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 Wed 23 Mar 22 19:38 
 The rain in Spain - smokie
They are just 4 for €1 in the local Lidl (walking distance, opened just after we arrived)

Down here in the Algarve there are just so many holiday apartments, mostly closed up and unoccupied at the times we are here. We are staying in Armacao de Pera which has large blocks of them. Our "host" (local tourism lady) says they are mostly second homes for Portuguesers.

We drove out in the rain today to the most southerly point of the EU today (Sagres) and we talked yet again about how many apparently derelict properties there are. But we know for sure that some are lived in. And in the villages in the countryside you can see the poverty. I think it's different around Lisbon however.

We know a Brit couple who live near here and he is trying to make a living as a plumber. Work seems very sporadic, some weeks are very lucrative but others less so. They are getting by as costs are lower than the UK but I think it's quite difficult for them.

I'm sure most who come here go to Albufeira with no car hire and don't venture much further than the local KFC or Maccy Ds and have no idea how the general country looks, but for me it makes you realise just how lucky we (and most people in the UK) are.
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 The rain in Spain  legacylad 21 Mar 22 19:56
 The rain in Spain  sooty123 21 Mar 22 20:01
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 The rain in Spain  legacylad 21 Mar 22 22:04
 The rain in Spain  CGNorwich 21 Mar 22 22:14
 The rain in Spain  legacylad 21 Mar 22 22:35
 The rain in Spain  Duncan 21 Mar 22 22:38
 The rain in Spain  smokie 21 Mar 22 23:33
 The rain in Spain  Zero 22 Mar 22 08:26
 The rain in Spain  MD 23 Mar 22 17:51
 The rain in Spain  Manatee 23 Mar 22 18:01
 The rain in Spain  smokie 23 Mar 22 19:38
 The rain in Spain  bathtub tom 23 Mar 22 22:15
 The rain in Spain  Bromptonaut 24 Mar 22 08:06
 The rain in Spain  Duncan 24 Mar 22 09:04
 The rain in Spain  Dog 22 Mar 22 08:18
 The rain in Spain  Bobby 22 Mar 22 11:38
 The rain in Spain  Zero 22 Mar 22 12:09
 The rain in Spain  legacylad 22 Mar 22 17:45
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 The rain in Spain  Crankcase 22 Mar 22 18:48
 The rain in Spain  CGNorwich 22 Mar 22 18:52
 The rain in Spain  Crankcase 22 Mar 22 19:00
 The rain in Spain  legacylad 22 Mar 22 19:01
 The rain in Spain  Crankcase 22 Mar 22 19:04
 The rain in Spain  smokie 22 Mar 22 20:28
 The rain in Spain  legacylad 22 Mar 22 20:41
 The rain in Spain  Zero 22 Mar 22 23:00
 The rain in Spain  Crankcase 23 Mar 22 07:27
 The rain in Spain  Zero 23 Mar 22 09:01
 The rain in Spain  Crankcase 23 Mar 22 16:54
 The rain in Spain  Zero 23 Mar 22 17:25
 The rain in Spain  Crankcase 23 Mar 22 17:37
 The rain in Spain  Duncan 22 Mar 22 22:14
 The rain in Spain  PeterS 22 Mar 22 22:18
 The rain in Spain  Duncan 22 Mar 22 22:37
 The rain in Spain  smokie 23 Mar 22 00:21
 The rain in Spain  Duncan 23 Mar 22 06:58
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 The rain in Spain  legacylad 24 Mar 22 16:05
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