Monday 14th April 2025
Our day started today with a drive over bridges and causeways as we crossed the man made lake and we made an unscheduled stop at the town of Mourao where we visited its ancient castle.
There was very little written information about the castle on display but it didn’t take much imagination to picture how it once must have been a grandiose structure and have a strong defensive system.
From Mourao we drove to the dam at the end of the lake “Barragem de Alqueira” which is a magnificent structure used to produce hydro electricity before the water disperses as the Rio Guadiana.
Michelle had decided that we needed to attend to some domestic duties, mainly doing the laundry, so we headed to Moura where there was an Intermarche with laundry service.
THE CASE OF THE MISSING SOCK.
We parked 10m from the machines and loaded our laundry, after 10 minutes of trying to understand how to start the process we succeeded and sat and had lunch in Homer whilst it took care of itself.
Then the mystery began, how in a span of 10m there and 10m back could Michelle manage to lose one of my socks, it’s a regular occurrence at home but never before on a motorhome trip😵💫😵💫😵💫
After I overcame the shock and pulled myself together ,we drove to tonight’s free aire at Alqueva , a quiet village that appears to have some wealth judging by the infrastructure of its sports and leisure facilities.
On the outskirts of the village is a rather gruesome statue of what I assume is a local custom, boar hunting.
taraabit 