hill above.
All around us, where we had parked, was a wonderful display of wild flowers .
From the reservoir we drove on to tonight’s aire near the River Tagus outside the town, it again is free but no electric hook up. We took a slow walk along the river enjoying the views.
There were allotments dotted along the river with a variety of fruit trees and vegetables, also as we walked further there were olive groves and orange orchards.
We followed a small stream along a boardwalk , that lead to a main road and the road back to the aire.
The area where we were was very scenic however the main town a few kilometres away was quite industrial with a huge factory making wood chip from eucalyptus trees harvested locally. Unfortunately the emissions from this factory didn’t smell too pleasant.
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