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

H.P.B. Rocha Brava 4

It was a good time to visit Portugal as there were so many wild flowers

This is the lighthouse near our complex (I thought I'd straightened it!)

View of the lighthouse from our balcony

H.P.B. Rocha Brava 3

This is Centianes Beach which was the nearest to the complex and easy to walk to by road.

The walk back via the cliff top path was certainly 'mountaineering'

H.P.B. Rocha Brava 2

Our balcony

View of the tennis courts from the balcony

One of the five swimming pools on site

Same pool - from the other side!

H.P.B. Rocha Brava, Portugal

Just back from our first holiday in Portugal.

We went to the Holiday Property Bond site - Rocha Brava

This was our first floor apartment...

Everything was brand new as it had very recently been refurbished

Flamsteadbury Wood Bluebells

Walked up to Flamsteadbury Wood yesterday to see the bluebells which are almost at their best. We must go up again in a few days time.

Footpath from Flamsteadbury Lane to St.Mary's church.

Much drier than when we last walked along it!

Eric & Saffy

Settling in a bit more...

Still can't touch them!