We had been travelling through France and Spain for almost 2 weeks, visiting various cities along the way (Mr S is complaining that he is cathedraled out ๐) so it was good to arrive just outside Cascais on the Portuguese coast near Lisbon on Saturday for a week of r&r! Although we have been averaging about 15000 steps a day, I hadnโt been for a run for 16 days. Recced a route yesterday and set off before it got too hot. Out of the campsite and down the hill to the seafront, out and back along a section of shoreline on a concrete footpath/cycle way, pancake flat, then along a wooden boardwalk through the dunes back up to the campsite. It felt hard going, but the scenery is beautiful and I love running alongside the sea. 5.25k run and 0.35k walked up the steepest bit!
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got to love a seaside run! Hope it was a gentle cooling breeze coming in off the sea and not a horrid headwind. Enjoy your R&R and save Mr S from too many more Cathedrals!!!
Weโve been a couple of times to the Algarve, but, apart from calling into Lisbon when interrailing as a student hundreds of years ago, weโd never been to the north, so looking forward to something new
All that mild weather might make you soft Sandie! Amazing to think that the snow was hanging around a couple of weeks ago. Hope you both get on the beach soon; and maybe chance a swim.๐ฅถ
I just find it quite mind boggling that the Alps are still in the height of ski season and we are sitting outside the van in 21 degree sunshine (notwithstanding the wind off the Atlantic) I am not brave enough to go in the sea though ๐ฅถ
My Dad used it. He was born in County Durham into a mining family, but he had an aunt who lived in Whitehaven, so the Cumbrian connection is there too.
Fantastic! Cascais is a very nice area. The weather there is just perfect right now. Enjoy the rest of your trip. I wish I was back there. I had such a lovely time in Seville.
How wonderful, you cannot beat sea air! With you on cathedrals, they are beautiful and historic buildings full of ancient relics and stories of our collective past. The churches in Spain were not damaged by the Reformation like in the UK. I have yet to visit Portugal-may be one day!
I just love the Spanish cathedrals, the y are so decorative and have so many carvings and paintings, you donโt know where to look. Havenโt started on the Portuguese ones yet ๐๐ The Portuguese coast is lovely though!
That looks like such a beautiful place to run and warm too. Hope you'll be suitably refreshed and ready to enjoy more cathedrals after your seaside break. โ๏ธ
How lovely! Weโve been to Cascais, but I hadnโt started running when we were there. I remember the long promenade - just perfect for running! Sounds as though youโre having a lovely time ๐.
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