Almograve to Milfontes . . .

. . . or Vila Nova de Milfontes, to give it its Sunday name . . .

. . . next stage shaping after invitation to Tavira for a few days dog walking with Jane at the intriguing interbeing sangha which I heard about when we met in Tavira a few weeks ago . . two weeks to get there and perfectly possible to finish the Rota Vicentina at Santiago de Cacem in four or five days, walk down the parts of the Historical Route missed by following the Fishermen's Path, link to the Algarve Way from Aljezur to Monchique then east . . . buses also available . . . and an invitation from Victoria at the Quinta Alvorada do Ouro near Tavira to follow up . . .

. . . a short Sunday saunter along dunes, past fields of sand apparently planted with grass for turf . . . golf courses, gardens? On a clifftop what looks like stupas and turns out to be single rocks, naturally formed or arranged long ago . . . the guide book talks of stone age remains hereabouts . . .

. . . the wind has dropped, the sky is clear and it is t-shirt walking weather again . . . and a picnic on the beach of Furnas, over the river from Milfontes . . .

. . . in town, Rute, at the tourist info is very helpful, friendly, fluent in English amonst other languages and contacts the folks at the Eco Surf Camp, having Sunday lunch out, who arrange to meet me at five or six at the tourist info to take me to tonight's accommodation outside town . . .