We clambered aboard a white speedboat on Caroveiro beach - just four us - Frances, Stew, Phoebe and I. There were four other English trippers, an elderly Canadian man and two young Portuguese men - one taking charge of the outboard motor and the other acting as a guide. I do not remember their names.
As I said before, that limestone coast is hollowed out with numerous caves and at the head of some of them there are beaches with natural "windows" that look up to the sky above. Our pilot must have taken us in to a dozen of these caves during our ninety minute voyage that ended at beautiful Marinha Beach before heading back to Caroveiro. It was quite thrilling and we enjoyed it very much. You should have heard Phoebe laughing like a dervish on the bouncy return to base.
In the picture below, we are approaching Farol de Alfanzina. You can see the red top of the lighthouse peeping over the cliff and three sea cave entrances.
In one cave, the guide borrowed Frances's smartphone to capture the following image:-
And here is the author of this blog with his first and much loved grandchild...
Here she is again as we approach Praia da Marinha...
When we got back to Caroveiro we treated ourselves to ice creams. Mine was rice pudding flavour as they didn't have Yorkshire Pudding. Phoebe had chocolate just like Peppa Pig but she wouldn't allow me to have even a single spoonful... "No! It's mine!"
from Yorkshire Pudding https://ift.tt/z3mjKTn