Spain/Portugal where are you?
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Pauljenny
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Boa Viagem.
We'll be in Porto tomorrow and Friday. ...
Just in case you want to carry out your offer of buying us that drink?
Then, we're looking at taking the N 2 to Chaves, Bragança Zamora, to Santander.
What do you think?.. 3 easy driving days ?
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well that was a mad night !
the students ,in their different groups by subject , and looking like they'd strayed off a Harry Potter set
(JKRowling got inspiration for the Hogwarts black cape while seeing students on the Porto Coimbra train )
were all walking behind their floats singing their class song at the tops of their voices, and jumping about like a mad mosh pit . each class had a different song , and they all sounded quite aggressive , similar to a Maori Haka.
to help things go with a swing , SuperBock had supplied an endless supply of beer. so the students weren't just ratarsed, they were drenched in beer too ! and even better ,anyone in the crowd who held out an empty hand had it filled instantly with an ice cold can !
obviously i didn't buy a beer all night
this morning though , i walked some of the route and it was completely clear, last night we were wading through flattened beer cans , great clean up crew
my g/son told me that part of the initiation ritual involved loads of students going to a field and getting drunk, then the Bombeiros, fire brigade turned up and turned their hoses on them, which created a sea of mud , then they all did mud wrestling !
the students ,in their different groups by subject , and looking like they'd strayed off a Harry Potter set
(JKRowling got inspiration for the Hogwarts black cape while seeing students on the Porto Coimbra train )
were all walking behind their floats singing their class song at the tops of their voices, and jumping about like a mad mosh pit . each class had a different song , and they all sounded quite aggressive , similar to a Maori Haka.
to help things go with a swing , SuperBock had supplied an endless supply of beer. so the students weren't just ratarsed, they were drenched in beer too ! and even better ,anyone in the crowd who held out an empty hand had it filled instantly with an ice cold can !
obviously i didn't buy a beer all night
this morning though , i walked some of the route and it was completely clear, last night we were wading through flattened beer cans , great clean up crew
my g/son told me that part of the initiation ritual involved loads of students going to a field and getting drunk, then the Bombeiros, fire brigade turned up and turned their hoses on them, which created a sea of mud , then they all did mud wrestling !
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2 days in Porto. Well worth the white knuckle ride to get to Regua.
No problem leaving the van on the aire.
Half price train tickets because we showed our pensioner's passports. 19€ return.
Had some cracking cheap meals and blagged extra drinks at the port tasting. Took the Hop on/ off bus tour, to get our bearings.
While The Child Bride was siesta- ing ,
I spent the best part of an hour in a traditional barber's chair, While the 84 year old gave me the full treatment, razors, tapers, the lot.
Rest day on the aire, Sunday, as it was raining.
Now in Braganza, after another 20 miles of mayhem on the N2.. Then the relief of 70 miles on the, toll-free IP4 and A4 motorways.
No problem leaving the van on the aire.
Half price train tickets because we showed our pensioner's passports. 19€ return.
Had some cracking cheap meals and blagged extra drinks at the port tasting. Took the Hop on/ off bus tour, to get our bearings.
While The Child Bride was siesta- ing ,
I spent the best part of an hour in a traditional barber's chair, While the 84 year old gave me the full treatment, razors, tapers, the lot.
Rest day on the aire, Sunday, as it was raining.
Now in Braganza, after another 20 miles of mayhem on the N2.. Then the relief of 70 miles on the, toll-free IP4 and A4 motorways.
Pauljenny
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Easier roads, after Villa Real to Bragança.
Beautiful, but chilly.
Good aire. Worth a visit.
Now at Agilla de Campoo, 60 miles south of Santander.
Nice aire, gentle riverside stroll into a pleasant, tidy old centre. Quite tourist friendly. Great lunch in historical centre.
We can see the snow on the Picos de Europa.
Carlos Terciero. Brandy helps.
Beautiful, but chilly.
Good aire. Worth a visit.
Now at Agilla de Campoo, 60 miles south of Santander.
Nice aire, gentle riverside stroll into a pleasant, tidy old centre. Quite tourist friendly. Great lunch in historical centre.
We can see the snow on the Picos de Europa.
Carlos Terciero. Brandy helps.
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Heard the rumour about the cork factory closing but can't confirm, it was a bit of a dump anyway.
Sports ground is now gated apparently and they are now charging.
Heard through the grapevine, not been there since January myself.
Sports ground is now gated apparently and they are now charging.
Heard through the grapevine, not been there since January myself.
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Just up the road from us in Cernache do Bonjardim...we are poshing it though in a house. Van not with us this trip!
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And we’ll be on a (whisper it) Campsite on the Costa Calida by mid October. Ferry from Hull to Zeebrugge on Tuesday week.
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Hull to Zeebrugge. What's wrong with a leisurely,
peaceful, unstressful drive the length of Old Blighty
to Dover or Portsmouth ferry ports :lol-061:
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No problem with that , Pat. You're in it to enjoy yourself.
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If everyone wild camped all of the time, everywhere.. The whole world would be chaos.... And there'd be no campsites for when we need them. I used 6, this summer . 1 proper site, 3 weekend club meets and 2 Wildcampers meets.
Will you be venturing our way, this winter?
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It's a Yorkshire thing.. When we lived in Leeds, the ONLY way to the Continent was via Hull.
All that driving south, losing the will to live before passing Derby. The horrors of the M25, Dartford crossings and then Kent... .
You could get decent fish and chips, cheap, nourishing ale and a proper breakfast, before leaving Hull.
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iampatman
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Absolutely.
Leave Bingley mid afternoon, miss rush hour, sail from Hull at 18.30, couple of drinks and some grub on board. Wake up next morning in Belgium.
Alternatively we could spend god knows how long on the M1/A1, M11, M25 etc......just to get to Dover.
No contest really.
Pat
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