Our holiday comes to an end

We’ve reached the final day of our holiday and it’s been another glorious, sunny day with a cloudless blue sky and just a gentle breeze to keep us from totally baking. It looks like this week’s good weather is now here to stay in Portugal, and apparently warmer weather is forecast in the UK so here’s hoping.

We walked across the cliffs to the village for lunch, and an excellent lunch it was too. Ed had lamb casserole and I had grouper (some sort of fish, since fish is the local dish here in these small fishing villages) both freshly cooked, Portugese style, with delicious Mediterranean vegetables (yes, I know Portugal is on the Atlantic coast, but who’s counting?) Since it’s our last day, we also had half a litre of Sangria, only Ed had just half a glass so I was forced to finish the rest myself. My mother always taught me to finish up every last scrap on my plate, so true to form, I consumed the Sangria down to the last drop.

It may have accounted for the rubbery legs on the way home, and the fact that I then fell onto the bed and promptly nodded off.

Tomorrow we are picked up at 7.30am for the drive to the airport. We arrive in the UK around lunch time and we hope to be home by early evening.

It’s been a great holiday. Ed is looking really well and we both feel good (or could it be the Sangria?) Unfortunately I haven’t managed to cut the photos down to size, so although I was hoping to show you some nice scenes today, I’m afraid it means waiting until I’m home and have my proper computer with me. (Why is it that in Microsoft Paint you can stretch or skew, rotate either way, but not reduce in size? When I tried to reduce the size to something manageable, I ended up with a square of blue sky but nothing esle, which I didn’t think would be interesting…)