A terrible campsite experience in Ericeira - looked like a giant car park, no kitchen, rock hard camp spot with no wind shelter, next to busy road, locked out after midnight - I am looking for a better sleeping solution the next day. Alan proposes the floor in his hotel room, with the bonus of an included breakfast the next day... a touch of luxury, sure, why not?
The ocean temperature is 17C, so I just hang out on the beach, but don't test the waters. I find it difficult to know how to spend my day here in Ericeira. There are lots of surf shops, fancy cafes and ice cream parlours, but no real Portuguese culture left here.... I hear Irish accents on the street more than any other. I also am used to traveling most days so I get itchy feet/ scratchy pedals after more than one day in a spot.
Time to move on. I get invited to an ecological retreat on Warm Showers and decide to head there the next day as it is on my way to Lisbon.
However when I get to Colares, my hostess does not confirm when I can arrive and I am forced to spend a night near the beach of Fojo da Andraga: inconvenient, but wild camping possibilities abound. It allows me another opportunity to enjoy a magnificent sunset on the coast.
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