Sunday 29 March 2015

The local church clock rings out the hour, every hour – twice. No idea why but it actually didn’t keep us awake. Just as well as the clocks went forward one hour!

Another gorgeous morning and after customary bacon and eggs we made the short climb into the, what turned out to be, small village. Very picturesque, including a small hidden bull-ring, it didn’t take us long to explore.

Narrow streets

That church with the two-timing clock

Town square - with ancient stocks in middle

Bull Ring

The aire at Monsaraz - super location

So where next? Despite everything we were enjoying, practicalities were starting to intrude i.e. the laundry was building up again. Deciding to kill two birds with one stone, the ACSI campsite at Evora beckoned, both for its proximity to the city and its washing machines! Less than an hour away, we had to make a small diversion away from a town that was having some sort of celebration – Palm Sunday? – but it was no bother and we were soon turning into Orbitur Camping, where we booked for 2 nights (and bought ridiculously expensive washer/dryer tokens).

A nice pitch, a quick lunch and Terry set up while Bren got started on the laundry. Being a lovely warm day with a gentle breeze, the dryer was almost superfluous but we got the whole lot done, dried and put away by teatime! And we both got quite a bit of sun lounger time too. Which leaves tomorrow free so we’re planning on taking the bus into, we’re told, a nice place to explore.

Yet another sunset!