We awoke to a perfect morning, cloudless blue skies, no breeze.

Jeanette is to collect our washing from a nearby laundry following a late breakfast.

Ken is golfing at Don Pedro Victoria course today. It is the course under preparation for the Portuguese Open in 10 days. It is closed from tomorrow.

We will enjoy the last breakfast here at Dom Pedro Portabelo, because tomorrow is 6.00am pick up for our flight from Faro to Paris, France.

We have enjoyed an unforgettable week here in Vilamoura in the most idyllicof weather. Yesterday was special on our tour of the amazing limestone caves.

Ken was picked up at 10.15am to be driven to Dom Pedro Victoria course , thebhome of the Portugal Open to be held next week. The course is being closed tomorrow to enable further preparations for the open. It is a long and challenging course with much water severe slopes and very fast greens.

He played with aFrenchman named Andre from Aix en Provence. I advised him that we had visited the are from a cruise ship whilst in Toulon.

Je is a surgeon, aged 74 and plays off 16. Ken played off 23, proceeded to have a7 for the fist then settled and had 47 on both front and back, but it was always a battle. In fact the course from the members yellow red was just too difficult, but even the next tees would have been too tough and on the back nine water was in play on 7 hiles.

But a very enjoyable experience on a beautiful course in perfect condition on an absolute ideal day.