I organised myself to go out for a run this morning. The last time we stayed here in Silves I never sorted out a running route. So this year I was determined to do so. Out of the hotel, down to the corner, across the road, over the river, along the main thoroughfare and eventually a path through a park and a children’s play area. Not ideal but satisfactory.
It was already hot at just after 8.00. A beautiful morning - blue sky and purple blossom.
I say I went for a run but a number of people overtook me walking smartly! No wonder my Fitbit thinks I just go for walk.
Yesterday I complained about NHS app security. Last night I tried to access mu Fitbit app. It’s just a bit of nonsense, checking if I have met the arbitrary goals for steps and exercise and burning calories. Definitely not to be taken seriously. Normally straightforward, last night it demanded that I sign in with my email address and my password. Did I even have a password for Fitbit? If I did it was long forgotten. I tried to sort out a new one - too complicated after a day’s travelling! I’ll try again sometime soon.
Middle evening yesterday, we went out looking for somewhere to eat, looking forward to some nice fish. I had a notebook with records of places we had found last year and so we set off to we fresh our memory of where they were. We dd get rather lost in the labyrinth of little back streets but things began to look familiar. However, some places were closed, disappointingly. Lastvyear we enjoyed splendid fish at a place called the Taberna Portuguesa. Portuguesa no longer, it is now a Brazilian churasqueira, offering a selection of meat, fish, chicken, with various salad and vegetable dishes - all you can eat for €16! Finding nowhere else to our liking, this is where we ended up.the food was rasty but not quite what we had planned for a meal to celebrate our return!
So it goes.
Back in he UK we have left behind the political chaos of Starmer’s will-he won’t-he resignation, Andy Burnham running for parliament and pundits predicting the continued rise of Reform UK. That last despite Reform UK councillors resigning their posts for various scandalous reasons. And it seems the whole Brexit - Europe debate rumbles on. We are well out of it!
Life goes on. Stay safe and well, everyone!










