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Raven?
1 year agoDefinitely correct it is not a Mimosa... Mimosa leaves are bipinnate (i.e., the leaflets of the feather-formed leaves, in turn, bear leaflets).
Maybe this invasive acacia?
https://invasoras.pt/en/invasive-plant/acacia-pycnantha
Maybe some kind of borage?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchusa
It does look like going straight should be the correct choice! Also, at least we learned from your error and took the (right) turn.
1 year agoThat was a pleasant day for us as well from Setubal. From reading your experience going south from Porto to Lisbon I think you will find the terrain ahead of you a little gentler in terms of hills. Hope Dodie gets over that bug quickly.
1 year agoJust lack of attention here with my head down as I recall … what turn right???
1 year agoI hope Dodie feels better soon.
1 year agoYou'll do great. We will think of you as we do the Mertola-Moura bit of the Alentejo, and wish we had a Spanish speaker with us during our time in Seville.
1 year agoWe will be repeating a small part of your route this summer. Mertola, Serpa, Moura. We have only a week in Portugal, and a month in Spain. It's our first trip bicycling overseas. Gulp!
1 year agoStork!
1 year agoAnything along a paved road is welcome, although a somewhat quieter road would have been nice. We are hoping to avoid some of the sandy bits that you found. We are already slow and pushing through sand seems a gratuitously hard slog.
1 year agoYour approach into Setubal I think was a good choice. We did a day ride along that stretch.
1 year agoNope. That's the Gloria Funicular. Nice shot, though!
1 year agoThanks for the heads up. We are reading your blog, and the Classens each evening to help us prepare for the next day.
1 year ago
Good call!
1 year agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupinus_luteus