A short evening walk, without the sea.
According to this forecast, with lots of rain, thunderstorms, and gusts of up to 90 km/h…
…it was clear to us what we would be doing on Tuesday.
In the evening, we had a game night with friends.
Heavy rain, thunderstorms, and gusts of wind were forecast for Wednesday night, but the night was relatively calm. On Thursday morning, the storm slowly began to gather strength. Most people had already prepared the day before, but there are always those who don’t, and then things get interesting on the course. Our groundskeeper spent the entire morning busy protecting his home.
The stormier it got, the more we kept checking our awning to make sure no pockets of water were forming. Thanks to Alex’s bamboo construction, however, this didn’t happen and the water drained away easily.
Only once had a gust of wind shaken our awning so violently at night that Alex had to secure the bamboo structure a little differently.
The brief breaks in the rain were then used to refill the toilet, the waste water tank, and dispose of rubbish. Or simply to check that everything was OK and that no one needed help.
The nice thing was that it wasn’t cold at all.
I took advantage of the bad weather to make some delicious rum balls.
And something new from Macrame for our curtains.
Our friends asked us again to walk their dog because they had an urgent appointment. Of course, we were happy to do so. It was good that there were breaks in the rain at least on that day, because our friends’ appointment unexpectedly took longer than expected and we had to walk the dog again in the evening.
Saturday also started off rainy and stormy.
It cleared up a bit in the afternoon, which we took advantage of to replenish our supplies.
Later, I encountered this nasty house spider in our awning. This spider was probably lured out of its home and into our awning by the days of rain, because it doesn’t build a conventional web, but rather an underground tube system that it “wallpapers” with spider silk. This web consists of a living tube and an above-ground catching tube. The catching tube is camouflaged with soil and plant parts. For this reason, it very rarely comes out of its burrow.
Its bite is poisonous to its prey. For humans, it is painful but harmless.
In fact, we have seen many such webs with holes in the ground here on our site. Unfortunately, I cannot show you a photo, as these webs are probably not visible due to the wetness and rain.
In the Algarve, not too far from us, in Setubal and near Lisbon, the weather had caused chaos, injuries, and deaths. We were very lucky, because it didn’t turn out to be as dramatic as predicted. Only on Sunday morning was there a problem with the fresh water supply throughout Figueira. This also affected the camper park where we were staying. In the next post, we may be able to tell you what the problem was.