H.P.B. Rocha Brava 12 - Bird Watching

SWMBO wanted to go birdwatching so we spent a morning with an extremely enthusiastic and knowledgeable English chap who had spent many years living in Portugal.

It turned in to a morning of birds and flowers...

 

H.P.B. Rocha Brava 11 - Coast Walk

The walk back from Smugglers Cove along the cliff path was pretty treacherous in places and was more like rock climbing than cliff top rambling - of course, we didn't realise it would be like that so we didn't exactly have the best shoes on for the terrain.

Worth it for the flowers though...

H.P.B. Rocha Brava 10 - Smugglers Cove

This is the access to Smugglers Cove near the complex - not that easy to find, but worth it

There's a strange 'hidey hole' next to the steps

View from the hole

Smugglers Cove/Bay

H.P.B. Rocha Brava 9 - Carvoeiro

This was the nearest town to our complex - Carvoeiro

H.P.B. Rocha Brava 9 - Ferragudo Streets

More streets and alleyways for S.W.M.B.O.

H.P.B. Rocha Brava 8 Ferragudo

Small fishing port of Ferragudo

Main town square - time for a shandy!

H.P.B. Rocha Brava 7 - Monchique

Monchique - up in the mountains

As I said, it was a good time for flowers

Another orange tree

Strange church door?

H.P.B. Rocha Brava 6 Silves Streets

S.W.M.B.O. likes streets and alleyways - enough said!

H.P.B. Rocha Brava 5 - Silves

Heading into the mountains - this is Silves

An orange tree. I think the locals wondered why we were photographing it!

Silves Castle as seen in the first photo