Alvor Anniversary

About this time last year, we signed up to Club Together and submitted our ‘Postcard from Alvor’ to the Your Stories section. The weather then was all sunshine with temperatures in the twenties. This year we’ve had a week of sunshine and showers at Alvor: long suuny periods stopped short by sudden out-of-nowhere heavy rain. The pattern’s changing with more sun but with a brisk northerly breeze.

Alvor is still a delightful winter stop, with a beautiful beach and an excellent boardwalk network across the dunes which provides seaside access for everyone. We’ve fallen into a routine of morning coffee at our favourite beach bar, followed by an hour’s walk along the beach. One direction takes you to the breakwater at the mouth of the estuary, the other to the rocks and cliffs.

We’re at Camping Alvor again; however, the emphasis here is turning towards mobile homes at the expense of touring pitches. There is an alternative now with the opening this year of an ‘Aire’ adjacent to the Sports Complex. The charge there is 4 Euros a night, meanwhile we’re paying about 10 which includes electicity, hot water, and free wifi.

 With decent wine from the Pingo Doce supermarket only about £1 a bottle, and the complete absence of snow, we’re not planning to return to NG11 until April. Our next stop was to be Tomar, but we need to follow the weather.

Hope you like the photos