Coimbra to Sintra

View from a balcony above Paço das Escolas, and the Rio Mondego beyond (Coimbra)

Autumn storms approach Coimbra

Some cosy trees in an otherwise not particularly funky-seeming village (Verride)

Sea mist at Foz do Arelho which has a calm shallow lagoon beach as well as a rough, steep Atlantic side and boardwalks along the sandstone cliffs.

Fortaleza de Peniche was used to house political prisoners throughout the Salazar regime until April 1974. It is now partly a museum and celebration of escapes which required both meticulous organisation and brave silence from the local people who could sometimes see the escapes happening. The rusted iron wall is a memorial which lists the names of the 2510 men who were imprisoned here between 1934 and 1974. These days Peniche is a surfing centre as well as a fishing town.

The view of the Atlantic from Cabo da Roca, the most westerly point of mainland Europe.