We've hired a narrowboat for a week, from Worcester Marina. Setting off by road from Southampton just before midday and after seemingly continuous roadworks, diversions, questionable GPS routing decisions and traffic

Confession time: We willingly went straight to Burger King this time on our onward journey. Do not pass 'go', do not collect £200. At least we ate at lunchtime for once in a travel day.

Setting off from Nazaré we realised that by the time we reached the nice restaurant Faye had found for lunch in Spain, it would actually be an hour later than our already tight timings, as we'd forgotten about the clocks changing.

Temperatures were all over the place on today's journey from Porto Covo up the coast to Nazaré, a fishing town and resort between Lisbon and Porto.

The drive up from Luz to Porto Covo was through noticeably greener countryside than Spain, with gently rolling hills and much uncovered, outdoor agriculture - a huge contrast to, for instance, Almería.