Around Olhao

Olhao has an old part of town with small alleyways with many tiled buildings and quite a few decaying old buildings with rusting balconies. 

Parts of it are similar to Northern Morocco.

There are large daily fresh fish & vegetable markets and a large visiting market on Saturdays when the town really fills up.






It's easy to pass the day in the cafes enjoying the good coffee and cakes and watching the locals, most of whom seem to do the same thing.












It rained and I decided to try making some bread rolls in my Omnia Swedish oven. This works on a gas ring and has been quite successful as an oven which is the main thing missing from this van as there is no space for one. The bread turned out as successful as being made in a conventional oven the only problem is if you make loaves or quiches they have a hole in the centre. I have made mushroom roast & roasted vegetables and it will be used to make Christmas dinner.

This is my large pitch at the campsite which is a bit too shaded for winter but I can follow the sun around through the day.


It's been warmer than I expected and drier but there are some windy days, but quite good for December.

I have a visitor for a week, Lynne an old friend has come to stay over Christmas, as she is also alone we will have some company together. She flew to Faro airport which is only 11 miles away and I collected her there. Close to the airport is Faro beach which was a surprise as its directly on to the ocean unlike most other places around here which have long sand islands in front of them. There were surfers there and quite a few wild camping motorhomes.

I saw this unusual UK registered van on market day in Olhao which had many admirers.