9th June
Well I certainly got lots of driving practice today; I
offered to drive Pam to the festival (Salva a Terra) which we thought was at
Idanha a Nova; well it wasn't, it was in the municipality of Idanha a Nova, but
nowhere near the village of the same name. I ended up driving for nearly 2
hours to get there!!! We stopped and asked for directions several times, and
everyone gave us different instructions, it was mad - but very good practice
for our Portuguese language.
When we got there we were so disappointed
.................... apart from the fact there was practically nothing there we
were far too early, we stayed a couple of hours then drove home - I don't think
we'll bother to go next year!! Fortunately we didn't pay to get in.
10th June
This morning we helped P&M erect their teepee, it's
quite a complex procedure; first you tie three poles together at the top and
raise these to form a tripod, then three more poles are introduced at each of
the three apexes of the original three poles, then you have to wrap the canvas
around the poles (after folding and tying it along a pole so that it can be
easily unfolded) - suffice to say it's a skill!!!! Anyway it's up, and we left
P&M fastening it down to the platform.
On our way back along our track we came across an English
plated camper van driving towards our quinta. It pulled off the road; so, being
nosy, we stopped for a chat. It was an English couple who were coming to have a
second look at some land that they might buy. So we went to have a look at
their land, then they came back with us to see our quinta and have a cup of tea
- and that was our day gone (it's a hard life).
Louis started cutting our grass this afternoon, the land
just below the building we are living in; Brett went off to train and I spent the
whole time he was away hoping that Louis wouldn't come and try to speak to me,
I'm far more confident when Brett is with me, and I don't want to resort to
miming again!!!
This evening we went round to P&M's for dinner; we
noticed that the people we met earlier were 'wild camping' in the village. When
we drove home through the quinta we disturbed a creature we have never seen
before, we think it's a GENET (no I've never heard of one either), we didn't
get a clear view of the body but the tail is quite distinctive.
No we didn't manage to take a photo! I got this off the internet.
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