Tuesday 14th of August 2012,
Not quite as early a start as planned as slept in a bit, well getting close to Lisbon so towns and the walk is bit by bit getting more industrial and built up. As this part of the journey is basically following the river, its quite flat or just rolling hills.
Weather mild to warm with thunderstorms predicted, luckily make it to Alverca prior to the rain ...a walk of about 26km.
Get myself settled and go and sit in a bar/restaurant by the river... that's when the storm hit, thunder, lightning and very strong winds .... mayhem for about 15 minutes then all quiet again.
Well into Lisbon tomorrow and maybe a few days there to look around ... see how long I can take city life for.