WALK(no 128) ON 3 MAY: PORCHES TO ALBANDEIRO BEACH

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Geoff
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WALK(no 128) ON 3 MAY: PORCHES TO ALBANDEIRO BEACH

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Well, Willie led a great walk yesterday and has written copious instructions on how to follow it....as it's a nice day & the forecast is looking gloomy, we thought we would try and redo the walk whilst its fresh in the mind.
Anyone coming?

Details are, from Willie:

"This is a superb walk of great variety, starting off through a hamlet, then crossing the dunes, then through a valley to the cliffs between Marinha and Albandeiro Beaches then back through the valley. A camera is a must if you have not seen the cliffs! It is no more than a 1 on our scale but there is the occasional short sharp climb.

The start point is the Cafe/Restaurant known as Casa de Pasto Paragem. Coming from CVO take the N125 heading east towards Faro. Go past the International School and the traffic lights for Benagil and pass the two BP garages. Just after this take the first right off the roundabout heading uphill for Porches & Armacao de Pera. Keep on this main road and after about 1/2 mile you will come to open ground on the right side then the Casa de Pasto Paragem. There is a lot of open ground for parking opposite. The cafe at the start does a good cheap lunch!

Geoff's usual caveats apply. 10am start."
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Re: WALK ON 3 MAY: PORCHES TO ALBANDEIRO BEACH

Post by Geoff »

We press-ganged Richard and Nick to come with us...but despite Willie's instructions,managed to get lost about 3 times! We made it to the coast & back, but it took 3 hours.
Scope for improvement before I attempt to lead on this one!.......and it just shows that walking and talking and following someone else does not help you remember where you were 24 hours later.

Anyway, to prove we got to the sea!

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