Although we’d used over half of our 20e motorway toll card
just along the Algarve stretch, I had been considering buying another one since we were likely to cover
a lot of motorway driving up the west coast. Surprisingly most of the tolls on
this stretch are covered by toll booths, you pay for each section as you would
in France . Only
the last stretch towards the Spanish border is covered with the automatic
method. We therefore reached Caminha on the Spanish border with just under one
euro left on the card!
The last 4 days had been dominated by overcast skies and
strong winds. Apart from Sao Pedro we had been a little disappointed in what we
had seen. It was therefore pleasing to reach Caminho yesterday afternoon to
blue skies and sunshine, the wind was still there but overall we liked the area
a lot. The campsite is perfectly situated on a broken isthmus with the sea on
one side and a lagoon/ river on the other. The vegetation seemed a lot greener
and across the river is Spain .
We had the menu of the day at the site restaurant, Soup, bread, Chicken fillet
with chips and rice, along with a beer. This cost 6e each.
We’d parked up close to the bar and yet again could easily
pick up a good internet connection using the booster. The site isn’t as big as
some of the other Orbitur sites so good flat pitches can be difficult to find.
Our Saturday morning cycle into Caminha again surprised us
as we found it to be a rather beautiful little town with plenty of bars and
restaurants.
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| One of them is grey, stiff and lifeless? |
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| The centre of Caminha |
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| Looking towards Caminha. |
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| Looking across to Spain. |
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