https://3speak.tv/watch?v=santigs/tbmwqpybtq

Last Thursday, after visiting the viewpoint, we drove 20 more minutes to get down the Fragosas Valey. The place is know by a 9km geopath called Passadiços do Orvalho where you can find several waterfalls. Again, we left the car on the road, next to a water spring and quickly found the information board announcing the path.

Next to it you could see the wood stairs leading to the waterfall.

As we were approaching the bottom of the clift we could hear the sound of the watter falling.

There were some annimal little sculptures made out of granite stone and iron such us this frog and several snails.

A new board on the bottom of the staircase explained the importance of water on the civilization and how the population built a wall to transport the water to the nearby villages

We finally reached the nice waterfall and I could not do anything but imagine how nice it would be to take a bath down here in the middle of the summer heat.

https://3speak.tv/watch?v=santigs/roghywilsf
The day did not start very well as my friend called saying he was not feeling right and was not coming. It was 7am, the sun was rising and I decided to start alone.

I grabbed the shacker and harvested the first tree. Collecting the big net alone is not an easy task, so it took me a while as I didn't want any of those precious olives to run away.

After the first mid-size trees, my friend showed up and we decided to concentrate in the trees with the bigest amount of olives.

The final result was 140 Kgs of olives which produced 16 liters of oil. I will also pickle some of the big ones as I did last year.

https://3speak.tv/watch?v=santigs/dxxnpuuhxi
Yesterday I took the mountain bike again. This time, I decided to explore a little bit and try to reach a small sanctuary not far away from the farm. The path was completely new, and I was not wearing a GPS; I only had my phone with me to check the path every once in a while, as I also did not have the cellphone mounting kit on this old bicycle. Unfortunately, I missed the sanctuary as I was following the main path, while I should have turned left at a certain point, but I was able to see it from a distance. In the end, I had to take the main road to come back, I will try to find a different way in the future to avoid riding next to the cars.

And a short video of the ride while I was reaching the city. This is a secondary road and I did not cross with any vehicle at all during the first 1.5 hours of the trip.

In the afternoon, I decided to take the car and find out the fork I missed in the morning to make sure I get on the correct path next time I try this trip. I also decided to go further away and reach the old bridge of the Ponsul River, a tributary of the Tagus River, which crosses the entire Iberian Peninsula to end in the city of Lisbon.

https://3speak.tv/watch?v=santigs/watvsrdrtf
Yesterday afternoon I took a ride with a Ural sidecar motorcicle to a friends farm which is is the middle of the mountains.

It was a nice trip althoug we hit a rock qnd had to stop to assmble the exhaust.

The area where our frinds live is quite isolated and the landscape is breath taking

Here's a little video I filmed when drivinf back home.

And a beautifull image of the sunset

https://3speak.tv/watch?v=santigs/oorobpkhxw
Today the local Drums Band performed right before a family cycling event took place in town.

It is always a pleasure to cycle in rhe main road crossing town empty of cars.

https://3speak.tv/watch?v=santigs/qfadnvsw
Here I'm sharing another property we visited during our trip to Portugal, this one had been "abandoned" for several years.

There is also a registered ruin which can be rebuild.

https://3speak.tv/watch?v=santigs/buominnc
After several days in Portugal hunting for small farms we have found the one we like the most and made an offer to the owners. We will have to wait and see if they accept our offer to close the deal.

You can get an idea of the place in the video.

https://3speak.tv/watch?v=santigs/dwutgezb
Last Saturday was Saint Johns a celebrated fest in all Catalan-speaking areas in Spain. It is also our local town fest so there are a bunch of events around all weekend up until tonight when a big fireworks take place to end the fest.

On Saturday we decided to have dinner with some friends at a terrace in a local restaurant and ended up eating Saint John's "coca", a traditional pie consumed during the fest, it had cream and apricot on it and was delicious.

After dinner we joined the Daemon's "parade", it is a local tradition where a guild of young guys with daemon costumes chase the rest of the public with fireworks. It is quite scary if you get too close to "fight" the daemons and you have to wear cotton cloths covering your body, the humidity, heat, noise, and fire makes it quite hard to move around.

We ended the night at a local concert.

https://3speak.tv/watch?v=santigs/rfvrbmrl
Just a short video after a nice Mountainbike ride. This one is dedicated to @toofasteddie

https://3speak.tv/watch?v=santigs/hqfaetit
This is a "quick" video of yesterday's ride. I guess I need a cam stabilizer as the video is quite shaky! Hope you enjoy it.